Author Guidelines General

The Abstract states clearly and concisely what is dealt with in the paper. It is a concise statement of the questions, general procedure, basic findings, and main conclusions of the paper. This is a brief, all-encompassing section summarizing what you discuss in the rest of the paper, and should be written last, after you know what you have said.

2006

The abstract should concisely summarize the contents of a paper. Since potential readers should be able to make their decision on the personal relevance based on the abstract, the abstract should clearly tell the reader what information he can expect to find in the paper. The most essential issue is the problem statement and the actual contribution of described work. The authors should always keep in mind, that the abstract is the most frequently read part of a paper. It should contain at least 70 and at most 120 words.

Write with precision, clarity and economy. Every sentence should convey the exact truth as simply as possible." Instructions to Authors Ecology 19 64 ScientiÞc research demands precision. ScientiÞc writing should reßect this precision in the form of clarity. Unfortunately, a glance at almost any scientiÞc journal will reveal that the above-stated ideal is often not attained in the real world of scholarly publication. Indeed, many of the accusations by non-scientiÞsts of "obscurity" and "elitism" within the scientiÞc community probably originate in the sad fact that many scientists are not capable of expressing their hypotheses and conclusions clearly and simply. Fortunately, much of the confusion can be eliminated if writing is considered part of the pretentiousness. In practical terms, the Þrst of those two suggestions implies that as much effort and consideration should be given to the organization of the paper as was given to the execution of the study, and the second implies that the writer should employ crisp sentences not cluttered with excess verbiage. The purpose of this handout is to help you achieve your goals. This argument may seem more compelling if we look at it in terms of dollars. Much is spent to perform research, and the publication is the distillate of that expensive work, all that will survive and communicate what was learned. Moreover, the scientist pays to have papers published, currently $50 per page for many journals. If the content is not clear, the research will be lost, and the money spent to perform it was wasted. If the text is verbose, the author will pay dearly in page charges. Do not consider the following guidelines as unbreakable rules. The particular format and style adopted for a given paper depend upon both the nature of the report and the journal or other publication in which the paper is to be published. For our purposes, we will use the format of Ecology, the publication of the Ecological Society of America; refer to recent issues as models. All journals publish "Instructions to Authors" annually in one of the issues. In other words, there is often more than one "correct" way of doing something, depending on your intentions. However, the practices adopted here are straightforward and intuitively simple. You are advised to become familiar with details of organization, section headings, methods of data presentation, and ways of citing and listing references by examining recent papers in any well-established scientiÞc journal. 1. the purpose of the study (the central question); 2. a brief statement of what was done (Methods); 3. a brief statement of what was found (Results); 4. a brief statement of what was concluded (Discussion, in part).

This should be brief and self-explanatory. It should relate directly to the main objective of the proposed research. A more specific and descriptive sub-title can be added if necessary, for example to indicate the main methodology that will be applied. The title of the final report can be different from the working title of the synopsis.

2015

This concise and readable set of editorial guidelines was first published by the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) in 2010 and is updated annually. It is freely available in more than 20 languages at http://ease.org.uk/ publications/author-guidelines. The document is aimed to help scientists worldwide in successful presentation of their research results and in correct translation of manuscripts into English. It briefly explains how to write complete, concise, and clear manuscripts, and draws attention to ethical issues: authorship criteria, plagiarism, conflict of interests, etc. Eight appendices provide examples or more detailed information on selected topics (Abstracts, Ambiguity, Cohesion, Ethics, Plurals, Simplicity, Spelling, and Text-tables). Widespread use of EASE Guidelines should increase the efficiency of international scientific communication. To make international scientific communication more efficient, research articles and other scientific publications sh...

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2018

This article aims at helping authors who wish to submit their work to our journal to produce a piece of work written according to our methodological and editorial standards to ensure greater possibilities of being accepted by external evaluators and our journal’s editorial committee.

2010

The abstract for the full paper should not be more than 300 words. The abstract should be typed in Arial 10pt font, full justified and indented 0.5 inch from the left and right margins. The use of definitions and equations in the abstract is discouraged unless deemed necessary. No tables, figures or footnotes should be part of the abstract.

This journal focuses on the nine essential steps for publication of technical article and research paper. Writing a technical article or research paper is a challenging endeavour for students, post graduates and young researchers. Publishing your first technical article or research paper requires observation on some essential guidelines. This article provides the nine fundamental guidelines for tertiary students, post graduates and young researchers for writing an effective technical article or research paper for publication. This journal covers the quintessential fundamentals including naming the objectives, title, keywords, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, acknowledgement, and literature cited and conclusion of the scientific or research article.

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2009

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 2003

(I) word-counts should be given for the abstract, and main body of the text (including references and figure captions);