How Do I Write a Scientific Paper in PDF?

How do I write a scientific paper in PDF?

Your situation is not uncommon among writers of any kind, especially when you're just starting out. There are a number of different strategies you might use to organize your work. It will take a little time to figure out which one works for you. Here are a few ideas. Find a model--a published "review of the literature" in the in which you're writing. See how t have organized the material and read it to capture the flow and rhythm of the piece. In many cases you won't be in a situation to do as comprehensive a review as you'd like, so you'll have to condense your review. If you can't find a previously published review article in exactly the same area then read one or two or three that are in closely related fields. Organize your research--use 3X5 file cards or a spreadsheet to organize material from all of the articles you have read. Moving the material from the articles to a card or spreadsheet will force you to pick out the most important bits. Once you have the info you can shuffle the cards or sort the ideas in the spreadsheets to help group them [by theory or method]. Sometimes organizing the research by chronology, starting with 'early work' and ending with the most recent work relevant to your own research. What are the key articles, most relevant, and best-designed studies from those you have reviewed? Outline the story you want to tell--even nonfiction, research writing is a 'story' of some kind. So what story is your own research telling? What research question does it answer and how does that relate to the questions asked previously? Many journal outlets provide a basic format you must follow, and many will set limits on how many pages you have in which to tell your story. Drop in the bits you need from your file cards/spreadsheet to say why the question you ask is important. Previous research will help put your work in context and ally you with a particular line of work. Critical analysis of that work will enable you to say why your new story improves on or adds to the story others in your field have already told. Write a first draft as though you're telling the story to a friend or colleague. Some people find it helpful to just tell the story in its 'bare bones' format, first. Don't worry about technical details, scientific jargon, or citations of previous work. Then go back and elaborate, 'put meat on the bones', so to speak. Put it into the format you're expected to use for the outlet you have chosen. Work within limits. The format of the article or report you're writing can sometimes seem like a hindrance, but it can also help! If you have 2-3 pages in which to review the relevant literature then you know you have 6-9 paragraphs [usually 3 per page] in which to make the points you want to make. Go back through your 3x5 cards or spreadsheets and see which you absolutely have to feature, which ones can be added as sort of 'see also' and which ones can be left out this time. You can set your own limits, too. Start with the 3 newest, most important or relevant or most well-designed examples of previous thought or research--build your story around those. If you still have room add a 4th or 5th. Once you have identified the 'featured' articles you can drop in a string of citations for articles that have addressed the same theory, method, or have similarly relevant findings. Get feedback from a peer or mentor Someone writing in the same area will tell you if you have missed a key piece of research or are trying to do too much with your article or project. Editors will do this for you when you submit your work, but better to get feedback and fix things rather than get those sad rejection letters, although even well-written articles are typically sent back asking you to 'revise and resubmit." Practice. The more you read and write in your field the more manageable this all becomes. Best of luck to you.