Preface to Fourth Edition -- Preface to Fifth Edition -- 1. Structure of a scientific paper / George M. Hall -- 2. Introductions / Richard Smith -- 3. Methods / Gordon B. Drummond -- 4. Results / Charles W. Hogue -- 5. Discussion / George M. Hall -- 6. Titles, abstracts and authors / Kevin W. Eva -- 7. Who should be an Author? / Richard Horton -- 8. References / Simon Howell and Liz Neilly -- 9. Electronic submissions / Michael Willis -- 10. Open Access / Mark Ware -- 11. How to write a letter / Michael Doherty -- 12. How to prepare an abstract for a scientific meeting / Robert N. Allan -- 13. How to write a case report / Martin Neil Rossor -- 14. How to write a review / Paul Glasziou -- 15. How to write a book review / Mark W. Davies and Luke A. Jardine -- 16. The role of manuscript assessor / Domhnall MacAuley -- 17. The role of editor / Jennifer M. Hunter -- 18. What a publisher does / Gavin Sharrock and Elizabeth Whelan -- 19. Style: what it is and why it matters / Sharon Leng -- 20. Ethics of publication / Chris Graf and Elissa Wilson -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
"This concise paperback is about writing a paper for publication in biomedical journals. Its straightforward format - a chapter covering each of part of the structured abstract - makes it relevant and easy to use for any novice paper writer.How to Write a Paper addresses the mechanics of submission, including electronic submission, and how publishers handle papers, writing letters to journals abstracts for scientific meetings, and assessing papers. This new edition also covers how to write a book review and updated chapters on ethics, electronic publication and submission, and the movement for open access"--Provided by publisher