Why Students Struggle in IGCSE Science, and the Fix for Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Why students struggle in IGCSE Science comes down to four causes that look alike from outside: answers written at the wrong depth for the command word, calculations that fail on algebra rather than science, practical papers treated as an afterthought, and recall without understanding. Hours of study are rarely the problem. A student who works for two hours a night and still scores a middling grade is usually losing marks in one or two of these places, and each of them has a specific fix.

This guide is for parents and Grade 9 and 10 students on Cambridge IGCSE (Cambridge International Education) or Pearson Edexcel International GCSE sciences, in Gurgaon and across India. It explains each cause with examples from Biology, Chemistry and Physics, gives you a way to diagnose which cause applies, and sets out fixes by subject and by timeline. It also says honestly when a tutor helps and when a family can fix the problem alone. The exam-series calendar and the multi-subject revision plan are covered elsewhere: see the IGCSE exam preparation guide and the six-week IGCSE revision plan.

Why students struggle in IGCSE Science also depends on the syllabus in front of them, so a caution first. Codes, papers and weightings below are those in use for the current Cambridge sciences syllabuses, and the Pearson Edexcel structure is different. Always check the current syllabus for your board and tier, and confirm with the school which papers your child will sit.

Why Is IGCSE Science Harder Than It Looks From Class 8?

IGCSE Science feels harder than the middle school science that came before it because it stops rewarding recall alone. Examiners expect a student to apply a principle to a new situation, handle data, rearrange an equation, and write an explanation in the right form. A Class 8 student who learnt a chapter well enough to score full marks on a unit test often finds that the same effort produces a much lower result when the questions change shape.

Three things shift at once. The syllabus grows wide: Biology alone runs from classification to biotechnology. The question style moves from "what is" to "why" and "predict". And the paper becomes cumulative, so Grade 9 material is examined alongside Grade 10 material in one sitting.

What the papers actually look like

For the Cambridge IGCSE sciences examined from 2023, the structure is the same pattern across Biology, Chemistry and Physics. There is a multiple-choice paper (Paper 1 for Core, Paper 2 for Extended), a theory paper (Paper 3 for Core, Paper 4 for Extended), and a practical component assessed either through Paper 5, a practical test, or Paper 6, an alternative to practical, chosen by the school. Multiple choice carries 30% of the marks, theory 50% and practical 20%. Pearson Edexcel International GCSE sciences are untiered, with Paper 1 and Paper 2 for each separate science and practical skills assessed inside the written papers.

Two consequences follow. Half the marks come from written answers where command words and explanation matter. And a fifth of the marks come from a practical component that many students prepare for in the last fortnight, if at all.

Core and Extended: a tier mismatch that looks like struggle

Many Cambridge subjects have Core and Extended tiers. Core tops out at grade C, and Extended reaches A*. A student entered for Extended who is not ready can look like a student who "struggles with science", when the actual problem is a tier decision made without a diagnostic. The opposite case exists too: a capable student entered for Core who cannot score above a C however well they do. The school makes the entry decision, and a parent can ask how it was made and when it can be reviewed. The tier question for a personalised plan is covered in the guide to personalised home tuition for IGCSE students.

Cause One: Answering at the Wrong Depth for the Command Word

The most common single reason students lose marks in IGCSE Science is writing a correct answer to a different question from the one asked. Command words (state, describe, explain, suggest, calculate, compare) tell the student how much to write and what kind of point earns each mark. A student who describes when asked to explain loses most of the marks despite writing a lot.

The detailed vocabulary is covered in the guide to IB command terms, and the Cambridge and Edexcel lists are close cousins of it. Here the focus is on the science-specific shapes.

The four shapes that matter most in science

A worked example in Biology

Question (illustrative): "Explain why the rate of photosynthesis levels off as light intensity increases." A student writes: "The rate goes up and then stays the same." That is a description of the graph, and it earns perhaps one mark of three. The explanation is that another factor has become limiting: carbon dioxide concentration or temperature, or the amount of chlorophyll, so that raising light intensity further cannot raise the rate. The point to see is that the student knew the content and failed on the verb.

A worked example in Physics

Question (illustrative): "Suggest why the measured value of g is slightly smaller than the accepted value." A student leaves it blank, because the question is not one they have practised. A suggest question wants a plausible reason from what the student already knows: air resistance on the falling object, reaction time in starting or stopping the timer, the ruler read at an angle. Any sound reason is creditable. The skill is willingness to apply, and it comes from practice.

