How would I refer to myself in a research paper? I know the use of 'I' is out of the question, so would it be 'this researcher'?
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I personally use "we" for single-author papers, but have had reviewers point out I should use "I". In which cases I made an exception just for them. – A Simple Algorithm May 01 '19 at 03:38
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2Possible duplicate of Choice of personal pronoun in single-author papers and many others – henning May 01 '19 at 07:26
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The use of "I" had better not be out of the question; I've used it. – Andreas Blass May 01 '19 at 13:49
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This is very field-dependent. In my field (engineering), it is typical for authors to use "we" even if there is only one author. (FWIW, I don't really like that convention, but it's what most authors do.) In other fields, such as in the humanities, it's usual for a single-authored paper to use "I". (It's not out of the question.) I've also seen "the author" or "the researcher" or phrases like that.
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