How to Write a Paper

Description

This concise paperback is one of the best known guides to writing a paper for publication in biomedical journals. Its straightforward format – a chapter covering each of part of the structured abstract – makes it relevant and easy to use for any novice paper writer.
How to Write a Paper addresses the mechanics of submission, including electronic submission, and how publishers handle papers, writing letters to journals abstracts for scientific meetings, and assessing papers. This new edition also covers how to write a book review and updated chapters on ethics, electronic publication and submission, and the movement for open access.

Table of contents

List of Contributors
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition

• Chapter 1 Structure of a scientific paper, 1
  George M. Hall
• Chapter 2 Introduction, 6
  Richard Smith
• Chapter 3 Methods, 16
  Gordon B. Drummond
• Chapter 4 Results, 22
  Charles W. Hogue
• Chapter 5 Discussion, 29
  George M. Hall
• Chapter 6 Titles, abstracts and authors, 33
  Kevin W. Eva
• Chapter 7 Who should be an author?, 42
  Richard Horton
• Chapter 8 References, 47
  Simon Howell and Liz Neilly
• Chapter 9 Electronic submissions, 57
  Michael Willis
• Chapter 10 Open access, 64
  Mark Ware
• Chapter 11 How to write a letter, 71
  Michael Doherty
• Chapter 12 How to prepare an abstract for a scientific meeting, 78
  Robert N. Allan
• Chapter 13 How to write a case report, 83
  Martin Neil Rossor
• Chapter 14 How to write a review, 89
  Paul Glasziou
• Chapter 15 How to write a book review, 98
  Mark W. Davies and Luke A. Jardine
• Chapter 16 The role of the manuscript assessor, 102
  Domhnall MacAuley
• Chapter 17 The role of the editor, 115
  Jennifer M. Hunter
• Chapter 18 What a publisher does, 124
  Gavin Sharrock and Elizabeth Whelan
• Chapter 19 Style: what it is and why it matters, 133
  Sharon Leng
• Chapter 20 Ethics of publication, 141
  Chris Graf and Elissa Wilson

Index, 151