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Milutinović, ... Danilo Furundzic, in Advances in Computers, 2017

9 Part 8: Learn How to Write SCI Journal Papers of the Research Type
A research paper is not that easy to generate and definitely not in one semester.
Consequently, only a precise template for writing research papers is elaborated down to
details, and students are asked to bring their previously concluded research rewritten
according to the template just described. Students without previous research experience are
given an opportunity, in a follow-up research-oriented course, to do a research project and to
write a research paper from scratch.
In the course described here, one can only teach theoretical issues (see Refs. [9,10]), and one
can encourage students, for extra homework credit, to write a research paper about their
research conducted before the course started, using the formalism taught, step by step.
Therefore, homework #8 is optional, for extra classroom credit.
Foreword
Barbara Fister, in Engaging First-Year Students in Meaningful Library Research, 2012
The research paper remains the most common writing assignment on college campuses, more
popular than ever (Lunsford, 2008). In the first year, just as students are encountering the
conventions of academic writing, we also hope to ground them in the mechanics of using a
print/digital hybrid library, probably much larger than any they’ve ever used before, to make
informed choices among possible sources, and extract meaning from them in order to support
a well-organized synthesis or argument. We know they will be asked to do this in the future,
so we try to get them acculturated quickly.

The authors’ editor: working with authors to make drafts

fit for purpose
Joy Burrough-Boenisch, Valerie Matarese, in Supporting Research Writing, 2013
Copy-editing
A research paper destined for submission to a peer-reviewed journal may not require
meticulous copy-editing if the target journal offers this service routinely for accepted
manuscripts. Moreover, some authors prefer that the AE concentrate on improving language,
style and content. Not having to venture into the copy-editing part of the editing continuum
(checking that references, tables and figures are formatted correctly, for example) certainly
saves time and therefore money, and allows the AE to focus on aspects of the text that are
generally outside the copy editor’s remit. But even if copy-editing is not specifically
requested, the AE should do some formatting. The most elementary is ensuring a consistent
spelling style (either US or UK, not a mix). If the publisher’s house style is known, the AE
should ensure it is followed. And if a journal has complex instructions to authors, an AE may
help authors follow them (but since this service implies extra time, it is more likely to be
offered by an in-house AE).