发表高质量论文的写作技巧概述.ppt

Principles of Writing the Methods Section Use the past tense in the Methods section. Describe the steps of the study in the order in which they were done (chronological order) whenever possible. However chronological order does not work well for your specific study, describe the procedure in order from most important to least important. 3. If you use subheads(小标题） in the Methods section ( for example, Group 1, Group 2), you should use those same subheads in the Results section. Principles of Writing the Methods Section Words Figures Photos Unit 7 Writing the Results Section -the core of the paper -the big picture of the study 　写Result比较容易。只要根据图的注解，一个图一个图往下写就可以。每一段要有一个开场白，介绍做下面实验的动机，目的。“To determine ...” “To investigate ...” 等等。最重要的是逻辑性要强，语言要简练，说清楚为什么要做该实验，怎么做的，有什么阳性对照，阴性对照。结果是什么，发现是什么。尽量少做解释，推论，不要做猜想。每一段的最后可以有一个简短总结。“These results suggest ...” “Therefore，...” “Taken together ...”还有一个要注意的是前呼后应。前后段之间要有联络，过度不能太生硬。 如何写Results Section Order of the Results Section The order in which you describe your results depends on the purpose and design of your experiment. From old to new ( From tradition to new) In chronological order based on the timing of the stages of the protocol or procedure. From the most important results to the least important results. Hints for Writing the Results State the main results and their significance in the text part of the results but use tables and illustrations to present most of the data. Avoid using a table title or a figure legend as the subject of the paragraph’s topic sentence. Figure 1 shows the relationship between A and B A was significantly higher than B at all time point checked( Fig.1) Use the past tense for the Results section. Use few, if any references in the Results section Try to avoid sentences that use the words “compared with” instead of stating the comparison clearly. X was significantly increased compared with Y. X was significantly higher than Y. Tables and Illustrations Tables and illustrat