SCIENTIFIC WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS

Types of Dictionaries
TERTIARY Encyclopedia
information sources Ammanacs
Indexes

PRIMARY SECONDARY

Document in paper or
SCIENTIFIC Systematic investigation and
SCIENTIFIC WRITING
PUBLICATIONS
electronic form THAT reports research study in order to establish facts
Poorly written papers = first ones to the result of original research and reach conclusions.
be rejected.

Helps to clarify thoughts and present IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH CONFERENCE PAPER

the research in a wider context. SCIENTIFIC PAPER
WRITING
Good writing is an essential aspect of
‘‘marketing’’ your research.
Valid and permanent
publication that presents
results of an original
investigation and adds to the
SCIENTIFIC METHODS, previous state of knowledge
(JOURNAL) PAPER
Involves a hypothesis that is
tested by accepted
experimental methods leading
to well-founded conclusions.
REVIEW PAPER
Synthesizes and evaluates
reported results by analyzing
and interpreting the findings
in a specific field.
BOOK CHAPTER
AND ABSTRACTS
Various types and forms are PAPER
available depending on the presents the results of
scope of the book of which research in a professional
the chapter forms a part. conference.

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, AND Is based on papers and

Are published in peer-reviewed research POPULAR SCIENCE information that have

WRITING already been published ABSTRACTS

journals for the community of scientists
conference papers that may


or may not actually be
Method that is most recognized Science can be communicated in presented at the conference
Paper in a Scientific Journal by the scientific community: various ways to different audiences.

Are not rated as high quality

research publications.
‘Popular science writing’’ writing for
SHORT THESES AND
Both forms of writing must fulfill the so-called ABC of communication
(accuracy, brevity, and clarity).
readers who are not specialists in the MONOGRAPH COMMUNICATION DISSERTATIONS
discipline.

Provides an authoritative The objective is to disseminate Documents of sustained

account of a research topic,
and is often much lengthier
than research articles or review
papers.
interesting trends and results
that have not yet been
conclusively proven.
research conducted by
graduate students for periods
from two to four or more years,
and are presented in
descriptive style with elaborate
literature review.