VIVOSVOCO:V.Booth,"Writingascientificpaper"http://vivovoco.rsl.ru/VV/E_LESSON/WRITING.HTM1of241/10/20065:30PMVol.3,¹1,pp.1-26(1975)WritingaScientificPaperVernonBoothTrinityCollege,CambridgeCB21TQ,U.K.In1970VernonBoothwasawardedthefirstPrizeinacompetitionorganizedbyKoch-LightLaboratoriesLtd,Coinbrook,Bucks.,U.K..Hisarticle'WritingaScientificPaper'wasprintedfirstin1971,and10000copiesweredistributedfreelybyKoch-Light.ASecondEditionwaspreparedbyDrBoothanddistributedprivately.CopiesoftheFirstandSecondEditionsarenolongerinprintbutrequestsforthemhavenotceased.HencethisThirdEdition,whichisarevisionofthepreviousversions.Preface—ExamplesBeforeyouwriteWhentobeginwritingArrangementofascientificpaperWheretostartTitle&keywordsSummaryorSynopsisIntroductiontoapaperMaterials&MethodsResultsDiscussion&ConclusionReferencesBibliographyorLiteraturecitedLiterarystyle—ClearEnglish,Incomprehensiblesentences,Nounadjectives,Wronglyattachedparticiple,Pronouns,PudderTense,mood&voiceChoiceofwords—Plainwords,Elegantvariation,HomonymsConveyanceofideaswithoutelementofdoubtLanguageinfluxGoodworkmanshipenduresRevisionofthescriptmustnotbehurriedSpellingStopsorpunctuation—Thecolon,Semicolons,Commas,Dashes,Thehyphen,Parentheses,Thesolidus,InitiallettersAbbreviations&cntrctnsHeadingsorcaptionsTablesAreallyournumberscorrect?IllustrationsNumberingoffigures,tables&referencesduringtheirpreparationUnits&quantitiesApparatus,materials&writingtechniquesAlterations&correctionsThetypescript—Coversheet,AdditionsDrawingthediagramsforreproductionJourney'sendforthescriptPreparationofadoctoraldissertationorthesisGoodsenseEmotion&modestyinscientificwritingAddressedtowritersforwhomEnglishisasecondorforeignlanguageFurtherreadingPrefaceVIVOSVOCO:V.Booth,"Writingascientificpaper"http://vivovoco.rsl.ru/VV/E_LESSON/WRITING.HTM2of241/10/20065:30PMThisessayisnotacompletetexton'Howtowrite...'.Norisitdesigned-toreplaceexistingworksonliterarystyleortheeditorialdirectivesissuedbyjournals.Ratheritisintendedtohelpresearchstu...
