Description
This concise paperback is one of the best known guides to writing a paper for publication in biomedical journals. Its straightforward format – a chapter covering each of part of the structured abstract – makes it relevant and easy to use for any novice paper writer.
How to Write a Paper addresses the mechanics of submission, including electronic submission, and how publishers handle papers, writing letters to journals abstracts for scientific meetings, and assessing papers. This new edition also covers how to write a book review and updated chapters on ethics, electronic publication and submission, and the movement for open access.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors, vii
Preface to the Fifth Edition, x
Preface to the Fourth Edition, xi
Chapter 1 Structure of a scientific paper, 1
George M. Hall
Chapter 2 Introduction, 6
Richard Smith
Chapter 3 Methods, 16
Gordon B. Drummond
Chapter 4 Results, 22
Charles W. Hogue
Chapter 5 Discussion, 29
George M. Hall
Chapter 6 Titles, abstracts and authors, 33
Kevin W. Eva
Chapter 7 Who should be an author?, 42
Richard Horton
Chapter 8 References, 47
Simon Howell and Liz Neilly
Chapter 9 Electronic submissions, 57
Michael Willis
Chapter 10 Open access, 64
Mark Ware
Chapter 11 How to write a letter, 71
Michael Doherty
Chapter 12 How to prepare an abstract for a scientific meeting, 78
Robert N. Allan
Chapter 13 How to write a case report, 83
Martin Neil Rossor
Chapter 14 How to write a review, 89
Paul Glasziou
Chapter 15 How to write a book review, 98
Mark W. Davies and Luke A. Jardine
Chapter 16 The role of the manuscript assessor, 102
Domhnall MacAuley
Chapter 17 The role of the editor, 115
Jennifer M. Hunter
Chapter 18 What a publisher does, 124
Gavin Sharrock and Elizabeth Whelan
Chapter 19 Style: what it is and why it matters, 133
Sharon Leng
Chapter 20 Ethics of publication, 141
Chris Graf and Elissa Wilson
Index, 151
