How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific PaperEasy to read and up-to-date, How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper will help both first-time writers and experienced contributors in authoring research papers. Although the examples are mainly from the medical and biological sciences, the principles described apply to virtually every branch of science. This book provides step-by-step information on how to prepare every aspect of a scientific paper and examples of both good and bad writing illuminate the author's advice in this accessible and informative guide. |
Contents
Basic rules of writing | 1 |
Comments on scientific language | 3 |
Drafting the manuscript | 13 |
Choosing a journal | 16 |
Preparing a graph | 18 |
How to design tables | 36 |
Title | 42 |
Authors | 47 |
References | 74 |
Numbers | 83 |
Abbreviations | 89 |
Common statistical errors | 91 |
Typing | 97 |
The covering letter | 109 |
Dealing with editors and referees | 112 |
Correcting proofs | 116 |
Abstract | 51 |
Introduction | 54 |
Methods | 56 |
Results | 61 |
Discussion | 67 |
Acknowledgments | 72 |
Authors responsibilities | 121 |
Literature needed on your desk | 127 |
Further reading | 128 |
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