南京医科大学《大学英语》课件-Session 7-Abstract Writing for Doctoral Students 2015.pptVIP

Abstract Writing for Biomedical Research Papers Richard ShiSchool of Foreign LanguagesNMU Here comes your footer ? Page 2Research Article TypesEditorialOriginal articleReview articleCase reportLetter to the editorSpecial communications Here comes your footer ? Page 3Components of an Original Research PaperTitleAuthorsAbstractKeywordsIntroductionMaterials and MethodsResultsDiscussionAcknowledgementsReferences Here comes your footer ? Page 4Characteristic format IMRAD(Introduction, Methods ( Materials), Results, and Discussion)Introduction: What question was studied?Methods: How was it studied?Results: What were the findings?Discussion: What do the findings mean?This logic helps the author organize and write the manuscript.Traditional formatCancer Research PNAS USAAlternative format: Introduction, Results, Discussion, and Methods ( Materials)EMBO JOncogene Letter format Nature Science Here comes your footer ? Page 5Suggested Order of writing original research paperFigures and tablesMethods, results and discussionConclusions and introductionAbstract and title Here comes your footer ? Page 61. survey the contents quickly2. decide whether to continue reading3. index and retrieve articlesAn abstract allows the reader to Here comes your footer ? Page 7General Suggestions:It is a “window” that reveals the contents of the manuscript.Limited length: 250 wordsIt should summarize each of the main sections of the paper, including the following:the background (1-3 sentences)the hypothesis (1 sentence)model systems usedgeneral methodsa short description of the resultsa statement regarding the significance of the workIn general, citations should not be included.In general, abbreviations are not included, unless the same, long term is used repeatedly. (Abbreviate at the first use in the text) Here comes your footer ? Page 8Do Not Include in this section:Unnecessary abbreviationsDetailed results (including numerical values for data)Statistical values (p-values) for t