文档介绍：Write to Publish
Outline
What’s publishable?
What’s in a paper?
To make it easy
How to write:
Format
Abstract
Introduction
M&M
Results & Discussion
Conclusions
References
Figures/Tables
Final touches
What’s Publishable?
New ideas
pounds (not likely)
New topics (less likely)
New data
Address current issues
Issues of regional interest
Small but provable topics
Small improvements
Field vs. Laboratory
Field data:
Monitoring, scattered data – less publishable
Field plot studies (expensive) – highly publishable
Lab studies:
Inexpensive
Publishable, if done right
Lab-binations
Complementary
Most publishable
Example: Analytical methods + field samples
What’s in a Paper?
How long?
12-15 text pages, double spaced
1-4 tables
5-2 figures
15-25 references
2-4 core references
To Make It Easy
Always read other people’s papers first!
Avoid “reinvent the wheel”
Avoid wasting time on developing old methods
Avoid ing “narrow minded”- fair evaluation
of your own work
Really get the “handle” or “angle”
Aim low, aim small, aim specific
Really, really understand “why?”
To be used in Introduction
To Make It Easy
Always prepare a study protocol
Notebooks: date/time
Plan 1, plan 2, …, keep updating
Objectives
Detailed methods, exact conditions, references
Detailed statistics, design
Incorporate changes
Record problems, unexpected observations
Store all info in specific folders
To be used in M&M
To Make It Easy
Analyze data when still “hot”
Get data off instruments right away!
Plot after 3 time points!
Group curves by treatments
What do you want pare?
Temperature? In one graph
Compounds? In one graph
Soil type? In one graph
Keep samples for 6 months after finish
Recap if punctured
Always use replicates (n ≥ 3) and statistics
r or r2