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Announcing your conclusions and summarizing content
In conclusion / In summary / In sum / To sum up, our work …
Our work has led us to conclude / the conclusion that …
We have presented / outlined / described …
In this paper / study / review we have …
This paper has investigated / explained / given an account of …
46. Restating the results (Conclusions section)
The evidence from this study suggests / implies / points towards the idea / intimates that …
The results / findings of this study indicate / support the idea / suggest that …
In general, / Taken together, these results suggest / would seem to suggest that …
An implication / A consequence / The upshot of this is the possibility that …
Highlighting achievements (Conclusions section)
Our research / This paper has highlighted / stressed / underlined the importance of …
We have managed to do / succeeded in doing / been able to do / found a way to do X.
We have found an innovative / a new / a novel / a cutting-edge solution for …
We have obtained accurate / satisfactory / comprehensive results proving / demonstrating /
showing that …
We have devised a methodology / procedure / strategy which …
We have confirmed / provided further evidence / demonstrated that …
Considerable progress has been made / insight has been gained with regard to …
Taken together, these findings suggest / implicate / highlight a role for X
Our study provides the framework / a springboard / the backbone / the basis / a blueprint / an
agenda / a stimulus / encouragement for a new way to do X.
The strength / strong point / value / impact / benefit / usefulness / significance / importance
of our work / study / contribution lies in …
X provides a powerful tool / methodology for …
X ensures / guarantees that X will do Y, and it can be generalized to …
Our investigations into this area are still ongoing / in progress and seem likely to confirm our
hypothesis.
These findings add to a growing body of literature on / substantially to our understanding of X.
Highlighting limitations (Conclusions section)
Our work clearly has some limitations. Nevertheless / Despite this we believe our work could
be the basis / a framework / a starting point / a springboard for
Despite the fact that there are / In spite of the fact that / Although there are limitations due
to Y, we …
The most important limitation lies in / is due to / is a result of the fact that …
The current study was limited by / unable to / not specifically designed to…
The present study has only investigated / examined X. Therefore / Consequently …
The project / analysis / testing / sampling was limited in several ways. First, …
Finally, a number of potential limitations / weaknesses / shortfalls / shortcomings / weak
points need to be considered. First, …
However, given the small sample size, caution must be exercised / taken / used / applied.
The findings might not be transferable to / generalized to / representative of …
The picture / situation is thus still incomplete.