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Spatial Data Infrastructure GRS-21306

Spatial Data Infrastructure GRS-21306 . Tips and publication strategy Arnold Bregt. Content. Introduction Elements of a Paper Final Remarks/Summary. Introduction. Publications are essential for your future career Writing publications (or thesis) is difficult

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Spatial Data Infrastructure GRS-21306

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  1. Spatial Data InfrastructureGRS-21306 Tips and publication strategy Arnold Bregt

  2. Content • Introduction • Elements of a Paper • Final Remarks/Summary

  3. Introduction • Publications are essential for your future career • Writing publications (or thesis) is difficult • You can learn it (it is a skill not an art) • “easy reading is hard writing” • “tell a scientific story”

  4. IJSDIR

  5. Elements of a paper • Title • Abstract • Introduction • (Materials) and Methods • Results • Discussion • Conclusions • References

  6. Title • Shortest summary of your paper • Attracts attention for your work • Put the most important works at the beginning

  7. One of the papers

  8. Introduction • From general to specific • Statements about the topic (context topic or problem) • Aspects already studied (with references to others) • Aspects not studied or know (with references) • Selection of research niche • Purpose of the paper

  9. Introduction • Main problem: selection of research topic • TIP: make is small and concrete

  10. (Materials and) Methods • How was the work done? • The method must be a scientific method • Transparent • Objective • Reproducible • TIP: Use are much as possible existing methods and procedures • TIP: Most critical section of a paper

  11. Example

  12. Results • (Sometimes combined with Discussion) • Presentation of the results in a few Figures and Tables • Do not present all findings (only the most important ones • What are the most striking results (highlight results) • TIP: Take the reader by the hand

  13. Example

  14. Discussion • (A restatement of the main findings) • Explanations of the findings (supported by literature) • Limitations of the study • Implications of the study • Personal TIP: Limit is to a few main discussion points

  15. Conclusions • Repeat the overall objective of you paper • Formulate the answers/main findings • Suggestion for further research • TIP: Keep it short and to the point

  16. Example

  17. References • Always follow the guidelines of the journal • TIP: Check them for completeness and correctness!

  18. Example

  19. Abstract • Some backgroud information • Scope of the study • Some info on the method • Most important results • Conclusion and recommendation

  20. Final remarks/Summary • Follow the agreed structure for scientific papers • Study good examples • Keep the objective limited • Pay amble attention to a clear scientific method!

  21. Final remak • Paper writing is difficult (even for experienced scientists) • All scientists have some of their papers rejected • Essential skill for your future career!

  22. Further reading • Cargill, M and P. O’ Conner, 2009. Writing scientific research Articles, Strategy and steps. Wiley-Blackwell. • The unofficial guide for authors (or how to produce research articles worth citing) (google)

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