To Write A Paper

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To write a paperwhat you need

2. Choose the title

• the title is very important

• the title is the message you want people to remember

• it is also what will attract attention

3. Write the abstract

• the abstract is a way to explain the title

• nowadays the abstract has a different role

• it is usually available on the internet and from the abstract you decide what if you want to read the rest of the paper

Sections in a paper• 1. Title

• 2. Introduction

• 3. Material and Methods

• 4. Results

• 5. Discussion

• 6. Conclusion

• 7. References

• 6. References

Where do you start

• Already you have the references

• Make sure you have a good system to keep them in order

Start with what you have

• If you are starting to write

• You had to do the experiments so you already have

• Material and Method

• write that up

Start with Material &Method

• Write up the section on Material & Method and their references

• check how the references are supposed to be written for that journal

Material

• The material you used

• Hardware name of the company, model number

• Software

• Own equipment or chemical

• Make an extensive list and keep it

Method

• should be explained clearly to enable others to repeat the work

• new method which can be patented

• decide if you want it published

• Can post it to yourself and keep the post mark

Write up the results

• the results tables graphs etc. will be there

Write the introduction

• the introduction is what it is

• To introduce your work and similar work which was done before

• why it is important, why you are doing this work

• i.e. your objective

Introduction/history

• in the introduction you can give references of work that has been done before by you or others that are relevant to this paper

Write the discussion

• Discuss your results

• your results can be discussed here in relation to other results.

• by you or other researchers

• for example the same as, or different from others.

Write the conclusion

• your objective is written in the introduction,

• in the conclusion you show:

• how with your results

• you can come to that conclusion

Acknowledgement

• Acknowledge the people who helped but are not authors and mention the grants

References

• Name of authors

• Journal

• Use the right J. Jour. Med.