UID:
almahu_9949890509602882
Format:
1 online resource (123 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781510619142
Series Statement:
Press Monograph ; v.286
Content:
Many scientists and engineers consider themselves poor writers or find the writing process difficult. The good news is that you do not have to be a talented writer to produce a good scientific paper, but you do have to be a careful writer. In particular, writing for a peer-reviewed scientific or engineering journal requires learning and executing a specific formula for presenting scientific work. This book is all about teaching the style and conventions of writing for a peer-reviewed scientific journal. From structure to style, titles to tables, abstracts to author lists, this book gives practical advice about the process of writing a paper and getting it published.
Note:
Intro -- Copyright -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Getting Started -- 1.1 Why Write and Publish a Paper? -- 1.2 The Literature Search -- 1.3 Plan and Execute Research with Publication in Mind -- 1.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2 Structure and Organization -- 2.1 The Standard Structure of a Scientific Paper -- 2.2 Introduction -- 2.3 Method -- 2.4 Results and Discussion -- 2.5 Conclusions -- 2.6 The Structures of Papers in the Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Language and Style -- 3.1 Some Books on Style -- 3.2 The Scientific Style -- 3.2.1 Truth -- 3.2.2 Presentation -- 3.2.3 Scene -- 3.2.4 Cast -- 3.2.5 Thought and language -- 3.3 Writing in the Scientific Style -- 3.4 Acronyms -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Figures and Tables -- 4.1 The Goals of Using Figures -- 4.2 Errors in Graphs -- 4.3 Graphical Integrity -- 4.4 A Few Guidelines -- 4.5 The x-y Scatterplot -- 4.5.1 The x-y scatterplot in Excel -- 4.5.2 Other scatterplot examples -- 4.6 Figure Quality from a Production Standpoint -- 4.7 Tables -- 4.8 Example: Figures and Tables in JM3 -- 4.9 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Citations -- 5.1 The Five Goals of Citations -- 5.2 The Literature Search -- 5.3 Verify, Verify, Verify -- 5.4 Other Problems with Citations -- 5.5 More on Self-Citations -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Abstract and Title -- 6.1 Writing an Abstract -- 6.2 Structured Abstracts -- 6.3 Important Additional Thoughts on Abstracts -- 6.4 Titles -- 6.5 Keywords -- 6.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 What an Editor Looks For -- 7.1 Scope -- 7.2 Quality -- 7.3 Novelty -- 7.4 Significance -- 7.4.1 Measuring significance -- 7.4.2 In praise of the null result -- 7.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8 Picking the Right Journal -- 8.1 The Specialization Spectrum.
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8.2 Reading in the Age of Search Engines -- 8.3 Avoiding the Wrong Journal -- 8.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 Cover Letter -- 9.1 The Purpose of the Cover Letter -- 9.2 A Structured Cover Letter -- 9.3 Conclusions -- Chapter 10 The Editorial Review Process -- 10.1 The Goals of Peer Review -- 10.2 Characteristics of a Well-Done Review -- 10.3 The Peer-Review Process at JM3 -- 10.4 Responsibilities -- 10.5 Criticisms of the Peer-Review Process -- 10.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11 Review Articles -- 11.1 What is a Review Article? -- 11.2 The Structure of a Review Article -- 11.3 What Makes a Review Article "Good"? -- 11.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12 The Ethics of Scientific Publication -- 12.1 The Primary Ethic of Scientific Publication -- 12.2 Author Responsibilities before Publication -- 12.3 Author Responsibilities during the Peer-Review Process -- 12.4 Author Responsibilities after Publication -- 12.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13 Authorship -- 13.1 Defining Authorship -- 13.2 No Guests or Ghosts -- 13.3 Do Not Forget the Acknowledgments -- 13.4 Author Order -- 13.5 Authorship within JM3 -- 13.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14 Plagiarism -- 14.1 Copying Another's Ideas -- 14.2 Copying Another's Images -- 14.3 Copying Another's Words -- 14.4 Duplicate Publication, or Self-Plagiarism -- 14.5 Cultural Issues -- 14.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 15 Double Publication -- 15.1 Something Old, Something New -- 15.2 The Role of Conference Proceedings -- 15.3 Conclusions -- Chapter 16 Editorial Ethics -- 16.1 Editors' Responsibilities -- 16.2 Conclusions -- References -- Appendix: A Checklist for Editors, Reviewers, and Authors -- Author Biography.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mack, Chris A. How to Write a Good Scientific Paper Bellingham : Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers,c2018 ISBN 9781510619135
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
ProQuest Ebook Central
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