Scientific paper writing is an very important phenomenon in the research process. The main essential step in the research process is the communication of our research findings. In general, the peer-review journals are available for this communication process.
However, various researchers do not know how to write a scientific article and how to get publish in peer-review journals. This following information will helpful to design the article, the basic structure of scientific papers, the content in each section. Finally, it will suggest you, How to choose and target the journal section? and the authorship to provide for a high-quality scientific papers.
Selection of Target Journal in the Writing Process
Selecting a “target journal” in the writing process is
the journal of your selection and plan to submit your research paper. Every
journal has a set of readers, which you should focus your writing to this
readers. Basic Information about a journal’s core readership can be seen on its
corresponding website, which usually contains a section called “About this
journal” [1].
For example, the Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine presents the information on the “Aims and Scope” of its website page, which can be found here https://www.springer.com/journal/10856/aims-and-scope .
How to Identify the Author Roles in the Publication
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
(ICMJE) have identified that standard author responsibilities in the writing
process, the order of authors, identification of authors, and to determine and
discuss the responsibilities of each author.
We suggest you to give the outlining of more detailed roles of who will draft each section of the manuscript or research paper, write the abstract, submit the paper through electronically and serves as the corresponding author of the manuscript with required cover letter [2].
In case, if you found that, there is of multiple papers that results from a single research study, the authors should discuss clearly that who will contribute and to give the authorship for each paper.
Figure 1. Main elements
consists of the introduction section of an original research article with the overlap
of elements [2].Main elements of a Research Paper /Manuscript are discussed below with four sections.
1. Introduction Section
The introduction
section can be of approximately 3-5 paragraphs in length.
- Begin with a general context, narrowing to the specific focus of the research paper.
- List out and include of main 5 elements of that ‘why you research is more important’, ‘what is the main theme and significance of your current topic’, ‘what is known and what is not known about the topic’, ‘why it is more essential and how to learn the new information on your research topic’ that adds to the ‘main research objective (s) that you have to be addressed’.
- Make sure that you add enough background information to enable readers for better understanding of your research study.
2. Methods Section
The methods section contributes into two main factors:
- To enable the replication and the explanation of how the study was done with enough with more detail.
- To enable the readers to understand the basic concepts and interpret the results provided enough contextual detail
- The study of design and timing
- Description of the setting of the participants
- Ethical approval
- Recruitment and sampling
- Dataset, the dependent and independent variables
- Data collection process
- Covariates of the analytic approach of each research objectives
3. Results Section
The
results section should focus on the associations rather than statistical tests.
Generally, the two main considerations should be taken in to account to guide
for your writing here.
- The results which presented should reveal the answers to each part of the research aim and the objectives.
- The analysis and variables for each result have been explained to the methods section should make ensure.
In general, the results section should begin by describing with the number of participants and details like who are approached to participate, who are eligible to enroll and the number of participants who are dropped out. After that, you can organize your results by putting them with most exciting results.
You should capture the reader’s attention, more efficiently to communicate for your research findings with suitable Tables and Figures. Each table and figure should comprise with a clear message rather than repetition of the text. Also, you should communicate all the salient details which are necessary for the readers to understand your research findings without consulting the text of your research paper. Avoid abbreviations in tables and figures or define with a footnote to avoid confusion for the readers. There should not be any citations or references should be included in the results section, also the interpretation of your results are not allowed in this section.
4. Discussion Section
The discussion section should focus from the right-side-up triangle that should begin with general implications and the interpretation of your results. Typically this section should begins with the statement of your main research findings accomplished with more crafted sentences. Then you should compare with your research findings with the other results:
- ‘Are these findings are in agreement or disagreement with those from other obtained research studies?’
- 'Does this study impart from additional nuance to well-accepted theories?’
Manuscripts
are often be rejected with a “Reject and Resubmit” decision. In such case, the
editors will suggest that the authors should address the critical aspects of
the manuscript to meet the minimum criteria for the peer-review process, their
paper is determined with a high quality,
novelty and impact. In general, the manuscript should clearly reveal the
environmental relevance of the work with novelty, potential impact in the
introduction and discussion sections of the manuscript. Hence, the absence of
this contextualization is a primary reason for the rejection of papers without peer-review
process in various journals.
Main Criteria for consideration of manuscripts without rejection process
Manuscripts
should be carefully written with good English grammar or make use of
language editing services if they have any doubts or commits any errors. Manuscripts or
Research papers which do not follow the author guidelines are unlikely to pass
the pre-screening to peer-review process. Author guidelines will give the instructions
for titles, cover letters, and other components for the manuscript submission.
Identify the
journal’s author guidelines about the formatting of your manuscript and
references after you have been selected your target journal. Read the author
guidelines carefully, as if you do not follow the guidelines, your article will
be sent back you and insist you to follow the journal author guide lines.Therefore,
you should not submit your research paper to more than one journal at a time
during the process of your submission. Even this is not advised in the
author guidelines of your target journal too, it is considered to be an unprofessional and inappropriate.
Our SNB team recommended this research article to enrich our viewer’s knowledge to know 'How to write and publish the articles without any rejection?'. Basic information that you need to follow, when preparing your articles are you should make sure that the title of your article is very useful for potential readers searching on for your research topic. The keywords that you select should complement on relevant with your title for the researcher to find your paper through a database search. At the time of conclusion, after you have complete your written script paper, prepare the checklist and follow up the guidelines in corresponding journals. When you accept that your paper work is ready, ask your trusted friend or colleague to read the full work and provide their feedback to you. After, you find everything is fine, proceed to the targeted journal for the manuscript submission for further process.
Wish
you all the best for publishing your work in a standard journal! Good Luck!
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