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How to write a paper?

How to write a paper?. by Gholamreza Zahedi Chem. Eng Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UTM Skudai 81310 Malaysia. 1. Why to publish a paper?. Letting researchers to know about your findings Helps professionals for new ideas Networking and internationalization

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How to write a paper?

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  1. How to write a paper? byGholamreza ZahediChem. Eng Department,Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaUTM Skudai 81310 Malaysia 1

  2. Why to publish a paper? • Letting researchers to know about your findings • Helps professionals for new ideas • Networking and internationalization • Person satisfaction and credibility of the work

  3. Thesis title is important in publication • Thesis should be novel and interesting • Supervisor plays key role here • Literature survey will show novelty of thesis and subjects • If you did search and found your work is already done try to add new parts and researches on it like: • Optimization, sensitivity anlaysis,

  4. How to select the journal? • Processing time

  5. 2. Higher impact factor How to find higher impact factor journals? Use data banks 3. Use your key words for finding suitable journals

  6. Sciencedirect • Library (all databases, spent about 13 M/YEAR) • Yahoo, Google search (put key words)/Internet, www.scirus.com • Scopus • WoS • Engineering Village • Pro-quest-digital dissertation • Ingentaconnect • …

  7. Types of papers • Full length article • Short communications • Review paper • Data bank Letter to editor, erratum's are not considered paper Do not submit to more than one journal Conference materials can be sent to journal

  8. Full length research article • Most of papers have this theme. It contains: • Title, abstract, key words, introduction, material and methods, results, conclusion, references

  9. Title of paper • Should be brief and informative • Should be attractive • New ideas can come with new phrase • Abbreviation should be avoided in title

  10. Authors name and affiliations • Follow journal guidelines • Corresponding author should provide details like Tel. No and fax No.

  11. abstract • What you have done and what you have found • Should be brief in 200-300 words based on journals policy. • Avoid using introduction if it is possible

  12. Key words • The words when you used them in data banks you will be able to find your paper • Describe area of your research • Usually 5 is maximum limit of key words • Usually are separated by ;(depending on journal format) • Avoid abbreviation in key words except very well known abbreviations like pH.

  13. Introduction 1- start with problem statement 2- literature review: • use updated references • Use some papers from the journal you want to submit • Previous work of you will help 3- statement of novelty of your work in one or two section 4- one paragraph on remaining sections of paper

  14. Material and methods • For process modeling works: • Process description, modeling technique like ANN, and numerical solution or how you have solved the model should be presented. • Software detail should be mentioned. • Data source for validation of model is important. • For experimental works: • Deatails of experiment, devices with

  15. Details of equipment used, • You should mention also why you are using the specific experimental methods • All details regarding accuracy should be followed. • Figures with exp. Rig usually is fruitful.

  16. Results and discussion • Any result should be justified and each figure or table should be followed by reasonable interpretations. • Any results should be justified. • Errors in modeling work should be reported and justified. • Supporting from other works will help.

  17. Conclusion and remarks • It should not be similar to abstract • It should tell how the objective of the research has been met. • Include important founding and aspects of results here.

  18. acknowledgement • If you need acknowledge from sponsorship of work or any organization,.. You will bring it in this section.

  19. references • Follow exactly journal guideline. • Using End note will help you in this case as if your paper is rejected you need to re arrange the references. • Sample of journal referencing: Francois B, Daniel SK. Centralised and distributed electricity systems. Energy Policy 2008;36:4504–8. • Sample of internet referencing:

  20. Walt P. Electricity: decentralized futures, electric futures: pointers and possibilities-transforming electricity:working paper 3; 1997. Available from: http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/research/eedp/papers/view/-/id/83/ [cited 2010 July] • DOI • Salas V, Olı´as E. Overview of the state of technique for PV inverters used in low voltage grid-connected PV systems: inverters below 10 kW. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2009. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2008.10.003. Book referencing • Hartley CWS. The oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq., Third edition, 1988,London. Document • Hiremath R, Ravindranath NH, Somashekhar H. Status of decentralized • energy planning – case studies report. Bangalore: Center for Sustainable • Technologies (CST), IISc; 2007.

  21. appendixes • Will give further detail of calculations, questioners, result of analysis,… • Language quality should be excellent as paper.

  22. Paper language • Level of "English language” is very important. Paper must be edited and proofed by professional in English language if the authors have doubt in English level of the paper. • Reviewer #2: You should rewrite completely your paper and ask for help of someone who is proficient in chemical engineering English. Also, you should use the latest information and papers published in the domain of GB models applied for chemical reactors modelling and, also, how others took into consideration the catalyst deactivation with respect to the dynamic of the reactor/system. Presently, the paper is far below the standards needed to be considered as a submission to Computers & Chemical Engineering.

  23. Manuscript length • Depends on journal policy and normally is 20-40 double spaced pages. • No. of figures also should be reasonable. 8-10 seems reasonable but is not a rule. • All the figures and tables should be cited in the paper body. • All references should appear in the manuscript.

  24. Review paper writing • Review papers are usually by invitation • You should be expert in the field • A review paper should review previous papers • You should have some of your works in the reference section • Comparison between various research should be carried out • If a researcher reads a review he should not need doing search on the data banks

  25. Short communication • If you do not that much to present • They are easy to pblish

  26. grzahedi@cheme.utm.my • Tel: • 5535583

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