Workshop Capacita Escrita Zucolotto Sal Mod 1

7/24/2019 Workshop Capacita Escrita Zucolotto Sal Mod 1

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Prof. Dr. Valtencir Zuc olott [email protected]

Scientific Writing

Writing High Impact Papers

Module 1

Prof. Dr. Valtencir Zucolotto


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Prof. Dr. Valtencir Zucolotto

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology - Associate EditorNanomedicine and Nanotoxicology Group - Coordinator

Physics Institute of So Paulo, University of So Paulo


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Outline

Module 1: Literary GenreModule 2: Structure 1:Abstract

Module 3: Structure 2: Introduction

Module 4: Structure 3: Results and Discussion, Conclusion

Module 5: Style, Language 1: Complexity Problems 1

Module 6: Language 2: Complexity Problems 2, Rhythm

Module 7: Language 3: Plain English and Topic Sentences

Module 8: Manuscript Submission, The Editorial Process


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Module 1


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Why? , What?, When? ....


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Why to Publish??

Publication is one of the most important steps

of the scientists work

What do scientists do?


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What do we Publish?

Scientists Publish Ideas!!


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Scientific Method /

Hypothesis testing

When to Publish?


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When to Publish?

When the initial

question/problem/hypothesis

had been answered/solved/tested !!!!!!


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Publishing Ideas

Ideas

Implementation of the Research

Results

Ideas

New Ideas?

Output


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Interesting.


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Think about it

2013: A new scientific paper is published every

20 s

Science, 2013


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1.

General Considerations


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Lesson Zero

Scient i f ic w ri t ing as a Literary Genre


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In the very beginning.

Informal Letters exchanged by scientists.

A bit of History

1665:Creation of the first scientific periodical: The

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

This new arena for discussion led to the development of

a new genre:

The Scient i f ic Repo rt


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The main characteristics

of Scientific Writing


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1. Audience

Who will read your paper?

Highly technical journal vs. less specific ones.

What terms will you have to define?

Background information included


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2. References

All information or ideas must

be referenced!

Including your own work


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Provide the reader with your most important

findings/contributions since the very

beginning

3. No Room for Suspense


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2.

Sections of a Regular Paper

T f S i tifi P bli ti


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Types of Scientific Publications

Thesis

Encyclopedias

Research

Articles

Short

Communicati

ons/Letters

Books

Regular

Papers

Reviews

O i ti f


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General

Specific

Adapted from: Hill et al., Teaching ESL students to read and write

experimental papers, TESOL Quarterly, 16: 333, 1982:

Organization of a paper

General

MethodologyResults

Discussion

Introduction

Conclusions

Abstract

References

Title, Authors and Affiliations

Titl


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Title

A good Title describes the contents of the

paper

Function:to attract readers attention

Use specific words strongly associated with

the outcome of the paper: Keywords

Titl


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A well-written Title is concise and clear:Use the minimumnumber of words.

Rewritethe title in the final version of the paper.

Title


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History

:

Titl


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The Sugar Trade: Brazil, Portugal and the Netherlands

(1595-1630)

AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW ,119 (5), 1631-1634, 2014

Title

Titl


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Did patents of introduction encourage technology

transfer? Long-term evidence from the Spanish

innovation system

CLIOMETRICA , 8 (1), 49-78, 2014

Title

Titl


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Tariffs and income: a time series analysis for 24

countries

CLIOMETRICA , 7 (3), 207-235 , 2013

Title


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Geo

:

Title


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People as sensors: Mass media and local

temperature influence climate changediscussion on Twitter

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS , 30, 92, 2015

Title


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Education

:

Title


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Dimensional Comparison Theory: Paradoxical

relations between self-beliefs andachievements in multiple domains

LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION , 35, 16-32, 2015

Title


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Law

:

Title


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Getting to Rights: Treaty Ratification,

Constitutional Convergence, and HumanRights Practice

HARVARD INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL , 54 (1), 61-95, 2013

Title


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Social

:

Title


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From Vigilance to Busyness: A Neo-Weberian

Approach to Clock Time

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY , 31 (3), 243-266 , 2013

Title

Title


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Commitment to business ethics in UK

organizations

European Business Review, Vol. 24 Iss: 4, pp.331 350, 2012.

