Summary of articles

Summary of articles

by MUNYANA CLEMENTINE -
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How to write a scientific paper

This article discussed and criticized the process of writing scientific  papers by mentioning to each step the challenges on what motivate scientists to write papers for publication

In abstract, publisher mentioned that it is difficult to write a good scientific papers while having the purpose of getting only good Job and grants. In scientific Research,  the Author stated that for a research to be considerable, it should  be discovering a fundamental thing and the grant agency should also believe that you are the best person to that particular research. On the step of  scientific writing , you should make your results presented smartly and know that negative results can be as important as positive. When it comes to the publishing part, the Author mentioned that the journal may reject your paper and sometimes review it with negligence which can make paper presented with so many errors, and this may make you publish even another paper explaining about errors made. The conclusion part is always understood as taking abstract and change it from present tense to past.

How to write a scientific manuscript for publication

 This article describes the steps to follow when drafting a manuscript and the process of  publication.

A muniscript for publication should have the title and it should  reflect the  essence of article as it  contributes to the visibility of a paper. The  abstract  should be structured in a specific way that summarizes the whole paper. Introduction to mention the hypothesis tested, and the questions addressed. A manuscript should include a methodology part where study designs, data collection analysis method are well explained. Discussion should also be included to help interprete the findings. Results, conclusion and Reference should be also in the manuscript.

The process of revising a manuscript should be done by following the ten rules suggested by James M.provenzale. He also provided the guidelines to  follow in order to release a good article and give it  an added chance of publishing  a scientific manuscript.

How to write a medical paper and get it published in a good journal

Lundberg GD highlighted  in the video that a medical journal should be written with the purpose of publishing so that others may know what you did. . According to Lundberg, before writing a paper, One should  ask himself if the information  is already published, the format it should be, the audience and the appropriate journal for publication.  He also mentioned that the peer review process began 300yrs ago revolutionizing science by creating a culture of peer criticism and self-criticism also the steps for peer review process was set to help in paper analysis.

Why publishing

Publishing  an article provides a communication channel for researchers within a field and helps disseminate findings  to scientific world as well as to entire population. Publishing helps in preserving the work done in permanent records of research in specific field and it also make a researcher known therefore career advancement

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Re: Summary of articles

by Marcel BAZIRUWIHA -
Dear Clementine,
in the first paper, the author said that erata(list of errors ) are used to construct another paper with the intention to publish more and get cited more. How did you appreciate it ? for me it looks un professional with lack of integrity if I can say that.
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