Margaret Cargill is an applied linguist with over 15 years experience as a research communication educator. Her current research centres on innovative collaborative methods for helping scientists develop high-level skills for communicating their research findings effectively in the international arena. She has worked extensively in Australia, Europe and Asia with scientists of many language and cultural backgrounds.
Patrick O'Connor is a research ecologist, environmental consultant and science educator. His work over the last 10 years has focussed on the use of scientific principles in designing and evaluating environmental programs for governments and statutory authorities in Australia. His research interests and scientific publications span fields of terrestrial ecology and detection of change in plant and animal communities.
Part 1: A Framework for success
1 How the book is organised, and why
2 Research article structures
3 Referees' criteria for evaluating manuscripts
Part 2: When and how to write each article section
4 Results as 'story': the key driver of an article
5 Results: turning data into knowledge
6 Writing about Results
7 Methods sections
8 Introductions
9 Discussion sections
10 Titles
11 Abstracts
Part 3: Getting your manuscript published
12 Evaluating journals
13 Submitting a manuscript
14 How to respond to editors and referees
15 A Process for preparing a manuscript
Part 4: Further developing your publication skills
16 Skill development strategies for groups and individuals
17 Developing discipline-specific English skills
18 Answer pages
19 References
Part 5: Provided example articles
