From research to manuscript: a guide to scientific writing /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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New York:
Springer,
2009.
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| Edition: | Segunda edición |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. Scientific Papers Used as Examples; Part I: Tools and Techniques
- The Standards of a Scientific Paper
- Stereotyped Format
- Precise Language
- A Single, Clear Direction
- Reviewed and Made Available to Others
- Scientific Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs
- Scientific Text Needs Exactness and Clarity
- The Paragraph is the Unit of Exposition
- Writing Scientific Text
- Begin to Write While You Experiment
- Start Broadly, Work on the Details Later
- A Magnified View of the Writing Process. D- Advice to Speakers of Other Languages
- Presenting Numerical Data
- Tables
- Statistics
- Constructing Scientific Figures
- Basic Guidelines
- Figure Legends
- Numerical Figures
- Preparation for Submission to a Journal
- Scientific Patterns should be Reproducible
- Part II: Writing a Research Paper
- Writing During Research
- Keep a Computerized Notebook
- Begin a Draft Early Chapter
- Composing the Sections of a Research Paper
- Materials and Methods
- Appendix
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Limitations of this Study
- Introduction
- Abstract
- Key Words and List of Nonstandard Abbreviations
- Title
- Footnotes
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Part III: Preparing a Manuscript for Submission
- Choosing a Journal
- Make a List of Candidate Journals
- Style Rules
- A Final Rewrite
- Get a Friendly Critique
- Read the Paper Backwards
- Recheck the Spelling
- Preparing and Submitting the Manuscript
- Print and Page Format
- The Manuscript Packet
- The Introductory Letter
- Responding to Editors and Referees
- Appendix A Words That Are Often Misused
- Appendix B Simplifying Wordy, Redundant, And Awkward Phrases
- Appendix C Standard Scientific Abbreviations
- Appendix D Typical Bibliographic Formats
- Appendix E Additional Reading
- Appendix F Software Suggestions.