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Corin Badiu, 2007
Metodologia cercetMetodologia cercet riirii tiintiinificeifice
Redactarea unei lucrri tiinifice
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Tipuri de lucrri tiinifice
Articol tiinific
Poster Prezentare oral
Lucrare de diplom / master / doctorat
Grant de cercetare
Articole de educaie continu
Book review
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How to write Scientific text ?
Logical and in such way that other scientistsare able to repeat your wor
!ind out what is already nown" find rele#antlitterature
References
!igures$ figure captions$ tables Language % si&ple and clear sentences
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'hy to write ?(ublication ) (roposal
*nd (roduct ofScientific wor
+o get other peopleinterested in and tonow your wor
+o show your acti#ity
+o obtain funding foryou and)or your group
to be able tostart)continueinteresting andi&portant research
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(ublication 3hain
4bstract *xtended abstract
Real paper in 1nternational 5ournal .ature) Science paper
+hesis 6M7Sc7 ) (h789 Reports
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'riting process
4lone or in group 4s co&&ents as soon and as often as possible fro&
co/authors and other people *xa&ple 6on co/operation92 4 &a es outlines and
&ain results and : writes details etc7 4lone 4 could &a e ;/< papers per year together 4
and : can &a e =/> papers per year
Re&e&ber2 as writer you would li e other people toread it$ ta e this into account when you write
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,n (ublications
4uthorship all authors &ust ha#e scientific contribution How &any authors?
Re#iew process if you get so&ewhat posti#e co&&ents it &eans that you are
able to publish the paper after so&e 6e#en &a or9 wor "+ypically possible to negotiate
.ature$ Science and (RL2 you need to con#ince editors thatyour topic is widely interested and significant
Letters to editros ) co#ering letters
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Recording DataRecording Data
Try placing your notesinto this format:
Materials used Method followed Results seen 3onclusions drawn
It is important that youmake sure that all theinformation you arerecording is accurate and
precise.
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So&e other ways of using technology forta ing notes2
4udio recording Bideo recordings
3o&puter databases (hotographs
'hate#er ðod of note ta ing you choose$ &a e
sure the data you record is accurate$ organiCed$and clear enough for you to read later when youcan no longer depend on your &e&ory7
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4 Syste& of 3onsistency is BitalD
When you keep your own notes,it is important that you recordthe same type of data every timeyou record something. !orexa&ple$ if you record how tall a
plant has grown under differentlight sources$ be sure to record theheight at the sa&e ti&e of dayusing the sa&e syste& of&easure&ent7 4 de#ise li e achart$ can help eep your entries
consistent7
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So&e scientific research &ay reAuire a sur#ey ofcurrent research7
Include the following information
when recording information: +he infor&ation 'hether the infor&ation is a direct
Auote or not +he source of the infor&ation and date +he sub ect &atter of the infor&ation
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Formatting and Organizing LabReports
Lab Reports always answer these Auestions2
'hat was the purpose of
the lab? 'hat &aterials were used? 'hat was the procedure? 'hat were the results? 'hat are the conclusions?
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4 typical lab report includes thefollowing four partsD7
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Report tructure: !"RaD# $
3ore sections of a scientific report can besu&&arised as !"RaD# $
!ntroduction " ethods Results
a nd Discussion # $ onclusion
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!% !ntroduction 4L'4-S tell the ob ecti#es)purpose of the
lab$ what the lab is expected to pro#e6hypothesis9
S,M*+1M*S gi#es the bac ground of theproble& under research S,M*+1M*S tells under whose authority the
lab was conducted
S,M*+1M*S is gi#en a separate heading ifthe lab report is long
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!!%!!% "aterials and &rocedure"aterials and &rocedure 6also called *xperi&ental Section$ Methodology$ Method9
4L'4-S describes and)or lists &aterials orinstru&ents used
4L'4-S describes the procedure used$ includingrele#ant calculations
4L'4-S uses chronological order 6through ti&e9
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!!!% Results and Discussion!!!% Results and Discussion
4L'4-S presents test results with rele#antcalculations" usually includes acco&panying #isuals %tables$ graphs$ etc7
4L'4-S discusses the results$ explains why thingshappened$ tells what is significant
ESE4LL- uses chronological order for results seenand cause/to/effect order for discussion of results7
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!'% $onclusions!'% $onclusions
4L'4-S includes a brief su&&ary that tells
how the test results$ findings$ and analysis&eet the ob ecti#es established at thebeginning of the report7
S,M*+1M*S uses chronological order"S,M*+1M*S uses priority order7
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4dditional Sections of Lab ReportsMay 1nclude the !ollowing2
Theory section % *xplains thescientific theory behind the lab
$alculations section % if the labs
used in#ol#e &athe&atical calculations Recommendation section % co&es
after the conclusion and used ifnecessary for the lab
(ppendi) section % separate section
at the end of the report$ that containstables and graphs whose co&plexityand length disrupt the flow of the reportitself7
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$omposing the Lab Report
A few more important things to remem er!
