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| Part I Basics |
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1 Writing a scientific article and getting it published |
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The standard scientific article |
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4 | (22) |
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7 | (3) |
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Summary or abstract or (rarely) synopsis, and keywords |
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Symbols and abbreviations |
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Materials, study area, and methods |
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18 | (3) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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References (or literature cited) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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What journal should I choose, and how many articles should I write? |
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28 | (9) |
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How long does it take to write and publish an article? |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (8) |
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After choosing a target journal, and up to the first public draft |
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Revision of the first public draft |
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Submission to your target journal |
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45 | (2) |
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The editor and the publishing process |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (4) |
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Intellectual property: copyright and patents |
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58 | (4) |
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The digital electronic future |
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2 Speaking about your work |
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69 | (18) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (7) |
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74 | (6) |
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80 | (1) |
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On the day but before your talk |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (5) |
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3 Making and displaying a scientific poster |
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87 | (14) |
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88 | (1) |
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Preparing the poster content |
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89 | (3) |
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Designing and laying out the poster |
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92 | (5) |
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Before leaving for the meeting |
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97 | (1) |
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Setting up and tending the poster |
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98 | (3) |
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How many authors does it take to write an article? |
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Who qualifies as an author? |
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| Part II Improving |
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The arrangement of ideas and words |
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124 | (1) |
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Proper words in proper places' |
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125 | (10) |
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128 | (7) |
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Punctuation and typographic details: the journal's rules |
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Punctuation that affects structure: comma, semicolon, colon, and stop |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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Footnotes, endnotes, and other jumps |
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143 | (1) |
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Prefixes to people's names |
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144 | (1) |
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Abbreviations and italicised words |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (5) |
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152 | (5) |
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6 Frequently misused words and technical terms |
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158 | (19) |
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Frequently misunderstood technical terms |
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177 | (12) |
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189 | (22) |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (7) |
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200 | (6) |
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Combining units and dimensions |
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201 | (1) |
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'Equations' that are not: when dimensions do not balance |
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202 | (3) |
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Using dimensions to decide what to do: an example |
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205 | (1) |
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Expressing the name and value of a variable |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (3) |
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Dimensions of the coefficients in a polynomial |
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208 | (1) |
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Dimensions other than [ M], [ L], [ T] |
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209 | (1) |
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Inferring the dimensions of a parameter |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (32) |
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212 | (9) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (4) |
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Measurement error, material variation and error, and randomisation |
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218 | (3) |
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Measures of dispersion and imprecision |
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221 | (9) |
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Dispersion and describing: standard deviation (SD) and quantiles |
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221 | (5) |
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(Im)precision and testing: standard error of the mean (SEM) |
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226 | (4) |
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230 | (7) |
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237 | (3) |
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240 | (3) |
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243 | (18) |
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Are two means significantly different? |
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246 | (4) |
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Correlation, regression, and functional analysis |
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250 | (7) |
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Functional relations and analysis |
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253 | (4) |
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257 | (3) |
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'Significance' and 'importance' |
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260 | (1) |
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10 Tables and figures: the evidence |
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263 | (10) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (4) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (21) |
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275 | (3) |
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Arrangement of multiple graphs |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (12) |
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Figures: other line diagrams |
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294 | (1) |
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What image manipulations are acceptable? |
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Appendix to
Chapter 10: colour modes, resolution, and file formats |
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297 | (8) |
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297 | (3) |
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File formats and image resolution |
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11 Citing and referencing |
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305 | (12) |
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306 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
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Citation-number and reference-number system |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (7) |
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Abbreviated titles of journals |
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| ENVOI |
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315 | (2) |
| Bibliography and references |
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317 | (10) |
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317 | (1) |
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| Index |
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