The fix

Circle the command word in every practice question for a month. Beside it, write the number of marks and the number of distinct points that implies. After each practice paper, mark every lost mark by cause: wrong depth, missing fact, calculation, or carelessness. The pattern that appears is almost always more concentrated than the student expects.

Cause Two: Calculations That Fail on Algebra, Not on Science

Physics and Chemistry calculations look like science questions but are often lost to mathematics. A student who understands current, potential difference and resistance can still lose three marks in a question because they cannot rearrange V = IR for R, convert milliamperes to amperes, or handle standard form on a calculator. Seen from the science teacher's desk it looks like carelessness. Seen from the maths side, it is a skill gap.

This is among the most important reasons for why students struggle in IGCSE Science, and it is easy to miss because the student can usually do the mathematics in a maths lesson, in a clean context. In a science question, the mathematics is hidden inside a paragraph of context and mixed with units.

Where calculation marks go missing

• Rearranging. The syllabus expects students to recall and rearrange the equations; a student who learns each equation in only one form loses marks when the unknown is in a different position.
• Units and conversions. Kilograms and grams, minutes and seconds, centimetres cubed and decimetres cubed, kilojoules and joules.
• Standard form. Entering 3.0 × 10 to the power of 8 correctly on a calculator, and writing the answer in a sensible form.
• Significant figures. Giving the answer to the accuracy the data justifies, usually the same as the least precise value given.
• Method shown. In multi-mark calculations, marks are for method steps, so a bare answer that is wrong earns nothing, and a bare answer that is right may earn less than expected.

The mole in Chemistry

Stoichiometry, including the mole, is where Chemistry calculations most often break. A typical three-step question gives a mass of a reactant, asks for the mass of a product, and needs the student to convert to moles, apply the mole ratio from a balanced equation, and convert back to mass. Students who skip writing the balanced equation lose the ratio. Students who write the equation but do not state each step lose method marks if the final value is off.

A reliable habit is to lay the calculation out in the same four lines every time: the balanced equation, the moles of what is given, the mole ratio, the answer converted to the quantity asked for. Written this way, an error in step two is visible and costs one mark rather than four.

Equations in Physics

Physics lists equations the student must recall and rearrange. The best fix is to practise each equation in all its forms until the rearrangement is automatic, then practise the unit conversions that go with it. A one-page "equations and units" sheet that the student rewrites from memory weekly works better than reading the list. For motion, forces and energy, the calculation is usually less demanding than the choice of equation, so students should practise naming the quantities given and the quantity asked for before touching a formula.

Is this a maths problem or a science problem?

A quick test: give the student the same calculation as a plain maths question with no science words. If they solve it, the gap is in reading the science context and choosing the equation. If they cannot, the gap is in the mathematics, and the fix may sit with an IGCSE Mathematics tutor rather than a science tutor. The related maths diagnosis is in the guide to why students struggle in IGCSE Mathematics.

Cause Three: Treating the Practical Paper as an Afterthought

The practical component carries a fifth of the Cambridge IGCSE science marks, and it is the component most students prepare for last and least. Whether a school assesses it through Paper 5 (a practical test) or Paper 6 (alternative to practical, a written paper about experiments), the skills tested are the same: planning, observing, recording, handling data, drawing conclusions and evaluating methods.

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE sciences assess practical skills inside the written papers, so there is no separate practical paper, but the same skills show up in the questions on experiments and data.

What students lose marks on

• Tables. A results table without headings and units, with inconsistent decimal places, or with the independent variable in the wrong column.
• Graphs. Poor scales, unlabelled axes, points not plotted accurately, a line of best fit forced through the origin when it should not be, a line drawn point-to-point.
• Variables. Confusing independent, dependent and control variables, or failing to say how a control is kept constant.
• Conclusions. Writing what the student expected to see rather than what the data show.
• Evaluation. "Human error" as an answer. Examiners generally want a specific source of error and a specific improvement.
• Planning. Missing measurements, a method that could not be repeated by someone else, no mention of repeats or of how to reduce risk.

