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Writing Scientific Research Articles Strategy and Steps

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

10.06.2021

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

256

Maße (L/B/H)

27,1/21,5/1,3 cm

Gewicht

700 g

Auflage

3. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-71727-0

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

10.06.2021

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

256

Maße (L/B/H)

27,1/21,5/1,3 cm

Gewicht

700 g

Auflage

3. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-71727-0

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Preface to the third edition ix

    Preface to the second edition xi

    Preface to the first edition xiii

    Section 1: A framework for success 1

    1 How to use this book 3

    1.1 Getting started with writing for international publication 3

    1.2 Publishing in the international literature 4

    1.3 Aims of the book 8

    1.4 How the book is structured 9

    1.5 How to use this book if you are. . . 10

    2 Research article structures 13

    2.1 Conventional article structures: AIMRaD and its variations 13

    3 Reviewers' criteria for evaluating manuscripts 19

    3.1 Titles as content signposts 20

    Section 2: When and how to write each article section 23

    4 Results as a "story": the key driver of an article 25

    5 Results: turning data into knowledge 27

    5.1 Designing figures 28

    5.2 Designing tables 30

    5.3 Figure legends and table titles 31

    5.4 Supplementary material 33

    5.5 Archiving data 34

    6 Writing about results 35

    6.1 Structure of Results sections 35

    6.2 Functions of Results sentences 36

    6.3 Verb tense in Results sections 36

    7 The Methods section 39

    7.1 Purpose of the Methods section 39

    7.2 Organising Methods sections 40

    7.3 Methods in supplementary material 41

    7.4 Publishing methods papers 41

    7.5 Use of passive and active verbs 41

    8 The Introduction 47

    8.1 Argument stages towards a compelling Introduction 47

    8.2 Stage 1: Locating your project within an existing field of scientific research 50

    8.3 Using references in Stages 2 and 3 51

    8.4 Avoiding plagiarism when using others' work 54

    8.5 Stage 3: Indicating the gap or research niche 55

    8.6 Stage 4: The statement of purpose or main activity 56

    8.7 Stages 5 and 6: Highlighting benefit and mapping the article 57

    8.8 Suggested process for drafting an Introduction 57

    8.9 Editing for logical flow 58

    9 The Discussion section 63

    9.1 Important structural issues 63

    9.2 Information elements to highlight the key messages 64

    9.3 Negotiating the strength of claims 66

    10 The title and keywords 69

    10.1 Strategy 1: Provide as much relevant information as possible, but be concise 69

    10.2 Strategy 2: Use carefully chosen keywords prominently 69

    10.3 Strategy 3: Choose strategically - noun phrase, statement, or question? 70

    10.4 Strategy 4: Avoid ambiguity in noun phrases 71

    11 The Abstract and highlights 73

    11.1 Why Abstracts are so important 73

    11.2 Selecting additional keywords 73

    11.3 Abstracts: typical information elements 73

    11.4 Visual abstracts 75

    11.5 "Highlights" and other significance or summary sections 75

    12 Writing review articles 77

    12.1 What editors want to publish 79

    12.2 The "take¿home message" of a review 79

    12.3 The structure of review articles 87

    12.4 Visual elements in review articles: tables, figures, and boxes 89

    12.5 Checklist for review article manuscripts 91

    12.6 Systematic review articles 91

    12.7 Submission and revision of review articles 93

    Section 3: Getting your manuscript published 95

    13 Submitting a manuscript 97

    13.1 Five practices of successful authors 97

    13.2 Understanding the peer¿review process 98

    13.3 Understanding the editor's role 99

    13.4 The contributor's covering letter 99

    13.5 Understanding the reviewer's role 101

    13.6 Understanding the editor's role (continued) 103

    14 How to respond to peer reviews 105

    14.1 Rules of thumb for responding to reviews 105

    14.2 How to deal with manuscript rejection 106

    14.3 How to deal with "conditional acceptance" or "revise and resubmit" 106

    15 A process for preparing a manuscript 115

    15.1 Manuscript mapping 116

    15.2 Editing procedures 117

    15.3 A pre¿review checklist 120

    Section 4: Developing your writing and publication skills further 121

    16 Skill¿development strategies for groups and individuals 123

    16.1 Journal clubs 123

    16.2 Writing groups 124

    16.3 Selecting feedback strategies for different purposes 124

    16.4 Becoming a reviewer 126

    16.5 Training for responding to reviewers 127

    17 Developing discipline¿specific English skills 129

    17.1 Editor expectations of language use 129

    17.2 Strategic (and acceptable!) language re¿use: sentence templates 130

    17.3 More about noun phrases 133

    17.4 Concordancing: a tool for developing your discipline¿specific English 134

    17.5 Using the English articles (a/an, the) appropriately in science writing 138

    17.6 Using "which" and "that" 141

    18 Writing funding proposals 143

    18.1 A process for preparing and submitting a funding proposal 144

    18.2 Easy mistakes to make 147

    Section 5: Provided example articles 149

    19 PEA1: Kaiser et al. (2003) 151

    20 PEA2: Britton-Simmons & Abbott (2008) 165

    21 PEA3: Ganci et al. (2012) 177

    Answer pages 191

    Appendix: Measures of journal impact and quality 221

    A.1 Journal impact 221

    A.2 Using indices of journal quality 222

    References 225

    Index 229