ThispageintentionallyleftblankHOWTOWRITEANDILLUSTRATEASCIENTIFICPAPERSECONDEDITIONThisSecondEditionofHowtoWriteandIllustrateaScientificPaperwillhelpbothfirst-timewritersandmoreexperiencedauthors,inallbiologicalandmedicaldisciplines,topresenttheirresultseffectively.Whilstretainingtheeasy-to-readandwell-structuredapproachofthepreviousedition,ithasbeenbroadenedtoincludecomprehensiveadviceonwritingcompilationthesesfordoctoraldegrees,andadetaileddescriptionofpreparingcasereports.Illustrations,particularlygraphs,arediscussedindetail,withpoorexamplesredrawnforcomparison.Thereaderisofferedadviceonhowtopresentthepaper,whereandhowtosubmitthemanuscript,andfinally,howtocorrecttheproofs.Examplesofbothgoodandbadwriting,selectedfromactualjournalarticles,illustratetheauthor’sadvice–whichhasbeendevelopedthroughhisextensiveteachingexperience–inthisaccessibleandinformativeguide.BJO¨RNGUSTAVIIhasbeenteachingcoursesinscientificwritingfordoctoral(Ph.D.)studentsinmedicinefor25years.Hebringshispersonalexperiencetothisbook,bothfromwritingmorethan100ofhisownresearchpapersandfromhisworkasajournaleditor.HowtoWriteandIllustrateScientificPapersBjo¨rnGustaviiSecondEditionCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKFirstpublishedinprintformatISBN-13978-0-521-87890-6ISBN-13978-0-511-39316-7©B.Gustavii2003,20082008Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521878906Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurlsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate.PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgeBook(EBL)ha...
