Adalah Anugerah

STRUCTURING
A SCIENCE PAPER
LENGTH OF AN ARTICLE
 STEPS OF
STRUCTURING AN ARTICLE
 STEP 1
Prepare Figures &
Tables
TABLE or FIGURE?

TABLE 
STRESS ON
NUMBERS
FIGURES 
COMPARE
GRADIENTS
LINE or HISTOGRAM?
LINE
• TIME SERIES
• CONSCUTIVE SAMPLE DATA

 HISTOGRAM
• NO CONNECTION BETWEEN SAMPLES
• NOT A GRADIENT
SELF EXPLANATORY
AVOID CROWDED PLOTS

 ONLY 3-4
DATA
SETS/FIGURE
CLEAR
SYMBOLS
DATA SETS
ARE EASY TO
DISTINGUISH
COLOR or UNCOLOR
EYE CHART FIGURES
 STEP 2
Write Method
METHOD

 AVOID ADDING
COMMENTS, RESULT
AND DISCUSSION
 USE STANDARD SYSTEM
AND NOMENCLATURE
DESCRIPTION OF:
• SITE
• SURVEY or EXPERIMENT
DONE
• LAB METHOD
• STATISTICAL USED
 STEP 3
WRITE A RESULT
RESULT

 Respond to the Q :
What have you Found
 Use subheading 
Guide for Authors
 Introductory
statements for the
result
Statistical Rules
 STEP 4
Write the Discussion
DISCUSSION
Respond to What the
Result Mean
Don’t reiterate result
Compared with
published result
 TIPS:
 Avoid unspecific
expression “higher
temp”  description
 Avoid sudden
introduction of new
term/ideas
 Explain the Research’s
limitation
 STEP 5
A Clear Conclusion
 CONCLUSION

1. Clear scientific justification

2. Suggest future experiment
3. A Common error :
a. Repeating abstract
b. Listing experimental Result
 STEP 6
Write a compelling
Introduction
INTRODUCTION
SHOULD ANSWER 5Qs :
1. What is the problem
to be solved ?
2. Are there any
existing solution?
3. Which is the best?
4. What is its main
limitation?
5. What do you hope to
achieve?
TIPS
 STEP 7
Write the Abstract
 ABSTRACT

1. Answer two WHATS:

a. What has been done
b. What are the main findings
2. Accurate & spesific
3. Avoid using jargon, uncommon
abrev.
4. Keep as brief as possible
 STEP 8
Compose a Title
 TITLE

1. Explain what paper is broadly about

2. Clear, descriptive and not too long
3. Interesting and eye catching
4. Avoid jargon an abbreviation
 STEP 9
Select Keyword for
Indexing
 KEYWORD

1. Used for indexing your paper

2. Avoid :
a. words with broad meaning
b. already included in a title
c. abbreviation that broadly used
 established abbr. ( e.g DNA)
 STEP 10
Write the
Acknowledgement
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1. Thank people who have contributed

to the manuscript
2. Thank funding agency
3. For European project  include
grand number/references
 STEP 11
Write the References
REFERENCES

Avoid excessive
self citation
 Avoid
publication from
same region
 Use software
End Note/
Mendeley
 Checking the
Style
 Today’s Achievements
No Goals Result
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