Writing Scientific Research Articles Strategy and Steps.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cargill, Margaret
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Subjects:
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the first edition
  • Section 1: A framework for success
  • Chapter 1 How the book is organized, and why
  • 1.1 Getting started with writing for international publication
  • 1.2 Publishing in the international literature
  • 1.3 What do you need to know to select your target journal?
  • 1.4 Aims of this book
  • 1.5 How the book is structured
  • Chapter 2 Research article structures
  • 2.1 Conventional article structures: AIMRaD (Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, and Discussion) and its variations
  • Chapter 3 Reviewers' criteria for evaluating manuscripts
  • 3.1 Titles as content signposts
  • Section 2: When and how to write each article section
  • Chapter 4 Results as a "story": the key driver of an article
  • Chapter 5 Results: turning data into knowledge
  • 5.1 Figure, table, or text?
  • 5.2 Designing figures
  • 5.3 Designing tables
  • 5.4 Figure legends and table titles
  • Chapter 6 Writing about results
  • 6.1 Structure of Results sections
  • 6.2 Functions of Results sentences
  • 6.3 Verb tense in Results sections
  • Chapter 7 The Methods section
  • 7.1 Purpose of the Methods section
  • 7.2 Organizing Methods sections
  • 7.3 Use of passive and active verbs
  • Chapter 8 The Introduction
  • 8.1 Argument stages towards a compelling Introduction
  • 8.2 Stage 1: Locating your project within an existing field of scientific research
  • 8.3 Using references in Stages 2 and 3
  • 8.4 Avoiding plagiarism when using others' work
  • 8.5 Indicating the gap or research niche
  • 8.6 Stage 4: The statement of purpose or main activity
  • 8.7 Stages 5 and 6: Highlighting benefit and mapping the article
  • 8.8 Suggested process for drafting an Introduction
  • 8.9 Editing for logical flow
  • Chapter 9 The Discussion section
  • 9.1 Important structural issues
  • 9.2 Information elements to highlight the key messages
  • 9.3 Negotiating the strength of claims
  • Chapter 10 The title
  • 10.1 Strategy 1: Provide as much relevant information as possible, but be concise
  • 10.2 Strategy 2: Use keywords prominently
  • 10.3 Strategy 3: Choose strategically: noun phrase, statement, or question?
  • 10.4 Strategy 4: Avoid ambiguity in noun phrases
  • Chapter 11 The Abstract
  • 11.1 Why Abstracts are so important
  • 11.2 Selecting additional keywords
  • 11.3 Abstracts: typical information elements
  • Chapter 12 Writing review articles
  • 12.1 What editors want to publish
  • 12.2 The "take-home message" of a review
  • 12.3 The structure of review articles
  • 12.4 Visual elements in review articles: tables, figures, and boxes
  • 12.5 Checklist for review article manuscripts
  • 12.6 Submission and revision of review articles
  • Section 3: Getting your manuscript published

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