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1nducti#e and 8educti#e Reasoning
Scientific exploration explores physicalpheno&ena according to basic inducti#e and
deducti#e reasoning called the scientificðod7 +he scientific ðod is responsible
for the structure of the lab report7
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Results vs. onclusions!
*xperi&ents reAuire writers to obser#e resultsresults and to draw conclusionsconclusions fro& those obser#ations7 ,bser#able results$ howe#er$ are different fro& theconclusions drawn7
( result is simply *hat happened+ a conclusion goes beyond *hathappened% 4 conclusion reAuires a scientist to draw an inference$ to &a e a
point about the results 7 !or exa&ple$ (aul :roca &easured wo&enFs brains in the &id/;G Fs7'hen he obser#ed that they weighed an a#erage of ;G; gra&s less than a&anFs brain$ he wrongly concluded that s&aller brains &eant wo&en were lessintelligent than &en7 His obser#ation$ the result of his &easure&ents$ wascorrect7 +he brains did weigh less7 :ut less weight doesnFt lead to theconclusion that wo&en are not as s&art7 61nteresting note2 'hat would heha#e concluded if he had nown *insteinFs brain weighed nearly I pound lessthan the a#erage &anFs brain?9
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Structure(ublication ) (roposal
4bstract su&&ary including &ain results
1ntroduction why and short litterature re#iew
Materials and Methods
instru&ents$ eAuations etc Results
your results 8iscussion
co&parison with other results 3onclusions
focus on new things and wideconnections
Su&&ary 1ntroduction ) bac ground 4i&s$ ob ecti#es Methods Research @roup
:est publications Significant results
Lin s to other research lists
Scientific education$ reseachtraining
lists Schedule :udget
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Sub&ission(ublications ) (roposals
+o which 5ournal Loo the for&at and other
instructions carefully 3itation index
&ore than ; .ature around < 5@R J=
How &uch it costs ? 8o you expect to ha#e
reasonable editors)re#ie#ers
(ri#ate foundations .ational science foundation
6li e !innish 4cade&y9 .MR$ .oR!4 *E$ *S! (ri#ate 3o&panies +*K*S type 6-ou need
co&panies to find outnational funding9
Ministry of D
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4nato&y of a Scientific (aper +itle2 8escripti#e$ concise$ and interesting 4bstract2 1nclude all co&ponents of the &anuscript :ody2
1ntroduction2 State ob ecti#es$ any Auestions$ reason for writing Materials and Methods2 (ro#ide details Results2 Stic to the facts$ &a e sure it &a es sense 8iscussion2 8raw conclusions fro& your data$ co&pare to pre#ious
studies 3onclusion2 Studies i&plications$ supported by results$ and related to
ob ecti#es References2 1nclude retrie#able sources$ follow for&at +ables2 8o not i&bed in text$ follow guidelines$ eep si&ple !igures2 8o not i&bed in text$ loo professional !igure Legends2 8escripti#e and concise
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-our paperD77 how?
8o not di#e in without a plan % &ind &ap to outline
"# paper
Introduction
Results
Materials andMethods
References
iscussion
!ypothesis
Reading
"ims # $%&.
