Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers. Second Edition

Goal: Clear Writing 1 -- Purpose Of This Book 1 -- Reasons For Writing Clearly 2 -- Scope Of This Book 3 -- Approach Taken In This Book 3 -- An Overview Of The Main Principles Of Writing Presented In This Book 4 -- Section I Building Blocks Of Writing 9 -- Chapter 1 Word Choice 11 -- Exercise 1.1 Principles Of Word Choice 12 -- Exercise 1.2 Words Carelessly Interchanged 16 -- Words Carelessly Interchanged 17 -- Chapter 2 Sentence Structure 22 -- Express The Core Of The Message In The Subject, Verb, And Completer 22 -- Exercise 2.1 Express The Core Of The Message In The Subject, Verb, And Completer 27 -- Avoid Noun Clusters 30 -- Exercise 2.2 Untangling Noun Clusters 32 -- Write Short Sentences 33 -- Exercise 2.3 Overloaded Sentences 35 -- Use Clear Pronouns 36 -- Exercise 2.4 Clear Pronouns 39 -- Put Parallel Ideas In Parallel Form 40 -- Exercise 2.5 Parallelism In Sentences 46 -- Exercise 2.6 Parallelism In Comparisons 47 -- Avoid Writing Flaws 48 -- Chapter 3 Paragraph Structure 51 -- Organization 51 -- Exercise 3.1 Topic Sentences And Supporting Sentences 56 -- Continuity 58 -- Exercise 3.2 Repeating Key Terms Exactly And Early 64 -- A Lumped Transport Model To Determine Resin Capacity As A Function Of Bed Height And Flow Rate 64 -- Exercise 3.3 Linking Key Terms 69 -- Exercise 3.4 Repeating And Linking Key Terms 70 -- Exercise 3.5 Value Of Transitions 73 -- Exercise 3.6 Transition Phrases 76 -- Exercise 3.7 Transition Clauses 80 -- Exercise 3.8 Keeping A Consistent Point Of View And A Consistent Order 88 -- Exercise 3.9 Signaling Subtopics 95 -- Exercise 3.10 Parallel Form And Signaling Subtopics 96 -- Emphasis 98 -- Exercise 3.11 Condensing 102 -- Summary Of Guidelines For Paragraph Structure 103 -- Section Ii Text Of The Biomedical Research Paper 105 -- Functions 107 -- Story Line 107 -- Content For Hypothesis-testing Papers 107 -- Organization For Hypothesis-testing Papers 108 -- Writing 113 -- Length 119 -- Content And Organization For Descriptive Papers 119 -- Content And Organization For Methods Papers 120 -- Details 120 -- Summary Of Guidelines For Introductions Of Hypothesis-testing Papers And Of Descriptive Papers 122 -- Chapter 5 Materials And Methods 127 -- Function 127 -- Story Line 127 -- Content 128 -- Organization 135 -- Length 138 -- Details 138 -- Summary Of Guidelines For The Materials And Methods Section 143 -- Exercise 5.1 A Clearly Written Methods Section 146 -- Exercise 5.2 Content And Organization In The Methods Section 151 -- Chapter 6 Results 154 -- Functions 154 -- Story Line 154 -- Content 155 -- Organization 156 -- Emphasis 160 -- Length 165 -- Details 165 -- Summary Of Guidelines For Results 168 -- Exercise 6.1 Results 170 -- Exercise 6.2 Results 174 -- Chapter 7 Discussion 176 -- Functions 176 -- Story Line 176 -- Content 176 -- Organization 183 -- Length 199 -- Subheadings 199 -- Summary Of Guidelines For Discussions 201 -- Exercise 7.1 Following The Story In A Discussion 203 -- Exercise 7.2 Message And Story In The Discussion 211 -- Section Iii Supporting Information 221 -- Telling A Story 250 -- Exercise 8.1 Design Of Figures And Tables And Their Relation To The Text 258 -- Exercise 8.2 Table Design And Relation To The Text 259 -- Purposes 260 -- Accuracy 261 -- Incorporating References Into The Text 262 -- Systems For Citing References 264 -- Summary Of Guidelines For References 266 -- Chapter 10 Abstract 269 -- Function 269 -- Abstracts Of Hypothesis-testing Papers 269 -- Abstracts Of Descriptive Papers 275 -- Abstracts Of Methods Papers 286 -- Abstracts For Meetings 290 -- Summary Of Guidelines For Abstracts 294 -- Exercise 10.1 Abstracts 297 -- Chapter 11 Title 300 -- Functions 300 -- Content Of Titles For Hypothesis-testing Papers 300 --d Content Of Titles For Descriptive Papers 302 -- Content Of Titles For Methods Papers 303 -- Hallmarks Of A Good Title 305 -- Details 311 -- Running Titles 311 -- Summary Of Guidelines For Titles 314 -- Exercise 11.1 Titles 317 -- Chapter 12 Big Picture 319 -- Checklist For The Big Picture 319 -- Exercise 12.1 Seeing The Big Picture 324 -- Reaching The Goal: Suggestions For Writing 340 -- Writing The First Draft 340 -- Revising: Using The Checklists 342 -- Rewards Of Clear Writing 342 -- Revisions Of Exercises 345 -- Words Explained In The Text 433. Mimi Zeiger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 429-431) And Index.