Why Paper 6 trips students who did the practicals

A student can have done every school practical and still struggle in Paper 6, because the paper asks about experiments they may not have run. The skill being tested is reasoning about method from a description, a diagram and a table of results. That is learnable. The way to learn it is to work through past Paper 6 papers with the mark scheme beside you, noting the sorts of improvement and error the scheme credits, and building a personal bank of precise answers.

A worked evaluation

Question (illustrative): "Suggest one source of error in the investigation into the rate of reaction of magnesium with acid and how it could be reduced." A weak answer: "Human error, so be more careful." A creditable answer names the source: the timer was started a moment after the reaction began, which affects short readings most. And it names a fix: use a gas syringe to collect the gas and start the timer as the magnesium is added, or repeat the measurement and calculate a mean. The structure is source, effect, improvement.

The fix

Run a short practical routine in the spring term: one experiment a week for six weeks, written up on one page as a results table, graph, conclusion and one evaluation point. For a student whose school offers few practicals, past Paper 6 papers, worked with the mark scheme, are the substitute. Practical competence cannot be crammed in a night, but it can be built in a few weeks of regular short work.

Cause Four: Recall Without Understanding

Many students pass early assessments by memorising and then discover that IGCSE Science asks them to use what they remember. They can recite the stages of respiration but cannot say what happens to an athlete's breathing and why. They can write the definition of a catalyst but cannot predict what a catalyst does to a reaction profile. Recall without understanding is fragile: it works until a question is phrased differently.

Why students struggle in IGCSE Science is partly a memory story. The old advice to "just memorise" has some truth in sciences. Definitions and facts matter, and the multiple-choice paper rewards secure knowledge. The point is that memory alone has a ceiling, and the ceiling sits around the middle grades.

How to tell memory from understanding

Ask the student to explain a topic to someone younger, without the book, using a drawing. Ask a "what if" question: what would happen to the rate of reaction if the acid were more dilute, and why? Ask for a link: how does the structure of a villus relate to its function? A student who understands can answer. A student who has memorised repeats the nearest paragraph.

Three techniques that build understanding

1. 1Retrieval before rereading. Close the book and write everything known about a topic. The gaps are the revision list, and the act of recalling strengthens memory far more than rereading.
2. 2Why chains. For any fact, ask "why" three times. Why does a larger surface area increase the rate? Because more particles are exposed to collisions. Why do more exposed particles raise the rate? Because collisions are more frequent.
3. 3Diagrams from memory. Draw the heart, the circuit, the apparatus for fractional distillation, and annotate each part with its role.

The multiple-choice trap

Multiple-choice questions can look easy and hide the weakness: a student who half-remembers can eliminate two options and guess between two. The fix is to practise multiple-choice with a requirement to explain why each wrong option is wrong. This turns a recognition task into an understanding task and also exposes distractor patterns, such as options that are true statements about the wrong thing.

How Do You Tell Which Cause Applies to Your Child?

You can tell which cause applies by looking at a few marked papers and sorting the lost marks, not by the overall score. A student on a grade C can be there for any of the four reasons, and the right help differs completely.

A one-hour diagnostic you can run at home

1. 1Take two recent marked papers (or a past paper done under time, marked with the mark scheme).
2. 2For every lost mark, write one word beside it: depth (right fact, wrong form), gap (missing knowledge), calc (calculation, units, rearranging), practical (data, graph, method) or slip (careless).
3. 3Count the words. The biggest count is the first thing to fix. If gap dominates, the student needs content teaching. If depth dominates, they need command-word practice. If calc dominates, the equations and algebra need drilling.
4. 4Repeat after four weeks and compare.

What the common patterns usually mean

Subject Fixes: Biology

Biology is the most content-heavy of the three, with topics that run from the characteristics of living organisms to biotechnology and genetic modification. The usual trap is the belief that it can be revised by reading. The better approach treats Biology as a set of connected systems, each with a structure-function story.

Where Biology marks go

• Precise vocabulary. Diffusion versus osmosis, a gene versus an allele, respiration versus breathing. Marks depend on exact terms.
• Explaining with structure and function. Adaptations of the alveolus, villus, root hair cell and xylem, each of which has a short chain of reasons.
• Experimental design. Food tests, enzyme investigations, osmosis in potato. Variables and controls are heavily tested.
• Data and graphs. Enzyme activity against temperature and pH, population graphs, and describing trends with figures.
• Inheritance. Genetic diagrams with correct notation and a stated probability.

