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1、WeitzlabGuidetoGoodPaperWritingLastupdated5/1/2012Allscientificpapersshouldbewellwritten;thiswillmakethereaderwanttoreadthepaper,andwillincreasethelikelihoodthatthereaderwillactuallypayattentiontowhatyouaretryingtosay.Youmayhavebeentaughttowritelabreports,andhencepapers,asfollowingtheord
2、erofintroduction,summaryofpreviousresults,experiment,resultsanddiscussion.However,inalmostallcases,ifyouwriteapaperwiththisstructure,itwillbejustlikealabreport:Boring!Thesearesuggestionsforwritingbetterscientificpapers.However,pleaserememberthat,likeallcaseswiththeEnglishlanguage,thesear
3、enotrules,butareguidelines,andtherewillcertainlybetimesthattheydonotapplyorthattheyshouldbechanged.Nevertheless,dothisonlywithcareandforeknowledge.Conclusion:•Startwiththeconclusionfirst.Thisdoesnotmeantheconclusionsection,buttheconclusionyouhavearrivedat.Makeitonesentence,twoatmost.Have
4、asingle,keypointyouaretryingtomake.Thesearethemostimportantsentencesthatyouwillwrite,asthiswilldetermineexactlywhatthepaperisabout.Ifyouwritethisfirst,thenyoucanwritetherestofthepapertojustmakethispoint.•Ideally,youknowexactlywhatthemainconclusionisbeforeyouwritethepaper.Thesearetheeasie
5、stpaperstowrite.However,therearetimeswhentheactualwritingofthepaperwillhelprefinewhatitisabout.Thusneverbeafraidtochangethesesentencesifyoulearnmoreuponwritingthepaper.Thiscanmeanrewritingpartsofthepaper,butthiswillinvariablyleadtoabetterpaper,somakesuretodothis.Mainpointofthepaper:•Asho
6、rtpaper(Science,Nature,PRLorotherlettersjournal)canonlymakeonemainpoint,andperhapshalfofasecondpoint.•Alongerpapercanmakeanadditionalpoint.However,rarelycanasinglepapermakemorethanacoupleofpoints.Thereshouldalwaysbeacentralpointforeachpaper.Introduction:•Theintroductionisthemostimportant
7、partofthepaper.Itiswhatwillmakethereaderwanttoreadmoreofthepaper.Itisoftenalsothemainparagraphthatdetermineswhetherornotapaperisaccepted.•Writetheintroductionafteryouhavewrittenthetwosentencesummary.•Typically,youwillwritetheintroductionwhenyoufirstbeginthepaper.Youwillth
