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[Pages:201]How to Write Good Scientific Papers: A Comprehensive Guide

Rui Pedro Paiva, PhD

Researcher @ Proyecto Prometeo, Ecuador Professor @ University of Coimbra, Portugal

January 2013

Outline

? Introduction ? Starting Point: A Good Research Idea ? Types of Scientific Papers ? Structure of a Scientific Paper ? Writing Sequence ? Writing Style ? Reviewing your Document

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Outline

? Submission ? Post-Review ? Paper Dissemination ? Conclusions and Future Work ? Acknowledgments ? About the Author ? Bibliography

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Introduction

? Motivation and Scope ? Objectives and Approaches ? Main Contributions ? Overview: What makes a good scientific paper?

Introduction

? Motivation and Scope

? What is a scientific paper?

Sharks (reviewers)

OCEAN OF IGNORANCE

Your paper

Island of Human Knowledge

From [Jacob, 2009]

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Introduction

? Motivation and Scope

? What is a scientific paper?

? Intentionally too general definition

? A published manuscript with original contributions to extending human knowledge in some field

? Detailed definition

? I hope you get it after reading these guidelines

? Other definitions

? Check, for example, [Day, 1998] or

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Introduction

? Motivation and Scope

? Why publish?

Papers "are important because without them scientists cannot get money from the government or from universities" [Schulman, 1996]

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Introduction

? Motivation and Scope

? Why publish?

? Scientific career: should be centered in the creation of knowledge

? More than on the transmission of knowledge

? Publish so that others can benefit from your contribution to understanding the world

? And because it is key for your scientific career

Quality should be preferred over quantity

Avoid "salami" publication [Lawrence, 2012a]

? Slicing one good, comprehensive paper into several

smaller papers

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