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Taller de Escritura de Artículos de Investigación Panama City, Panama (July 14-18, 2008)

Taller de Escritura de Artículos de Investigación Panama City, Panama (July 14-18, 2008). Sustainable Sciences Institute (SSI). Getting Started. This is an interactive workshop meant to teach you the basics of scientific writing AND help you progress on your current manuscript FORMAT

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Taller de Escritura de Artículos de Investigación Panama City, Panama (July 14-18, 2008)

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  1. Taller de Escritura de Artículos de Investigación Panama City, Panama (July 14-18, 2008) Sustainable Sciences Institute (SSI)

  2. Getting Started This is an interactive workshop meant to teach you the basics of scientific writing AND help you progress on your current manuscript FORMAT Lectures and exercises Followed by One-on-one tutoring To help you write your manuscript

  3. Why publish? Because this is how we build the body of knowledge that is science! Scientific knowledge is “constructed…not just in labs or at fields sites, but in arguments that scientists conduct through the medium of scientific papers.” Winsor 1993. Understanding Scientific Prose

  4. Goals of writing Goal of scientific research is to further scientific knowledge Can’t be achieved unless describe results to others Primary aim is to communicate You need to convince your readers WHY your research is important Ref: V. McMillan and Penrose & Katz

  5. 3 types of papers: • Method • Descriptive • Hypothesis All need solid structure.All need a main point.

  6. Paper Format • 5 sections • Introduction • Materials and Methods • Results • Discussion • Abstract Ref: V. McMillan

  7. Enable replication How? What? Share data Significance? Suggest interpretation Who helped? Give thanks Papers cited? Give credit Part Answers Goal Introduction Why? Motivate reader Methods Results Discussion Acknowledgments References

  8. Research paper format allows you to: • State your assumptions and ”main point" in multiple places • The Abstract, Introduction, Results, and Discussion • Describe your research so others can repeat the experiment • Materials and Methods • Clearly separate: • Interpretations (Discussion) from the • Data (Results)

  9. When do I start? • Do you have enough for a paper? • Analyze data and prepare figures. • Try writing an outline or rough draft • This may expose a hole in your data Ref: K. LaMarco & R. Ward

  10. Create a rough draft or outline Start with your tables and figures • WHAT data will you present and HOW? • Decide what NOT to show as well as what to show • Write a sentence or phrase about what each table or figure shows • If these sentences tell a story….then you are ready Ref: K. LaMarco & R. Ward

  11. Receive some input • Present your work orally – formally or informally • Reveals holes • Receive suggestions Ref: K. LaMarco & R. Ward

  12. What is your main point? • What is the one thing that you want the reader to know? • This is your main point!! Repeat it again and again in the paper.

  13. The main point in a paper • Title Main point (maybe) • Introduction Main point Materials and Methods • Results Main point • Discussion Main point • Abstract Main point Ref: V. McMillan

  14. Remember Repetition of key words in different parts of paper is not redundancy BUT Repetition of less important information is redundancy

  15. Who should be an author? • Those who contributed SUBSTANTIALLY to the work • Designing the experiments • And/or performing the experiments • Deciding who is an author can depend upon the rules of your institution and the practice in your lab Ref: R. Day

  16. Authors • Once you decide who should be an author, • Talk with them and make sure they agree • Receive their input • Sometimes they must sign that they have read the paper and have contributed to the study Ref: R. Day

  17. Authors: What order? • In order of importance of the experiments to which they contributed • First author is the primary author • Did most of the performing of the experiments and writing • Last author is the head of the laboratory Ref: R. Day

  18. Start with the easiest Scientists write parts in different order ONE WAY TO ORDER YOUR WRITING Materials and Methods ↓ Results Discussion and Introduction ↓ Abstract

  19. Writing a ROUGH draft: It does not have to be perfect • Just write down your ideas. Let it flow. • Don’t worry about grammar or spelling • JUST START • This is the hardest part. Ref: K. LaMarco & R. Ward

  20. Take a break • Write a rough draft and walk away for a week • Give your mind a break • Look at it again when it feels fresh Ref: K. LaMarco & R. Ward

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