Scientific writing for impact factor journals / editor, Eric Lichtfouse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lichtfouse, Eric.

Series:

Media and communications - technologies, policies and challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technical writing.

Manuscript preparation (Authorship).

Science--Periodicals--Publishing--Technological innovations.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Publish or Perish. This old adage illustrates the importance of scientific communication; essential to research, it also represents a strategic sector for each countrys competitiveness. An often-neglected topic, scientific communication is of vital importance, with new information technologies accelerating and profoundly changing how knowledge is disseminated. The necessity of optimally disseminating experts findings has also become crucial to researchers, institutes and universities alike, which has prompted the recent advent of Impact Factors for the evaluation and financing of research, the goal being for scientific knowledge to be equally distributed to a very broad audience, especially to the media, entrepreneurs and sociopolitical players. This handbook presents the golden rules for publishing scientific articles. In order to do away with major recurring errors, the author explains how to easily structure an article and offers support for the typical mistakes made by native French speakers publishing in English, tips on how to make the style more academic of more general to fit your intended readership and, in the books closing section, suggests new publishing techniques of the Internet age such as the micro-article, which allows researchers to focus their findings into a single innovative point. The major principles presented can be applied to a broad range of documents such as theses, industry reports, publicity texts, letters of intent, CVs/resumes, blogs and press releases, as all of these documents involve presenting information on advances, discoveries, innovations, or changes to our previous knowledge.

Contents:

General advice

Introduction

Problems and solutions

When should I start writing?

The micro-article

Novelty

Communication

Education and dissemination

Themes

Instructions for authors

Reformulation of the hypothesis

The editorial process

Abbreviations

Tips by section

The skeleton of an article

Title

Body of the text

Abstract

Method

Figures

Results and discussion

Conclusion

Bibliographic references

Appendices

Appendix 1: The ten commandments of writing a research article

Appendix 2: The nine steps for writing a research article

Appendix 3: How to write consistently boring scientific literature.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62618-955-2