How to write a scientific paper for publishing?

In this article, we are going to explain the 11 recommended steps by an author, reviewer and editor, Dr. Angel Borja, which have been presented by Elsevier. But, before using these 11 steps for preparing your manuscript, there are six things to do as:

1. Think about why you want to publish your work – and whether it’s publishable.
2. Decide what type of the manuscript to write.
3. Choose the target journal.
4. Pay attention to journal requirements in the Guide for Authors.
5. Pay attention to the structure of the paper.
6. Understand publication ethics to avoid violations.

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And also there are two important things you should do that will set the groundwork for the entire process:

• The topic to be studied should be the first issue to be solved. Define your hypothesis and objectives (These will go in the Introduction.)
• Review the literature related to the topic and select some papers (about 30) that can be cited in your paper (these will be listed in the References).

When you organize your manuscript, the first thing to consider is that the order of sections will be very different than the order of items on your checklist.

An article begins with the Title, Abstract, and Keywords.

The article text follows the IMRAD format, which responds to the questions below:

– Introduction: What did you/others do? Why did you do it?

– Methods: How did you do it?

– Results: What did you find?

– And

– Discussion: What does it all mean?

The main text is followed by the Conclusion, Acknowledgements, References and Supporting Materials.

While this is the published structure, however, we often use a different order when writing.

Steps to organizing your manuscript

1. Prepare the figures and tables.
2. Write the Methods.
3. Write up the Results.
4. Write the Discussion. Finalize the Results and Discussion before writing the introduction. This is because if the discussion is insufficient, how can you objectively deonstratme the scientific significance of your work in the introduction?
5. Write a clear Conclusion.
6. Write a compelling introduction.
7. Write the Abstract.
8. Compose a concise and descriptive title.
9. Select Keywords for indexing.
10. Write the Acknowledgements.
11. Write up the References.

To read the entire explanation for each step, visit the page at Elsevier

source: Official website of Elsevier

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