References
'igures
"nalysis
(a%les
statistics(e)t
(itle #a%stract
Rele*ant %ackgroundto the pro%lem
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A stract
&r,cis *riting !nformati-e. not descripti-e ome numbers. but not ine)cess
Determines if paper *ill be
read !s distributed freely indatabases
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$itle
"a) info in least *ords
/01 *ords /022 characters The title is a label hould almost ne-er containabbre-iations 3uestion: easier to understand. more
impact tate results
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%igures
Do before *riting Redra*. redra*. prune clutter Least non4data4in5
"a) 6 lines. all solid 7o caption Reduce to 0 column in 8ournal
/ Reduced )ero) copy to chec5out/ Original should be /9) final
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%igures ()es
/ "inimize tic5 mar5s/ Don t number each tic5
Lettering/ ;niform. lo*er case/ "inimize. a-oid bold
/ (fter reduction. 149 mmhigh Legend
/
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$a les
ingle unit. understood *ithoutte)t=)ceed 0 sheet: redra* (-oid narro*>broad+ rotate all ?2 o 7o added -ertical>horizontal lines !f small: mo-e data to te)t
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"omentum Fi) a schedule "onitor progress @rite by a biological cloc5
One page a *ee5: torture 5ip trouble spots @riter s bloc5: unacceptable
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&oncentration
7eed stretch of se-eral hours @hen time is short: prepare. re-ise (-oid distractions: phone. beeper Location
/ 'ery boring area/ 7othing to distract
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%irst 'raft
@rite as Auic5ly as possible (s if thin5ing out loud
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Good (riting
$ontent. accuracy $larity &recision
Logic Order ofpresentation
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&larit#
$lear
=)act/ (mbiguity. inconsistency/ @ooly *ords
$oncise/ Least *ords/ hort *ords/ One *ord -s many
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)implif#a ma8ority of B mostat the present time B no*gi-e rise to B causein some cases B sometimesis defined as B isit is belie-ed that B ! thin5on the basis of B by
pooled together B pooledsubseAuent to B after *ith the result that B so that
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*se and "isuse of +nglish
Tense/ &re-iously published *or5: present tense
/ Cour o*n *or5: past tense 'oice/ (cti-e more precise and less *ordy thanpassi-e/ 7ame the agent. e-en !E or *eE
ingulars and plurals
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Bad (riting
@ords don t do 8ustice to your ideas!f multiple mista5es in spelling and synta).
re-ie*er suspects similar sloppiness in the lab
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)t#le
$lear. orderly presentation Reads comfortably cience -s literature
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(riting
Reshape. refine. tighten up uggle *ords. change sentences around trengthen transition bet*een sentences
$hec5 narrati-e flo* (fter se-eral drafts as5 for a secondopinion
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(riting, )entences
Only one idea in a sentence Geep short: /12 *ords 'ary length Long sentences: greater ris5 of grammaticalerror
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(riting, Paragraph
The unit of thought in a group of sentences ubheading o-er each one in early drafts
7ot too long solid bloc5 of printing H/01I*ordsJ Long paragraph: bad
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(riting, -arrative %low
Telling a story Reader follo*s from start to end @riting is seAuential: logic is the glue
entences hold hands mooth transitions =-ery step is ine-itable
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$#ping
$lean @ide margins H1%I cmJ On one side of the sheet only (dherence to the style of the
8ournal &roofread. proofread. proofread
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$orrect use of unitsThe correct term for *eight is mass;nits such as cm>h. mg>mL. mL>5g>min and l>g are *ritten
as cm h40
. mg mL40
. mL 5g40
min40
and
L g40
respecti-ely$entrifugation units gi-en in g 4 i%e% . and for degrees i%e% $
H$elsiusJpace bet*een number and unit H1 cm 7OT 1cmJ
=ffecti-e cientific @riting
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Authorship
Decided as early as possible hould include persons *ho:
/ $an defend the intellectual content. including data
and conclusions/ "ust be *illing to concede publicly any errors/ !n the case of fraud be *illing to state publicly thenature and e)tent. and account for its occurrence
ut ors p
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ut ors p,&riteria
(ll the follo*ing criteria should be met:
/
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Authorship, .rder ome 8ournals use the alphabetical order "ost of them assume an order based on eachauthor s importance to the study
/ The first author is primarily responsible forcollecting and analyzing data. and *riting/ The last one. an established in-estigator.assumes the o-erall responsibility for the study/ The middle authors are listed according to heirorder of importance to the study
