{"id":156605,"date":"2023-03-24T19:52:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=156605"},"modified":"2023-08-04T23:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:08:20","slug":"scientific-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/human-social\/scientific-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write a scientific paper, step by step"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/human-social\/samira-hosseini-writing-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Writing Lab Director, Samira Hosseini<\/a>, it\u2019s clear that you start writing a scientific paper or publication by getting to the heart of the research itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExperienced scientists never start at the beginning. That\u2019s why I always ask my students where they believe we should start to write up the research. <strong>They think it\u2019s the introduction, but it isn\u2019t<\/strong>. The first part we should write is the results and discussion, which means getting to the heart of what was accomplished,\u201d explains Hosseini, Director of the Writing Lab of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/tag\/institute-for-the-future-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute for the Future of Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosseini doesn\u2019t mean that writing up research results is easy, but it makes the rest much simpler. After that, you continue with the methodology, which is done during experiments. If researchers take exhaustive notes of their process, then the methodology will already be written by the time they complete their project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI sometimes give my students a <strong>small notebook<\/strong> and a <strong>big notebook<\/strong>. The small one will go in the lab, where you always take notes on the parameters with a pencil or pen. It doesn\u2019t matter if it gets dirty, but you have to write everything down. When you leave the experiment and go to your office, you have to make a fair copy of your notes in the big notebook. All of this will come in useful for the paper,\u201d advises Hosseini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Reference management- General considerations &amp; Endnote\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i9oAQpF6EY8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to write a scientific paper<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most important things for the scientific community is that experiments can be reproduced, so these annotations are essential to help other scientists understand what was done. Once you have all this, the researcher says the introduction is obvious. Next, the summary and conclusion remain, which are exactly the same thing for Hosseini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough the title is truly the last thing. Never give it a title until the last moment. It\u2019s something that represents your work, which is a powerful thing. However, it would be best if you never showed off. Never use words like &#8216;new.&#8217; That\u2019s something the community doesn\u2019t appreciate much. It\u2019s obvious there\u2019s something new in your research, that\u2019s your obligation,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prepare to fail<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to publishing, Hosseini is more reserved, as research has to provide findings of greater significance, as well as scientists knowing which publication to send their paper to. There are journals that only publish papers whose experiments were tested on living organisms, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this point, the <a href=\"https:\/\/writinglab-tec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Writing Lab <\/a>Director advises scientists to be prepared for rejection letters, as this is a bitter pill that must always be swallowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to be open to criticism, but you shouldn\u2019t take it personally either. You need a thick skin in the publishing business,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samira Hosseini, director of the Writing Lab, offers some advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":156606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-156605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-social","tag-institute-for-the-future-of-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The ABC of a successful scientific paper | TecScience<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Samira Hosseini, director of the Writing Lab, offers some advice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/human-social\/scientific-paper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to write a scientific paper, step by step\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Samira Hosseini, director of the Writing Lab, offers some advice.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/human-social\/scientific-paper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TecScience\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-24T19:52:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-04T23:08:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/03\/paper.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Daniel Melchor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daniel Melchor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/human-social\\\/scientific-paper\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/human-social\\\/scientific-paper\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Daniel Melchor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8d23afb94097012190a6aeea73edcb07\"},\"headline\":\"How to write a scientific paper, step by step\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-24T19:52:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-04T23:08:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/human-social\\\/scientific-paper\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":485,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/human-social\\\/scientific-paper\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tecscience.tec.mx\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/paper.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Institute for the Future of Education\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Human &amp; 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