Symbols for Academic Writing
153 symbols
Academic writing has its own symbol vocabulary: Greek letters as variables in scientific notation, daggers and double daggers as footnote markers, section and paragraph signs for legal and policy citations, and superscript numbers for references. Whether you are writing in Word, LaTeX, or a web-based manuscript system, having the correct Unicode character prevents rendering failures in cross-platform collaboration. This collection covers the full range of symbols found in peer-reviewed papers across STEM, humanities, and social sciences.
∑ Math Symbols
… Punctuation
— Dashes & Hyphens
© Legal & Copyright
² Superscript & Subscript
½ Fractions
Ⅶ Roman Numerals
α Greek Letters
ñ Latin Extended
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