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Authorship, esponsi ilities
The authors must comply *ith the follo*ing rules*hen submitting the manuscript for publication:
The manuscript is not under consideration else*here andthe research *ill not be submitted else*here until a final
decision has been made by the 8ournal The manuscript is a trustful. original *or5 *ithoutfabrication. fraud or plagiarism The authors ha-e made an important scientific contributionand are familiar *ith the primary data
The authors ha-e read the manuscript and ta5eresponsibility for its content. and understand that if thepaper. or part of it. is found to be faulty or fraudulent. theyshare responsibility
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Benefits of (riting Benefit greater to author than reader 0nvalua le mental discipline +nhances clear thinking
"aking a su 1ect intelligi le to othersmeans #ou understand it 0mprove #our reading skills )atisfies a creative instinct
Keginnings prepare readers for
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Keginnings prepare readers forunderstanding the *or5
ummary tells readers *hathappens in document
!ntroduction prepares readersfor the middle
Title orients readers todocument
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( document s introduction preparesreaders for the discussion
TopicM!mportanceM
!ntroduction
(rrangementMKac5groundM
The introduction defines the scope
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The introduction defines the scopeand limitations of the *or5
&roposed tudy on =ffects of (lcohol
on Life =)pectancy
Three classes of drin5ers:non4drin5ersmoderate drin5ers
hea-y drin5ers
Ten4year study
Other effects.such as e)ercise.not considered
"edical historiesnot considered@omen may note)perience the
same effects
"en sur-eyed
scope
limitations
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!or&s of (ublishing
3ase reports 3linical pearls Letters to the editor
:oo re#iews *ditorials (oster)paper presentations Re#iew articles Sur#ey articles
Monographs ,riginal research :oo chapters :oo s 6electronic and print9
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,ther 'ays of @etting 1n#ol#ed
Re#iew boo concepts Ser#e on editorial boards (eer re#iew ournal articles Re#iew boo chapters Ser#e as section editor for a boo
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3o&&on :arriers to 'riting
!inding the ti&e to write Selecting a topic !inding colleagues to collaborate with !unding 1nti&idation by the publication process
!ollowing author instructions 1nternal re#iew process (eer re#iew 4cceptance$ &odification$ resub&ission
Re ection
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Ma ing the +i&e to 'rite
Ma e it a priority Schedule ti&e to write each day
,utline your concept 3reate a schedule and stic to it 'or with collaborators @et super#isorFs buy/in
1f you get stuc $ tal with your publisher 8onFt bite off &ore than you can chew
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(lan the (rocess
Ha#e soðing i&portant to say Enderstand the target audience
'ho cares? Select the right tone and &odel 8eli#ery ðod 'here to sub&it?
8o your ho&ewor on bac ground andreferences (ay attention to the sub&ission guidelines
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4uthorship 1ssues
Select a lead author at the outset 8ecide how wor will be di#ided
Select co/authors based on what they bring tothe pro ect (lan regular contact with co/authors 4#oid the ego trapF
:e professional$ not political 'riting is a co&&it&ent 4c nowledge contributions appropriately
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+ips on 'riting
'or fro& an outline 8onFt ill your own creati#ity
Ese acti#e #oice *nlighten$ donFt anesthetiCe Ha#e your wor re#iewed prior to
sub&ission 4i& for an error/free final &anuscript Ha#e fun with it
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@eneral +ips
Read good writing 8iscuss your wor $ and the wor of others
Bisit poster sessions 'elco&e your editorFs input Read and reread Elements of Style by
'illia& Strun $ 5r7 and *7:7 'hite 'rite e#ery day 8id 1 &ention ha#e fun?
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3o&plete (roposals Should 3ontain
State&ent of scope and intent (hysical specifications of the
publication 8raft table of contents Sa&ple &aterial 3urriculu& #ita
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State&ent of Scope and 1ntent
(urpose 4pproach
Sub ect 4udience +i&ing 3onsiderations
1llustrations and !eatures 8eli#ery *le&ents 3o&petition
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(hysical Specifications
+ri& SiCe (rinted (ages 1llustrations ,ther special design ele&ents
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Reference to @et -ou Started
Huth *57 Writing and Publishing In Medicine 7 Nrd ed7 (hiladelphia$ (42 Lippincott'illia&s O 'il ins" ;PPP
1#erson 3$ !lanagin 4$ !ontanarosa (: et al7 American Medical AssociationManual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors 7 Pth ed7 :alti&ore$ M82 'illia&sO 'il ins" ;PPG
Ha&ilton$ 3'7 How to Write and Publish Scientific Papers: Scribing Informationfor Pharmacists 4& 5 Hosp (har& ;PP=>/>
'oodward 8K$ 3lifton @87 "e#elopment of a Successful !esearch Grant Application 4& 5 Hosp (har& ;PP=" >;2G;N/