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An outline of scientific writing: for researchers with English as a foreign language

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[ITP-LIB-354]

Publisher

si : World Scientific., c1995

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xiii, 160 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789810224660

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T11 .Y36 1995

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Subject(s)

Technical writing
English language

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Table of contents : AN OUTLINE OF SCIENTIFIC WRITING......Page 5 Preface......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 11 Contents......Page 13 Part I English Grammar......Page 17 A. Delete Uninformative Words and Avoid Redundancy......Page 19 C. Avoid Grandiloquence......Page 21 D. Avoid Clichés and Euphemisms......Page 22 E. Use Synonyms......Page 24 A. Agreement of Subject and Verb......Page 27 B. Pronoun Reference......Page 29 C. Active and Passive Voice......Page 30 D. Nouns from Verbs......Page 33 E. Modifiers......Page 34 F. Germanic Construction......Page 39 G. Punctuation......Page 40 H. American and British Styles......Page 41 3 Paragraph Structure......Page 45 Part II Planning the Paper......Page 49 A. To Write or Not to Write......Page 51 B. Format of a Regular Paper......Page 52 D. Nomenclature and Style......Page 54 5 Title and Running Title......Page 57 A. Multiauthorship......Page 61 B. Format of Chinese Names......Page 64 C. Romanization of Asian Names......Page 65 7 Abstract and Key Words......Page 69 8 Introduction......Page 73 9 Materials and Methods (Experimental Procedures)......Page 77 10 Results......Page 79 A. Design Principles......Page 85 B. Legends......Page 98 12 Tables......Page 101 A. Table Components......Page 102 B. Design Considerations......Page 104 A. Discussion Format......Page 109 B. Grammatical Style......Page 110 14 Acknowledgments......Page 113 15 References......Page 115 A. Number System......Page 116 B. Author-Date......Page 117 C. Alphabet-Number System......Page 125 A. Front Matter......Page 127 B. Text......Page 128 C. Back Matter......Page 130 Part III Publishing a Manuscript......Page 131 A. Preparing the Manuscript......Page 133 B. Submission to the Journal......Page 135 18 Review and Decision......Page 139 19 First Proof......Page 145 20 Posters......Page 149 21 Preparation of an Oral Presentation......Page 157 Appendices......Page 161 SI Units......Page 163 SI Prefixes......Page 167 Common Physical and Chemical Quantities......Page 168 Isotopically-labeled Compounds......Page 171

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