文档介绍：Writing for Science Journals
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: General Remarks
Chapter 2 Introduction: The Experissues
Have articles appeared on related topics?
Study references in related articles
Look for editorial statements
Study length, format, and other requirements in “Instructions to Authors”
., Color? Can I afford the page charges?
Writing Format
General Principle: Make the Editor Happy!!
If format is rigidly specified, use it!
If not, format should follow from essence and essentials:
Abstract
A clear statement of problem, methods, and results
Writing Format
General Principle: Make the Editor Happy!
If format is rigidly specified, conform.
If not, should follow from essence and essentials:
Abstract
A clear statement of problem, methods, and results
Introduction
Context: Relation of your work to previous, why important (verification), what questions will be addressed
Theoretical/Scientific Basis
Methodology
Results
Conclusions
Writing Tips
General Principle: Make the Editor Happy!!
Don’t write a mystery novel
Avoid the urge to complicate
Watch length (too long or too short?)
Use active voice
No: “It is seen in Table 5”
Yes: “Table 5 shows”
Limit “while” and “since” to appropriate use
No: “While others have found…”
Yes: “Although others have found…”
Qualify “this” when referring to previous sentences
No: “This accounts for…”
Yes: “This reduction in soil moisture accounts for…”
Writing Tips
Pay attention to Paragraph Structure
Topic sentence
In selecting a general approach for usability engineering, we first considered the work of Gabbard et al. (1999), which was recommended by Slocum et al. (2001) as potentially appropriate for a broad range of geovisualization applications. Gabbard et al.’s approach involves four major steps: an analysis of potential user tasks prior to software development, an evaluation of the software by usability experts, having actual users work with a broad range of software functions, and a compa