A Biology fix plan

1. 1Group the syllabus into systems: transport, nutrition, gas exchange and respiration, coordination, reproduction and inheritance, ecology and human influences.
2. 2For each system, build a one-page map with the structure, function, and a "what if it fails" line.
3. 3Do a weekly "explain" session: pick three explain questions and write full answers from memory, then mark against the scheme.
4. 4Practise genetic crosses until the layout of the diagram and the probability statement are automatic.
5. 5Keep a vocabulary list of near-synonyms that are not synonyms, and test it weekly.

A common Biology error, seen on scripts

A student asked to explain why a plant in a sealed bottle eventually dies writes a long paragraph on photosynthesis and never mentions that respiration continues in the dark and that carbon dioxide and oxygen move in opposite directions in the two processes. The facts were known. They were attached to the wrong question. Practising "what if" variants of familiar processes is the cure.

Subject Fixes: Chemistry

Chemistry has fewer facts than Biology and more layers. It moves from particles to equations to quantities, and a gap early in the chain breaks everything after it. The syllabus covers states of matter, atoms, elements and compounds, stoichiometry including the mole, electrochemistry, chemical energetics, reactions, acids, bases and salts, the Periodic Table, metals, chemistry of the environment, organic chemistry, and experimental techniques and chemical analysis.

Where Chemistry marks go

• Balanced equations and state symbols. Missing balancing is a repeated loss of a mark per question.
• The mole and related calculations. Mass, moles, volumes of gases, concentration.
• Electrolysis. Which ion discharges at which electrode and why, with half-equations.
• Rates and energetics. Collision theory explanations and reaction profile diagrams.
• Tests for ions and gases. Exact reagents and observations, including colours of precipitates.
• Organic chemistry. Naming, structures and reaction types, and distinguishing alkanes from alkenes.

A Chemistry fix plan

1. 1Make the balanced equation the first line of every calculation, every time.
2. 2Build a one-page mole map: how to move between mass, moles, volume of gas and concentration.
3. 3Keep a "tests and observations" table and rewrite it from memory weekly.
4. 4Learn collision theory as a script with four linked points: more frequent collisions, more energetic collisions, a greater proportion above activation energy, and what changes in each situation.
5. 5Practise half-equations for electrolysis until the pattern is routine.

Why Chemistry feels like three subjects

Students often say that Chemistry feels inconsistent: calculations in one chapter, memorised tests in another, mechanism-style reasoning in a third. That is accurate. It is useful to label each topic by type, calculation, recall or reasoning, and to practise each in the way that suits it. Calculation topics need worked problems. Recall topics need retrieval. Reasoning topics need explanation practice.

Subject Fixes: Physics

Physics has the shortest list of topics and the highest rate of surprise. The syllabus covers motion, forces and energy, thermal physics, waves, electricity and magnetism, nuclear physics and space physics. Students who struggle usually meet one of two walls: equations they cannot rearrange, or concepts they can state but not apply.

Where Physics marks go

• Choosing and rearranging equations. Especially when the unknown is not the subject of the formula.
• Units and prefixes. Milli, kilo, mega, and unit consistency within a calculation.
• Graph interpretation. Gradient and area under a graph for speed-time and force-extension.
• Circuits. Series and parallel resistance, current and potential difference rules.
• Explaining with principles. Using terms such as conservation of energy, equilibrium and resultant force correctly.
• Practical questions. Measuring accurately, reducing error and handling repeated readings.

A Physics fix plan

1. 1Make an equation sheet by topic, with each equation in three forms and the unit of each quantity.
2. 2For every numerical problem, write the given quantities with units, the unknown, the equation chosen and why.
3. 3Practise graph questions by sketching what each gradient or area means before computing.
4. 4Learn standard explanation paragraphs, for example for why an object reaches terminal velocity, and rewrite them in your own words.
5. 5Run a short practical routine, including measuring with a ruler, stopwatch and meter, and reading analogue scales properly.

A Physics error, seen on scripts

A student calculates the kinetic energy of a vehicle correctly in joules but then divides by a time in minutes to find power, without converting. The physics is right and the answer is a sixtieth of the true value. The cure is the four-line habit from earlier, with the conversion line written even when it seems unnecessary.

