How To Write A Scientific Paper For A Peer-Reviewed Journal

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1、CHAPTER5HOWTOWRITEASCIENTIFICPAPERFORAPEER-REVIEWEDJOURNALPHILLANGEINTRODUCTIONAllofthechaptersinthisbookspeaktoouraspirationstocontributetoaddictionscienceandtohavearoleinthescientificlifeofthisfield.Inlargepart,thisrolecomesthroughbeingpublishedinpeer-reviewed

2、journals.SusanSavva(2007)Acareerinaddictionscienceislargelybuiltonthe(perceived)qualityofpublicationsthataresearcher(orateamofresearchers)offershisorhercolleagues.Ifthesepublicationsarenumerousandofhighquality,theyleadtoresearchfundingandemployment.Togaugethecon

3、tributionofaresearchertoaddictionscience,fellowresearchersmayconsciouslyorunconsciouslycomputethenumberofworthwhilepublicationsthatacolleaguehasproducedinrelationtothenumberofyearsshehaspublished.Thegreaterspeedofreleaseforjournalarticleswhencomparedwithbooks,ty

4、picallymonthsversusyears,meansthatthosewhowishtoinfluencetheirfieldofstudyneedtopublishinpeer-reviewedjournalsinordertocommunicatequicklytheirresearchresults.Thischapteroffersthenoviceauthorastep-by-stepguidetoprepareapaperforpublication.Annotatedbibliographiesa

5、ndreferenceslistedattheendsuggestfurtherreadingsworthconsultingaboutspecificproblems.Thechapterbeginswiththeprovisothatgoodpaperwrittenbyagraduatestudentorajuniorinvestigatormaybehighlypraisedbyfacultyandcolleaguesandyetfallshortofbeingpublishable.Indeed,editors

6、regularlyreceivepoorpapersthatareaccompaniedbyaletterfromagraduatestudentsayingthathisorherprofessorrecommendedsubmission.Yetpraisefromaprofessororcolleaguesdoesnotsetasidetheneedforthenoviceauthortoscrutinizeeveryaspectofhertexttoseethatitconformswiththedemands

7、ofascientificarticle.Thischapterofferssuggestionsonhowtousethestyleguideforthejournalofyourchoice(forwhichthereisadditionalinformationinChapter2),explainshowtouseapublicationmanual,andoffersstep-by-stepguidanceonthewritingprocessitself.Italsooffersadviceaboutwor

8、kingwithcolleagues,writingstrategies,andhowtomaximizetheworthofyourpaperforyourselectedjournal.Someofthestepsmentionedherearedescribedinmoredetail,andsometimeswithava