Preface
1 Introduction of a scientific research paper
1.1 What is science?
1.2 What is research?
1.3 What is a scientific paper?
1.4 The structure of a scientific research paper
2 Scientific resource search strategy
2.1 Introduction of subject resources
2.2 Literature classification
2.2.1 Primary literature: the source of basic ideas
2.2.2 Secondary literature: the source of a specific topic
2.2.3 Tertiary literature
2.2.4 “Gray”literature
2.3 Steps to search the scientific literature
2.3.1 Retrieval methods and skills
2.3.2 Research tools
2.3.3 Databases
3 Reading skills for scientific literature
3.1 Academic reading
3.1.1 Vocabulary for reading comprehension
3.1.2 How to treat difficult sentences
3.1.3 Note-taking
3.2 Four reading skills: intensive, extensive, skimming, scanning
3.2.1 Intensive reading
3.2.2 Extensive reading
3.2.3 Skimming reading
3.2.4 Scanning reading
3.3 A four-step guide for reading a scientific paper
3.3.1 Skim the article
3.3.2 Put forward questions
3.3.3 Comprehend section-by-section
3.3.4 Conclusions and criticism
4 Management and summarization of references
4.1 Endnote
4.1.1 Introduction to Endnote
4.1.2 Creating an Endnote Library
4.1.3 The management of the Endnote Library
4.1.4 How to use endnote for paper writing
4.2 BibTexMng
4.2.1 Operation with the reference list
4.2.2 Operations of the records
4.2.3 What is BibTeX?
4.2.4 Format of bib files
5 Before starting to write
5.1 Thinking (put forward questions, evaluate your data, generate your ideas)
5.2 Preparation (choose an appropriate journal and consult the guide for authors)
5.3 Develop an outline
5.4 Notes before writing
6 Steps to write each manuscript section
6.1 Title page
6.1.1 The title
6.1.2 Author names and affiliations
6.1.3 Abstract
6.1.4 Keywords
6.2 The main body of the text
6.2.1 Introduction
6.2.2 Materials and methods
6.2.3 Figures and tables
6.2.4 Results and discussion
6.2.5 Conclusions
6.2.6 Others
6.2.7 Revision
7 Publication of scientific manuscript
7.1 Where to submit
7.1.1 Decide early
7.1.2 How to find appropriate journals
7.2 How to submit
7.2.1 Basic concepts
7.2.2 Process of submitting
7.2.3 How to respond to editors and reviewers
7.3 Publishing process
7.3.1 Copyediting process
7.3.2 Marking the corrections
7.3.3 Additions
8 How to use LaTex
8.1 Introduction to LaTex
8.2 The installation of LaTex
8.3 The basic grammar rules of LaTex
8.4 An example of using LaTex to write academic papers
References
Appendix: Example articles