This is common in some fields. My understanding of it is that 'we' means 'the author(s) and the reader'. You'll sometimes see this voice changing when the autho

This is common in some fields. My understanding of it is that 'we' means 'the author(s) and the reader'. You'll sometimes see this voice changing when the author(s) give their own opinion. e.g. > From this we can see that XYZ. It is the author's opinion that ABC.