Does the Board Change the Struggle? Cambridge and Edexcel Compared

Why students struggle in IGCSE Science is shared across boards, but the way they show up differs with the paper structure, and a family should know which structure applies.

Two practical points follow. A student on Cambridge Core cannot score above a C, so a "grade ceiling" complaint may be a tier question. A student on Edexcel will not have a separate practical paper, so practical skills must be built into regular written practice. The specific exam-series dates differ too, and your school decides which series your child sits. For Cambridge, the series are February/March (offered only in India), May/June and October/November, and Pearson Edexcel runs January and May/June.

What Does a Good Science Tutoring Session Look Like?

A good IGCSE Science tutoring session works on the student's own marked papers, not on generic revision. The tutor starts from a diagnosis, sets one or two targets, uses a short retrieval warm-up, spends most of the time on questions of the type the student loses marks on, and ends with the student explaining something back. The student leaves with a small amount of homework that targets the same weakness.

A sample 75-minute session on a Chemistry weakness

What to ask a prospective tutor

• How will you find out where my child is losing marks before you plan?
• Do you work from past papers and mark schemes for our board and tier?
• How do you handle practical skills, and Paper 6 specifically?
• How do you tell whether progress is happening, and when would you tell me it is not?
• Can we begin with a trial session?

A tutor who answers with a concrete diagnostic and a plan is more useful than one who promises a grade. No tutor can guarantee a grade. The wider question of choosing a tutor is covered in the guide to how to choose an IGCSE tutor in Gurgaon.

Home, online or hybrid

Home tuition suits students who work best face to face, and in Gurgaon it also saves a weekday evening commute. Online sessions suit students with crowded schedules or families abroad, and work well for theory and calculation, since a shared digital whiteboard handles diagrams and working. Practical skills need a plan: the tutor can talk through a method and graphs online, and the student does the physical practicals at school. A mix of the two is common. See online IGCSE tutoring in India for how the online format works, and IGCSE science home tuition in Gurgaon for the home format.

When Does a Family Not Need a Tutor?

A family does not need a tutor when the student can identify their own errors, has access to past papers and mark schemes, and responds to feedback from school. The four causes can all be fixed without outside help, provided someone does the diagnosis and the student follows the routines consistently. The method for running this yourself is covered in the guide to personalised learning in IGCSE.

Signs that outside help adds value: the student has been working hard for two months with no change in marks; the student cannot tell which marks they lost and why; the student avoids a subject; or there is an upcoming exam series with limited time. A tutor adds diagnosis speed and accountability, not magic.

What outside help cannot do

A tutor cannot sit the exam, and should not do the student's coursework or practical write-ups. A tutor cannot make up for unwillingness to practise. A tutor cannot guarantee a grade. What a tutor can do is point the student's effort at the highest-yield problems.

A Six-Week Fix Plan for a Struggling Science Student

The plan below works for a student who is working but not improving. It assumes about four to five short sessions a week alongside school work and can be adapted to a calendar. For the full multi-subject plan before an exam series, see the six-week IGCSE revision plan.

Week by week in more detail

1. 1Week 1. Sort the lost marks into depth, gap, calc, practical and slip. Pick one primary cause. Start an error log with a column for the command word.
2. 2Week 2. Do ten command-word questions from past papers, plan only, then compare with the mark scheme. Begin daily five-minute retrieval of one topic.
3. 3Week 3. If calc is the cause: equation sheet and unit drills. If practical: one short experiment write-up a week and two Paper 6 questions. If gap: topic maps and teach-back.
4. 4Week 4. Timed sections, not whole papers. Mark strictly. Do not give credit for answers that "meant" the right thing.
5. 5Week 5. Re-solve every wrong question from scratch with no notes. Anything still wrong goes on a short list for a tutor or teacher.
6. 6Week 6. One full paper under exam conditions. Compare cause counts with week 1.

What progress looks like

Progress shows first in the cause counts, not in the grade. If the "depth" column shrinks from fifteen marks to six, the plan is working even if the overall score has barely moved, since other causes now dominate. It is worth telling the student this explicitly, because the first change in a mark total can lag behind the change in habits.

Wellbeing, Anxiety and Confidence

Another reason why students struggle in IGCSE Science is belief: many think that science is naturally difficult for them, and the belief becomes part of the problem. They avoid questions that look unfamiliar, panic when the wording changes, and read marks lost as proof of inability. Anxiety makes the four causes worse: it pushes students to write more than needed, skip the planning line, and rush calculations.

