关于高水平科技论文写作与发表之我谈.ppt

* * Fortitude: backbone, bravery, courageousness, gut, grit * * * * * * * * * * 2. Style and Structure of Research a Paper novelty, simplicity, clarity Hypothesis Start w/ answer Clear, mechanistic testable Wonderful, not ordinary Data Start where background leaves off Experiments doable By you Hypothesis tenable Methods Exp. Design Follow the data thread: How acquired How analyzed Background Not a review! Define the playing field Narrow the scope Define the gap Discussion Key findings Limitations Pitfalls Implications Alternative viewpoint Conclusion 10 golden rules for effective writing In science, you are what you write. So, cavalier won’t do. Style (Strunk White), Structure (RA Day), Spirit (Ramon y Cajal) Good writing cannot overcome bad science. Good science demands strong writing Use definite, specific, concrete language Use parallel construction for coordinate ideas Emphasis position of a sentence is the end Avoid sentences in loose succession;  instead use expectation: AB, BC, CD….. In grants, write as if reader is tired and may stop. Find a style that you like. Analyze it. Emulate it. 10 golden rules for effective writing In science, you are what you write. So, cavalier won’t do. Style (Strunk White), Structure (RA Day), Spirit (Ramon y Cajal) Good writing cannot overcome bad science. Good science demands strong writing Use definite, specific, concrete language Use parallel construction for coordinate ideas Emphasis position of a sentence is the end Avoid sentences in loose succession;  instead use expectation: AB, BC, CD….. In grants, write as if reader is tired and may stop. Find a style that you like. Analyze it. Emulate it. 5. Use definite, specific, concrete language Here we report novel biophysical properties of the ASM cell isolated from the relatively hyperresponsive Fisher rat versus the relatively hyporesponsive Lewis rat. Here we report novel biophysical properties of the ASM cell isolated from two highly inbred