how to write a scientific paper
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How to write a scientific paper
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1. Role of Papers
2. Analysis of audience
3. Analysis of kind of paper
4. Defining Goals
5. Structuring Papers
6. The Process
7. Style
Index:
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1. Role of Papers
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“I have got the idea but I cannot express it”
1. Role of Papers
This is nonsense
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1. Role of Papers
Role of parts of Papers:
• support the process of expressing an idea
• show your result
• relate to existing scientific work
• enable readers to learn / continue their work
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2. Analysis of audience
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2. Analysis of audience
“First I’ll write the paper and then I’ll publish it”
This is nonsense
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Depends on the audience:
• Age
• Scholarship
• Background
• Scientific Community
2. Analysis of audience
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3. Analysis of kind of papers
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1. TechRep
2. Workshop Paper
3. Top Conference
4. Journal
5. Invited Talks
3. Analysis of kind of papers
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Kind of publications
• archival publications
• not archival publications
• ISBN/ISSN publications
3. Analysis of kind of papers
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It’s the writer’s business to make
the reader’s life as easy as possible
2. Analysis of kind of papers
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2. Analysis of kind of papers
A Paper must be:
• Self-Explanatory
• Self-Contained
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4. Defining Goals
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4. Defining Goals
The process from Analysis to Synthesis
Until you have written a paper, the research is not finished
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4. Defining Goals
One paper one message
Ask yourself:
• What is your goal? (a new technique, a new experimentation)
• What did you try to do?
• What have you done?
• How did you do this?
• What is the core idea?
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Message = Core Idea = Goal
• A goal may be a sub-goal of another goal
• A goal may be a prerequisite for another goal
4. Defining Goals
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5. Structuring Papers
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5. Structuring Papers
After defining your goal,
you can start working
on the structure of the paper
5.1 Coarse Grained
5.2 Fine Grained
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Do the Writing according to the following Sequence
1. Tentative Title A
2. Write your Main Idea D
3. Write Introduction C
4. Write Conclusions E
5. Finalize the Title A
6. Write the Abstract B
5. Structuring Papers
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A
B
C
D
E
F
1. Title
2. Abstract
3. Introduction
4. Work out of main idea
5. Details of main idea
6. Conclusions
7. Appendixes
5. Structuring Papers
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