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Applied Energy 88 (2011) 3941–3948 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Energy journal homepage: www.elsevi /locat e/apenergy A guide to writing articles in energy science Martin Weiss a,⇑, Alexandra M. Newman b a European Commission – DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy, Sustainable Transport Unit, Via Enrico Fermi 2749 – TP 230, 21027 Ispra, Italy b Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Energy science addresses key questions of sustainable development. This suggests that energy scientists Received 30 July 2010 should communicate their research effectively with readers both from within and outside of the scientific Received in revised form 27 February 2011 community. In the communication of energy science, however, scientific writing potentially presents a Accepted 1 April 2011 weak link. Here, we address this problem by clarifying the principle conventions for writing articles in Available online 20 May 2011 energy science. We propose a top-down approach to writing that begins with structuring the article into sections. Each section should, in turn, be structured in and of itself so that readers can: (i) comprehend Keywords: the scientific context; (ii) grasp the research questions addressed; (iii) verify methods and results; and Energy science