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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781405186193 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1405186194 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781405193351 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1405193352 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
808.0666 |
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MAR/W |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cargill, Margaret |
| 9 (RLIN) |
17928 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Writing Scientific Research Articles : Strategy and Steps |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Chichester, UK; |
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Hoboken, NJ: |
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Wiley-Blackwell, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 173 p.: |
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ill.; |
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28 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Section 1 A framework for success<br/>1 How the book is organized, and why<br/>1.1 Getting started with writing for international publication<br/>1.2 Publishing in the international literature<br/>1.3 Aims of this book <br/>1.4 How the book is structured<br/>2 Research article structures<br/>2.1 Conventional article structure: AIMRaD (Abstract, Introduction,<br/>Materials and methods. Results, and Discussion) and its variations<br/>3 Referees’ criteria for evaluating manuscripts<br/>3.1 Titles as content sign posts<br/>Section 2 When and how to write each article section<br/>4 Results as a "story": the key driver of an article <br/>5 Results: turning data into knowledge<br/>5.1 Figure, table, or text?<br/>5.2 Designing figures<br/>5.3 Designing tables<br/>5.4 Figur legends and table titles<br/>6 Writing about results <br/>6.1 Functions of results sentences<br/>6.2 Verb tense in Results sections <br/>7 The methods section<br/>7.1 purpose of the Methods section<br/>7.2 Organizing Methods sections <br/>7.3 Use of passive and active verbs<br/>8 The Introduction<br/>8.1 Five stages to a compelling Introduction<br/>8.2 Stage 1: Locating your project within an existing field<br/>of scientific research<br/>8.3 Using references in Stages 2 and 3<br/>8.4 Avoiding plagiarism when using others’ work<br/>8.5 Indicating the gap or research niche<br/>8.6 Stage 4: The statement of purpose or main activity <br/>8.7 Suggested process for drafting an Introduction<br/>8.8 Editing for logical flow<br/>9 The Discussion section<br/>9.1 Important structural issues<br/>9.2 information elements to highlight the key messages<br/>9.3 Negotiating the strength of claims<br/>10 The title<br/>10.1 Strategy 1: Provide as much relevant information<br/>as possible, but be concise<br/>10.2 Strategy 2; Use keywords prominently<br/>10.3 Strategy 3: Choose strategically: noun phrase, statement,<br/>or question?<br/>10.4 Strategy 4: Avoid ambiguity in noun phrases<br/>11 The Abstract<br/>11.1 Why Abstracts are so important<br/>11.2 Selecting additional keywords <br/>11.3 Abstracts: typical information elements<br/>Section 3 Getting your manuscript published<br/>12 Considerations when selecting a target journal<br/>12.1 The scope and aims of the journal<br/>12.2 The audience for the journal 12.3 Journal impact<br/>12.4 Using indices of journal quality<br/>12.5 Time to publication <br/>12.6 Page charges or Open Access costs<br/>13 Submitting a manuscript<br/>13.1 Five practices of successful authors <br/>13.2 Understanding the pee ocess<br/>13.3 Understanding the ed’<br/>13.4 The contributor’s cov<br/>13.5 Understanding the n e<br/>13.6 Understanding the ( continued) <br/>14 How to respond to editor and referees<br/>14.1 Rules of thumb<br/>14.2 How to deal with manuscript rejection<br/>14.3 How to deal with "conditional acceptance" or "revise and resubmit"<br/>15 A process for preparing a manuscript<br/>15.1 Initial preparation steps<br/>15.2 Editing procedures <br/>15.3 A pre-review checklist<br/>Section 4 Developing your publication skills further<br/>16 Skill-development strategies for groups and individuals<br/>16.1 Journal clubs<br/>16.2 Writing groups<br/>16.3 Selecting feedback strategies for different purposes <br/>16.4 Training for responding to reviewers<br/>17 Developing discipline-specific English skills<br/>17.1 Introduction<br/>17.2 What kinds of English errors matter most?<br/>17.3 Strategic (and acceptable!) language re-use; sentence templates<br/>17.4 More about noun phrases<br/>17.5 Concordancing: a tool for developing your discipline-specific English<br/>17.6 Using the English articles (a/an, the) appropriately<br/>in science writing<br/>17.7 Using which and that<br/>Section 5 Provided example articles<br/>18 Provided example article 1: Kaiser et al. (2003)<br/>19 Provided example article 2: Britton-Simmons and Abbott (2008) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Scientific Writing |
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8046 |
| General subdivision |
Research Publications |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Research Writing |
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4047 |
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reporting |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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17929 |
| Personal name |
O'Connor, Patrick |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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GN Books |
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