RESEARCH PAPERS FROM THE KENT CHEMICAL LABORATORY
CONTENTS CHAPTER CONCEPT AND OVERVIEW SCIENTIFIC WRITING OVERVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC WRITINGS WHY IS WRITING AND PUBLISHING IMPORTANT TO SCIENTISTS? CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTIFIC WRITINGS WRITING SCIENTIFICALLY FURTHER READING REFERENCES CHAPTER GETTING READY THE RESEARCH STAGE MANUSCRIPT PLANNING STAGE MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION STAGE RESEARCH PAPER TITLE FUNCTIONS OF THE TITLE TYPES OF TITLES GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE OF TITLES WRITING THE TITLE AUTHORSHIP, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, COMPETING INTERESTS AND REFERENCES AUTHORSHIP COMPETING INTERESTS ACKNOWLEDGMENT(S) SECTION TEXTUAL AND VIDEO ABSTRACTS FUNCTIONS OF THE TEXTUAL ABSTRACT TYPES OF TEXTUAL ABSTRACTS WRITING THE TEXTUAL ABSTRACT VIDEO ABSTRACTS TYPES OF VIDEO ABSTRACTS BENEFITS OF VIDEO ABSTRACTS CONTENTS OF VIDEO ABSTRACTS MATERIALS FOR MAKING A VIDEO ABSTRACT MAKING A VIDEO ABSTRACT KEYWORDS AND PHRASES FUNCTIONS OF KEYWORDS AND PHRASES SELECTING KEYWORDS AND PHRASES GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT FUNCTIONS OF THE GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT TYPES OF GRAPHICAL ABSTRACTS CREATING A GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT SOFTWARE FOR CREATING GRAPHICAL ABSTRACTS HIGHLIGHTS FUNCTIONS OF HIGHLIGHTS WRITING HIGHLIGHTS INTRODUCTORY SECTION OF A RESEARCH PAPER FUNCTIONS OF THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION OF A RESEARCH PAPER CHAPTER 10 MATERIALS AND METHODS SECTION OF A RESEARCH PAPER 101 FUNCTIONS OF THE MATERIALS AND METHODS SECTION 102 WRITING THE MATERIALS AND METHODS SECTION 103 USING GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS IN MATERIALS AND METHODS SECTION CHAPTER 11 RESULTS SECTION OF RESEARCH PAPERS 111 FUNCTIONS OF THE RESULTS SECTION OF A RESEARCH PAPER 113 PREPARATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS 114 DRAWING SKETCHES AND FLOWCHARTS 115 DRAWING GRAPHS 116 DRAWING TABLES 117 WRITING CAPTIONS FOR FIGURES AND TABLES 118 PRESENTING FIGURES AND TABLES 119 CREDIT LINE IN FIGURE AND TABLE CAPTIONS CHAPTER 12 DISCUSSION SECTION 121 FUNCTIONS OF THE DISCUSSION SECTION 122 WRITING THE DISCUSSION SECTION – TELLING THE STORY 123 DETAILED ELEMENTS OF THE DISCUSSION SECTION CHAPTER 13 CONCLUSION SECTION 131 FUNCTION OF THE CONCLUSION SECTION OF A RESEARCH PAPER 132 WRITING THE CONCLUSION SECTION CHAPTER 14 SUMMARY OF RESEARCH PAPER SECTIONS CHAPTER 15 SHORT COMMUNICATION PAPERS 151 RESEARCH PAPERS VERSUS SHORT COMMUNICATION PAPERS 152 WRITING A SHORT COMMUNICATION 153 REFERENCES CHAPTER 16 REVIEW PAPERS 161 FUNCTIONS OF A REVIEW PAPER 162 TYPES OF REVIEW PAPERS 1621 METHOD OF PREPARATION 1622 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW 1623 MANDATE OF REVIEW 163 WRITING A REVIEW PAPER 1631 PREPARATION 1632 WRITING AND REFERENCING 164 ELEMENTS OF A REVIEW PAPER CHAPTER 17 PERSPECTIVE PAPERS 171 FUNCTIONS OF A PERSPECTIVE PAPER 172 WRITING A PERSPECTIVE PAPER REFERENCE CHAPTER 18 COVER LETTERS 181 FUNCTIONS OF A COVER LETTER 183 WRITING A COVER LETTER FOR REVIEW