The practical antidote is evidence. When a student sees from their own log that marks are being lost to a small number of fixable habits, the story changes from "I am bad at science" to "I lose marks on units and explain questions". The second story has a next step. Sleep, regular meals and breaks matter as much as extra practice, and a student who revises until midnight before every test is trading accuracy for hours.

If anxiety is severe, tell the school counsellor and the teacher. It is not a tutoring problem alone.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do students struggle in IGCSE Science even when they study hard?

They usually study the wrong way or in the wrong place. Rereading notes feels productive but builds recognition rather than recall. Marks are also lost to command-word mismatches, calculation and unit errors, and a neglected practical paper. A diagnosis of lost marks by cause shows where to aim effort, and the same hours then produce a better result.

Which IGCSE science subject is hardest?

It varies by student, not by subject. Biology is heavy on content and vocabulary, Chemistry on layered reasoning and the mole, and Physics on equations and application. Students who find maths hard often find Physics and Chemistry calculations hardest, while students who prefer words find Biology easiest. Look at the student's own marks by cause rather than relying on reputation.

Should my child take Core or Extended?

The school decides entry, but a family can ask how the decision was made. Core caps at grade C, and Extended reaches A*. A student who is confident with Grade 9 content and comfortable with calculations is generally a candidate for Extended. A student who is far behind may be better served by securing a good Core result. Ask the teacher whether a change is possible and by when.

How important is the practical paper?

It is important because it is a fifth of the Cambridge marks, and it is among the easiest areas to improve in a few weeks. Whether your school uses Paper 5 or Paper 6, the skills are planning, recording, graphs, conclusions and evaluation. Practise with past papers and mark schemes. For Pearson Edexcel, practical skills are assessed inside the written papers, so practise the same skills there.

My child does well in school tests but badly in IGCSE papers. Why?

School tests often cover one topic at a time with familiar wording, while IGCSE papers mix topics and change the wording. Students who revise by memorising a topic the night before score well in tests and then forget. Spaced retrieval across topics, and practice with full past papers, address both problems. Also check timing, since a paper covers many more marks per minute than a class test.

How many past papers should my child do?

Quality matters more than number. A paper that is fully marked, with causes logged and wrong questions redone, is worth more than three papers glanced at. Many students do well with one paper a week in the last two months, plus topic questions earlier. Use papers from your own board and tier, and keep the most recent ones for the final weeks.

Is a tutor worth it for IGCSE Science?

A tutor is worth it when the student has a diagnosable gap or needs accountability and feedback that school cannot give. A good tutor works on the student's own marked papers and teaches how to answer, not just what to know. If your child is improving steadily, you may not need one. If marks have been flat for two months, a trial session is a reasonable test.

Can online tutoring work for science with practicals?

Yes for theory, calculations, data handling and method discussion, with a shared whiteboard for diagrams. Physical practical skills still need hands-on work at school or home. A tutor can prepare the student for Paper 6 or written practical questions online by working through past papers. Families abroad often use online sessions for all of this, and the exam series timing needs checking with the school.

What if my child has no progress after a month of tutoring?

First check whether the tutor started from a diagnosis and set clear targets. If they did, look at the cause counts: marks may be moving between categories even if the total has not changed. If there is no sign of change after a month, ask for a review and a changed plan, or for a different match. IB Gram can arrange a different tutor if the fit is wrong.

When should we start preparing for the IGCSE sciences?

Start building habits in Grade 9: retrieval practice, a vocabulary list, an equation sheet and an error log. Past-paper practice begins in earnest about six months before the exam series, with the final six weeks used for full papers and repair. The student should know early which series the school will enter them for, since the date sets the calendar. The IGCSE exam preparation guide explains the series.

Your Next Three Actions

1. 1Sort the marks. Take the last two marked papers and label every lost mark as depth, gap, calc, practical or slip. Count each.
2. 2Fix the biggest cause first. Choose the one routine from this guide that matches: command-word marking, the four-line calculation habit, weekly practical write-ups, or retrieval practice.
3. 3Review in four weeks. Redo the count on a new paper. If the main category has shrunk, continue. If not, change the method or ask for help.

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