How to Write and Publish
a Scientific Paper
How to Write and Publish
a Scientific Paper
Eighth Edition
Barbara Gastel and RobertA. Day
Copyright © 2016 by Barbara Gastel and RobertA. Day
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Day, Robert A., 1924– author. | Gastel, Barbara, author.
Title: How to write and publish a scientific paper / Barbara Gastel and Robert A. Day.
Description: Eighth edition. | Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2016] |
Authors’names in reverse order on previous editions. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015045511| ISBN 9781440842627 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781440842801 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781440842634 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Technical writing.
Classification: LCC T11 .D33 2016 | DDC 808.06/65—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015045511
ISBN: 978-1-4408-4262-7 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-4408-4280-1 (paperback)
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Preface xv
A Word to International Readers xix
Acknowl edgments xxi
PART I: SOME PRELIMINARIES
1 What Is Scientific Writing? 3
The Scope of Scientific Writing 3
The Need for Clarity 3
Receiving the Signals 4
Understanding the Signals 4
Understanding the Context 4
Organ ization and Language in Scientific Writing 5
2 Historical Perspectives 6
The Early History 6
The Electronic Era 7
The IMRAD Story 8
3 Approaching a Writing Proj ect 11
Establishing the Mindset 11
Preparing to Write 12
Contents
