: Adding related work to an academic project report In an academic project report, what phrasing should I use to introduce and explain related work? I have to explain several previous projects;

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In an academic project report, what phrasing should I use to introduce and explain related work? I have to explain several previous projects; I would like to be clear but also avoid repetition.
I came up with the following two examples:

Previous research in this area has focused on the following: ...
In this section we discuss related work...

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@Cody1607638

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"Previous research in this area has focused on..." sounds perfectly fine as an intro to a "related research" section. You may want to make it clear whether it's your previous work or other research in the area that you're building on.

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