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Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps (in English)
Margaret Cargill (Author)
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Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps (in English) - Margaret Cargill
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Synopsis "Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps (in English)"
Preface To The Second Edition Ix Preface To The First Edition Xi Section 1: A Framework For Success 1 1 How The Book Is Organized, And Why 3 1. 1 Getting Started With Writing For International Publication 3 1. 2 Publishing In The International Literature 4 1. 3 What Do You Need To Know To Select Your Target Journal? 6 1. 4 Aims Of This Book 7 1. 5 How The Book Is Structured 8 2 Research Article Structures 11 2. 1 Conventional Article Structures: Aimrad (Abstract, Introduction, Materials And Methods, Results, And Discussion) And Its Variations 11 3 Reviewers Criteria For Evaluating Manuscripts 17 3. 1 Titles As Content Signposts 18 Section 2: When And How To Write Each Article Section 21 4 Results As A Story: The Key Driver Of An Article 23 5 Results: Turning Data Into Knowledge 25 5. 1 Figure, Table, Or Text? 26 5. 2 Designing Figures 26 5. 3 Designing Tables 29 5. 4 Figure Legends And Table Titles 31 6 Writing About Results 33 6. 1 Structure Of Results Sections 33 6. 2 Functions Of Results Sentences 34 6. 3 Verb Tense In Results Sections 34 7 The Methods Section 37 7. 1 Purpose Of The Methods Section 37 7. 2 Organizing Methods Sections 38 7. 3 Use Of Passive And Active Verbs 39 8 The Introduction 43 8. 1 Argument Stages Towards A Compelling Introduction 43 8. 2 Stage 1: Locating Your Project Within An Existing Field Of Scientific Research 43 8. 3 Using References In Stages 2 And 3 47 8. 4 Avoiding Plagiarism When Using Others Work 50 8. 5 Indicating The Gap Or Research Niche 51 8. 6 Stage 4: The Statement Of Purpose Or Main Activity 52 8. 7 Stages 5 And 6: Highlighting Benefit And Mapping The Article 52 8. 8 Suggested Process For Drafting An Introduction 53 8. 9 Editing For Logical Flow 54 9 The Discussion Section 59 9. 1 Important Structural Issues 59 9. 2 Information Elements To Highlight The Key Messages 60 9. 3 Negotiating The Strength Of Claims 62 10 The Title 65 10. 1 Strategy 1: Provide As Much Relevant Information As Possible, But Be Concise 65 10. 2 Strategy 2: Use Keywords Prominently 65 10. 3 Strategy 3: Choose Strategically: Noun Phrase, Statement, Or Question? 66 10. 4 Strategy 4: Avoid Ambiguity In Noun Phrases 67 11 The Abstract 69 11. 1 Why Abstracts Are So Important 69 11. 2 Selecting Additional Keywords 69 11. 3 Abstracts: Typical Information Elements 69 12 Writing Review Articles 73 12. 1 What Editors Want To Publish 75 12. 2 The Take - Home - Message Of A Review 75 12. 3 The Structure Of Review Articles 83 12. 4 Visual Elements In Review Articles: Tables, Figures, And Boxes 84 12. 5 Checklist For Review Article Manuscripts 86 12. 6 Submission And Revision Of Review Articles 86 Section 3: Getting Your Manuscript Published 89 13 Submitting A Manuscript 91 13. 1 Five Practices Of Successful Authors 91 13. 2 Understanding The Peer - Review Process 92 13. 3 Understanding The Editors Role 93 13. 4 The Contributors Covering Letter 93 13. 5 Understanding The Reviewers Role 94 13. 6 Understanding The Editors Role (Continued) 97 14 How To Respond To Editors And Reviewers 99 14. 1 Rules Of Thumb 99 14. 2 How To Deal With Manuscript Rejection 99 14. 3 How To Deal With Conditional Acceptanceor Revise And Resubmit 101 15 A Process For Preparing A Manuscript 109 15. 1 Initial Preparation Steps 109 15. 2 Editing Procedures 110 15. 3 A Pre - Review Checklist 113 Section 4: Developing Your Writing And Publication Skills Further 115 16 Skill - Development Strategies For Groups And Individuals 117 16. 1 Journal Clubs 117 16. 2 Writing Groups 118 16. 3 Selecting Feedback Strategies For Different Purposes 118 16. 4 Becoming A Reviewer 120 16. 5 Training For Responding To Reviewers 121 17 Developing Discipline - Specific English Skills 123 17. 1 Introduction 123 17. 2 Error Types And Editor Expectations Of Language Use 123 17. 3 Strategic (And Acceptable!) Language Re - Use: Sentence Templates 125 17. 4 More About Noun Phrases 128 17. 5 Concordancing: A Tool For Developing Your Discipline - Specific English 129 17. 6 Using The English Articles (A / An, The) Appropriately In Science Writing 133 17. 7 Using Which And That 136 18 Writing Funding Proposals 139 18. 1 Introduction 139 18. 2 A Process For Preparing And Submitting A Funding Proposal 140 18. 3 Easy Mistakes To Make 143 Section 5: Provided Example Articles 145 19 Pea1: Kaiser Et Al. (2003) 147 20 Pea2: Britton - Simmons And Abbott (2008) 159 21 Pea3: Ganci Et Al. (2012) 171 Answer Pages 185 Appendix: Measures Of Journal Impact And Quality 213 A. 1 Journal Impact 213 A. 2 Using Indices Of Journal Quality 214 References 217 Index 219
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