How to appropriately email a researcher to ask for details about their paper? Often when I am reading a newly published article, I will encounter some points that are difficult to understand. For example, some details of the methodology that I think the authors did not explain in enough detail.
I'm not sure how to write an appropriate email to ask for clarification, especially on how to phrase, so as to be polite. For example, should I write &quot;Ask for details on methodology&quot; or &quot;Inquiry on details on methodology&quot; or ...?
Showing interest is nice, accusing people is not. So, show interest, something like &quot;I saw your article XXX in YYY and I am working on something similar. I was wondering how exactly you dealt with ZZZ.&quot;