Defining the scope of your study

The aim or purpose of this study is not to …

… is or are not central to this study

… is or are not discussed in detail

… is beyond the scope of this study

… falls outside this study

…, which can only be discussed briefly here

…, only some of which can be discussed here

It excludes …

… is distinct from …

… was excluded from the study

While it would be interesting to examine … in greater detail, …

we have decided here to …

we have purposely excluded …

access to … is difficult

one problem inherent in … is …

For the purpose of this study, paper etc., we will confine the discussion to …

our priority here is to …

attention will be restricted here to …

I have restricted myself to …

the or my intention is not to …

It is not the task of this study to …

We make no claims here of or that …

I do not wish to imply by this study that …

A fuller discussion of … will appear in a later publication.

… will be taken up in a later publication

… see X (forthcoming)

… see X (in press)

references are given at the end of the paper

for further discussion see for example …

… is discussed in detail by or in X

see X for complete data

see X for a summary and references

For a survey or review of …, see X

For an in-depth review of …, see X

For further information on …, see X

For a more detailed examination of …, see X

For a bibliography of studies on …, see X