Structure of Scientific Paper

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Structure of Scientific Paper

• Dr. Shing Yoh
• Department of Meteorology
• Kean University, Union, NJ 07083

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Ingredients

• Title Page
• Abstract
• Text
• Figures/Tables
• Acknowledgement (if any)
• Appendixes (if any)
• References

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(1) Title Page

• title
• author(s)
• address of author(s)

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(2) Abstract

• brief summary of the paper
• have enough information to catch audiences
  attention
• statement of the problem, method of study, results

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(3) Text (MOST IMPORTANT!)

• Introduction
• background review, rationale for the paper
• Materials/Methods/Theory/Observations (whichever
  appropriate)
• Results
• Discussion (speculation)
• Summary/Conclusion (whichever appropriate)

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(4a) Figures / Tables

• graphs, illustrations, photographs, computer
  plots and line drawing
• figures can be photocopied or scanned
• tables can be used to summary numerical data
• tables should be typed

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(4b) Figures / Tables (contd)

• figures must have unique and consecutive figure
  numbers
• each figure should have a figure caption that
  makes the figure understandable without reference
  to the text
• each figure caption should be typed and a
  reference should be included

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(4c) Figures / Tables (contd)

• each table must have unique and consecutive
  figure numbers
• each table should have an explanatory caption
  that makes the table understandable without
  reference to the text
• each table caption should be typed and a
  reference should be included

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(5) Acknowledgement

• financial support
• assistant in gathering data
• helpful review and discussion
• family

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(6) Appendix

• any tedious mathematical derivation
• background information or discussion

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(7) References

• include all the works actually sited in the paper
• each reference must be referred to explicitly in
  the text
• Style in writing references
• goto http//hurri.kean.edu/yoh/seminar/bibliograp
  hy.html