From Research to Manuscript

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Edition: 2nd
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Pub. Date: 2009-03-06
Publisher(s): Springer Nature
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Summary

Written in simple, straightforward language, From Research to Manuscript, explains how to understand and summarize a research project. It is a writing guide that goes beyond grammar and style by demonstrating how to pull together the information needed for each section of a polished scientific paper. This book is a systematic guide, leading you from the data on your desk through the drafts and rewrites that are needed to build a complete and tightly-written science article. From Research to Manuscript:includes tools and techniques for structuring the sentences, paragraphs, and sections of a research paper.gives wide-ranging examples from well-written research articles.offers advice to speakers of other languages.explains the effective use of tables, graphs, statistics, and figures.shows you how to organize your data to clearly present your results.guides you through the process of manuscript submission and editorial review.The updated second edition includes more examples, advice on publishing in online journals, software suggestions, and updated references. Overall, From Research to Manuscript argues that scientists should be working on their paper during their active research. Writing will keep the research project organized, thorough, and thoughtful. From Research to Manuscript provides a format for integrating writing and research, so that you can strengthen your science, compose a better paper, and get the paper published.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. v
Tools and Techniques
The Standards of a Scientific Paperp. 3
A Stereotyped Formatp. 3
Precise Languagep. 3
A Single, Clear Directionp. 4
Reviewed and Made Available to Othersp. 4
Scientific Words, Sentences, and Paragraphsp. 5
Scientific Text Needs Exactness and Clarityp. 5
Write with Precisionp. 5
Scientific Use of Tensesp. 7
The Paragraph Is the Unit of Expositionp. 8
Each Paragraph Makes One Pointp. 8
Inside a Scientific Paragraphp. 9
Connect Succeeding Paragraphsp. 10
Writing Scientific Textp. 13
Begin to Write While You Experimentp. 13
Start Broadly, Work on the Details Laterp. 13
A Magnified View of the Writing Processp. 14
Use the Skeletal Outlinesp. 14
Pile in Ideasp. 15
Collect Information from Outside Resourcesp. 16
Form Rough Sentencesp. 17
Arrange the Sentences into Themesp. 18
Make Your Themed Lists into Rough Paragraphsp. 19
Take a Break and Clear Your Mindp. 21
Put Together One Paragraph for Each Topicp. 21
Shape a Working Draftp. 22
Smooth Transitionsp. 26
Polishingp. 27
When to Stop Writingp. 33
Advice to Speakers of Other Languagesp. 34
Presenting Numerical Datap. 35
Tablesp. 37
Organize Your Datap. 37
Inside Tables Use Numerical Orderp. 40
Examplesp. 42
Statisticsp. 43
Descriptive Statisticsp. 43
Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testingp. 50
Use Statistics Thoughtfullyp. 57
Constructing Scientific Figuresp. 59
Basic Guidelinesp. 59
Figure Legendsp. 62
Numerical Figuresp. 62
Graphsp. 62
Relationships Between Variablesp. 66
Aesthetics of Numerical Figuresp. 69
Preparation for Submission to a Journalp. 70
Scientific Patterns Should Be Reproduciblep. 70
Writing a Research Paper
Writing During Researchp. 75
Keep a Computerized Notebookp. 76
The Diary-Record Your Work Notesp. 76
References-Archive Your Sourcesp. 77
Begin a Draft Earlyp. 78
Composing the Sections of a Research Paperp. 79
Materials and Methodsp. 80
Recipesp. 80
Writing Your Materials and Methods Sectionp. 82
An Example of a Complete Materials and Methods Sectionp. 92
Commit to a Few Key Variablesp. 93
Appendixp. 95
Resultsp. 97
Carving Out Your Results from Your Observationsp. 98
Exploratory Data Analysisp. 101
Writing the Resultsp. 105
An Example of a Complete Results Sectionp. 117
Discussionp. 118
Recap Your Resultsp. 118
Archive Your Resultsp. 121
Try to Make a Proposalp. 125
An Example of a Complete Discussion Sectionp. 132
Conclusionp. 132
Limitations of This Studyp. 136
Introductionp. 137
Define the Gapp. 138
Begin with the Knownp. 138
Take a Direct Path to the Unknownp. 139
Summarize Your Plan-of-Attackp. 139
A Sampler of Introductionsp. 140
An Example of a Complete Introduction Sectionp. 148
Abstractp. 149
The Simple Abstractp. 149
The Abstract with Subsectionsp. 152
Key Words and the List of Nonstandard Abbreviationsp. 154
Key Wordsp. 154
Alphabetical List of Nonstandard Abbreviationsp. 155
Titlep. 155
Footnotesp. 157
Acknowledgementsp. 158
Referencesp. 159
Cite Original Sourcesp. 160
Don't Cite Incomplete Sourcesp. 160
Find the Appropriate Citation Formatsp. 161
Use Bibliographic Softwarep. 162
Check Your Text Citations and Your Reference Listp. 162
Preparing a Manuscript for Submission
Choosing a Journalp. 165
Make a List of Candidate Journalsp. 165
Consider Open Access Publishingp. 166
Rank the Journals by Qualityp. 167
Aim for the Best and Toughest Journalp. 167
Style Rulesp. 168
A Final Rewritep. 171
Get a Friendly Critiquep. 172
Read the Paper Back wardsp. 172
Recheck the Spellingp. 174
Preparing and Submitting the Manuscriptp. 175
Print and Page Formatp. 175
The Manuscript Packetp. 175
Page Onep. 175
Page Twop. 176
Page Threep. 177
Page Fourp. 177
The Last Pagesp. 177
The Introductory Letterp. 177
Responding to Editors and Refereesp. 179
Homeworkp. 179
The Comment-by-Comment Letterp. 180
Stay Calmp. 181
Words That Are Often Misusedp. 183
Simplifying Wordy, Redundant, and Awkward Phrasesp. 189
Standard Scientific Abbreviationsp. 191
Basic Rulesp. 191
Typical Bibliographic Formatsp. 195
Formats for Text Citationsp. 195
Bibliographic Formats for the References Sectionp. 195
Articlesp. 195
Booksp. 196
Otherp. 197
Additional Readingp. 199
Software Suggestionsp. 201
Indexp. 203
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