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1、ScientificWritingGeneralKnowledgeOverviewWhatisascientificpaper?Ascientificpaperisawrittenreportdescribingoriginalresearchresults.Papersareacentralpartofresearch.StructureofaScientificPaperAscientificpapershouldhave,inproperorder:Title,Author’sname,AbstractandKeywo

2、rds,BodyAcknowledgements(selective)ReferencesAppendix(selective)BodyIntroduction,BackgroundMaterialsandMethods(Experiments),Results,Discussion,ConclusionsTitleandAuthor’sNameTitleThetitleshouldcontainthreeelements:1.thenameoftheorganismstudied;2.theparticularaspect

3、orsystemstudied;3.thevariablesmanipulated.TipsforwritingaTitlelessthantenwordsThetitleiswritteninthemiddleofthefirstline,alsocanbewrittenintwoorthreelinesifitislonger.ThetitleshouldbenounphraseornounexpressionUsingv.ingfornecessaryusesofVerbs.Shouldreflectthefactua

4、lcontentofthepaperBeStraightforwardLettheTitle'sfirstwordbeakeywordifyoucanTheTitleshouldbeshort,italsoshouldnotbegeneral.Compare:“StudyonAnti-microbialAgents"."EffectsofaVarietyofAnti-microbialAgentsonFourBacterialCultures"ExamplesTHEEFFECTOFTEMPERATUREONGERMINATI

5、ONOFCORNDOESTEMPERATUREAFFECTGERMINATIONOFCORN?TEMPERATUREANDCORNGERMINATION:IMPLICATIONSFORAGRICULTUREAuthor’sNameFormatforforeignjournals:GivenName+FamilyNameChineserequirement:followtheorderofPingyine.g.LiXueMorethanonepeople:onespace/commabetweenthetwonamesAbst

6、ractItshouldcontainthesefourelements:1.Backgroundthepurposeofthestudy(thecentralquestionorprincipalpurpose);2.abriefstatementofwhatwasdone(Methods);3.abriefstatementofwhatwasfound(Results);4.abriefstatementofwhatwasconcluded(ConclusionsandRecommendation).TheLengtho

7、ftheAbstract100---250words(sayabout15sentences)forapaperwith1000---5000words.Noparagraphseparation,exceptlongabstractfordegreedissertations.Threekindsofabstracts:informativeabstractdescriptiveabstractconstructiveabstractconciserestatementofthemainpoint,notincluding

8、detailmethodsandresultssentencestyle:…isstudied,…isinvestigated,…isdiscussedPresenttenseShortandconcise,100---150wordsDescriptiveAbstract(说明性摘要）I