Denys Wheatley (University of Aberdeen)

Scientific Writing and Publishing

A Comprehensive Manual for Authors

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Produktbeschreibung

An invaluable guide to successfully writing and publishing high-quality research in academic journals, aimed at students and researchers at all stages, particularly in the life and medical sciences. It draws on the author's wealth of experience coaching academics and teaching scientific writing to provide clear practical advice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9781108799805
• ISBN-10: 1108799809
• Artikelnr.: 60008629

Autorenporträt

Denys N. Wheatley is a retired academic who has spent over 40 years in research on the cellular basis of cancer and has taught scientific writing in over 20 countries. He is Chairman and Director of BioMedES Ltd, a company focused on providing non-native English-speaking authors with help in preparing their scientific papers. He has published six books and over 300 scientific and medical papers, and has edited five journals. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Cell Biology International (Wiley) for 20 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, Part I
Part II. Final Preparation of a Paper Before Submission - as Important as Part I!
Part II. Getting Published
1. General features of a scientific paper - structure and format
2. The typical scientific paper - a published paper with annotations
3. Results - presenting your findings
4. Discussion - the place to argue your case
5. Introduction - the first main section of a paper
6. Materials and methods
7. Abstract - the summary of the main findings
8. The 'smaller' sections that complete a paper
9. Figures and tables
10. Presubmission
11. Submission of manuscripts
12. Peer-review - the crux of the problem in publishing papers
13. The last stages of the editorial process - decisions, revisions, and final editing
14. From acceptance to publication
15. Copyright
16. Ethics and scientific integrity
17. Epilogue.