AND PERSPECTIVE PAPERS CHAPTER 19 THE PUBLISHING PROCESS 191 PROCESSES PUBLISHED PAPERS UNDERGO 192 THE SUBMISSION PROCESS 193 THE PEER-REVIEW PROCESS 1931 EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT 1932 PEER-REVIEW 1933 RESPONDING TO PEER-REVIEW COMMENTS 194 PUBLICATION OF MANUSCRIPT CHAPTER 20 POSTER PRESENTATION 201 SCIENTIFIC POSTERS 202 FEATURES OF AN EFFECTIVE AND AN APPEALING SCIENTIFIC POSTER 203 SOFTWARE PACKAGES FOR PREPARING SCIENTIFIC POSTERS 204 GETTING STARTED WITH THE POSTER 205 COMPONENTS OF SCIENTIFIC POSTERS 2051 POSTER FORMAT AND LAYOUT DESIGN 2052 EXCESSIVE INFORMATION LOAD 2053 INAPPROPRIATE COLOR CHOICE AND COLOR OVERUSE 2056 CONCLUSION SECTION AND QR CODE 206 POSTER PRESENTATION CHAPTER 21 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 211 ORAL PRESENTATION IN SCIENCE 212 FEATURES OF A GOOD SCIENTIFIC ORAL PRESENTATION 2153 PRACTICING 2154 PRESENTING CHAPTER 22 RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSALS 221 RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSALS VERSUS RESEARCH PAPERS 222 COMPONENTS OF A RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL 223 WINNING A RESEARCH GRANT 2231 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 2232 FUNDER OBJECTIVES 2233 FUNDING MERIT OF RESEARCH 2234 PROPOSAL PREPARED ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES 224 WRITING A RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL CHAPTER 23 GRANT PROPOSAL TITLE AND APPLICANTS’ DETAILS CHAPTER 24 GRANT PROPOSAL ABSTRACT AND SUMMARY 241 ABSTRACT VERSUS SUMMARY 242 FUNCTION OF A GRANT PROPOSAL ABSTRACT AND SUMMARY 243 WRITING A GRANT PROPOSAL ABSTRACT AND SUMMARY CHAPTER 25 RESEARCH PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION 2521 ESTABLISHING THE TERRITORY/CONTEXT 2522 ESTABLISHING GAP IN THE TERRITORY 2523 SPECIFIC AIM – FILLING THE GAP 2524 OBJECTIVES 2525 SIGNIFICANCE – USEFULNESS OF RESEARCH CHAPTER 26 BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW OF A RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL CHAPTER 27 METHODOLOGY OF A RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL CHAPTER 28 BUDGETING 282 WRITING THE BUDGET SECTION OF A RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL 2821 DIRECT COSTS 2822 INDIRECT COSTS CHAPTER 29 TIMELINE 292 WRITING THE TIMELINE SECTION OF A RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL CHAPTER 30 SUMMARY OF RESEARCH GRANT COMPONENTS CHAPTER 31 RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL REVIEW PROCESS 311 RESEARCH GRANT PROPOSAL REVIEW 312 FINAL OUTCOMES CHAPTER 32 BOOK PROPOSALS 321 TYPES OF BOOKS 322 CHOOSING A PUBLISHER 323 WRITING A BOOK PROPOSAL 3231 BOOK TYPE AND TITLE 3232 AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION 3233 BRIEF AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 3234 BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE BOOK 3235 BOOK DESCRIPTION 3236 UNIQUE FEATURES AND POTENTIAL PRICE 3237 COMPETING BOOKS AND THEIR PRICES 3238 TABLE OF CONTENTS AND SAMPLE CHAPTER 3239 BOOK SPECIFICATIONS 32310 SOFTWARE FOR PREPARING DRAFT COPY 32312 MARKETING OPPORTUNITY/AUDIENCE 32313 POTENTIAL REVIEWERS 32314 FUNDING INFORMATION 324 THE REVIEW PROCESS