Title

Title


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The effect of forest land use on the cost of drinking

water supply: A spatial econometr ic analysis

Ecological Economics, 92, 126136, 2013

Title

Title Authors and Affiliations


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Emphasize your key findings whenever possible


Title:

NLRP6 negatively regulates innate immunity and host

defence against bacterial pathogens

Nature, 2012, doi:10.1038/nature11250

Title


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Factors influencing accountants' behavioural intentions

to use and actual usage of enterprise resource planningsystems in a global development agency

Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, Vol. 11 Iss: 2, pp.179 200, 2013.

Title

Title


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The following phrases do not add any useful

information:

Be concise:

A Report o f a Case of...

The Treatment o f...

A Study of ...

The Effects o f...

Title

Authors


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Who are the authors of a paper?

Authors



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Guidelines to define authorship:

Authorship credit should be based on

1) Substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition ofdata, or analysis and interpretation of data;

2) Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual

content; and

3) Final approval of the version to be published.

Au thors should meet condi t ion s 1, 2, and 3.


Sources: -Scientific Writing, Easy When ou Know How, Peat, J., Elliot, E., Baur, L., Keena, V.,

BMJ Books, 2009

-Int. Committee of Medical J. Editors, Ann. Intern. Med., 1997, 126, 36.



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All authors must be able to present/discuss/defendthe paper.


References


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Examples

.However, recent reports have been made on the fabrication of

ultrathin films of metallic phthalocyanines and polyelectrolytes

via the electrostatic layer-by-layer technique (LBL).10

(10)Lutt, M.; Fitzsimmons, M. R.; Li, D. Q. J. Phys. Chem. B 1998,

102, 400.

1. The citation-sequence system

References are numbered in the order they appear in the text.

References

i t References


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Examples

.The layer-by-layer (LbL) technique has been largely employed in

the immobilization of proteins and other biomolecules followingthe pioneering work of Lvov et al. [Lvov et al., 1993; Lvov et al.,

1995].

Lvov, Y., Ariga, K., Ichinose, I., Kunitake, T., 1995. Assembly of multicomponent

protein films by means of electrostatic layer-by-layer adsorption. J. Am.

Chem. Soc.117, 6117- 6123.

Lvov, Y., Decher, G., Sukhorukov, G. 1993. Assembly of Thin Films by Means of

Successive Deposition of Alternate Layers of DNA and Poly(ally1amine).

Macromolecules 26, 5396-5399.

2. The name-year system

References are listed alphabetically, using the first authors last name.

References

i t A Suggested Sequence


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A Suggested Sequence.

Results and Discussions

Conclusions

Introduction

Title

Experimental

Abstract

i t Translations ??


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Final version of a paper translated into

English

Translations ??

i t Plagiarism


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Plagiarism

You may cite others words, data, etc. using

your own words;

Do not paraphrase other authors text

Do not paraphrase your early papers.

www zucoescr i ta com Plagiarism


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Plagiarism

From the Editors of ACS Journals:

Recycling Is Not Always Good: The

Dangers of Self-Plagiarism, ACS Nano, 6 (1), 14, 2012

www zucoescr i ta com Take-Home Message


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1. The Importance of Writing in a Scientists Life

2. What is a Scientific Paper?

Take Home Message

www zucoescr i ta com Sources


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-Introduction to Journal-Style Scientific Writing:

http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/resources/writing/H

TWgeneral.html

-http://www.inter-biotec.com/biowc/style.html

Sources

-Scientific Writing, Easy When ou Know How, Peat, J., Elliot, E., Baur, L.,

Keena, V., BMJ Books, 2009

-Hill et al., Teaching ESL students to read and write experimental papers,

TESOL Quarterly, 16: 333, 1982:

-Int. Committee of Medical J. Editors, Ann. Intern. Med., 1997, 126, 36.

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Prof. Zucolotto as a Scientific Editor

Journal of Biomedical NanotechnologyProf. Valtencir Zucolotto, Associate Editor

2013 Impact Factor: 7.578

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