Universidad Autónoma

De Tamaulipas
Unidad Académica
Multidisciplinaria Reynosa-Aztlán
HOMEWORK # 1.-DEFINITION OF
RESEARCH/SCIENTIFIC PAPER
-PARTS OF AN ARTICLE
INGLES APLICADO A LA SALUD
FRANCISCO DANILO ROCHA MONTIEL

8.º H

27/01/2022
Scientific papers (also known as a "journal articles") are a special type of written work
that have particular characteristics:

They are usually published in a periodical called a journal whose purpose is to publish this
kind of work. Generally, journals differ greatly from general interest writing on scientific
topics such as magazine articles and science news (e.g. those in National Geographic,
Scientific American, Discover, etc.) although some journals also have a section devoted to
general interest writing. Occasionally scientific papers are compiled in book form but this is
not the norm.

They are peer reviewed. That means that the paper has been subjected to the scrutiny of
several experts in the field who verify the quality of the writing and the accuracy of the
analysis and conclusions drawn by the authors.

They are citable. This means that: the content is stable, the journal is readily available in
libraries and (usually) through the Web, and there are standardized methods of identif ying
a particular article. Thus an author can refer to a paper with confidence that a reader can
easily look up that reference at any point in the future.

They include citations. This means that the paper frequently makes reference to previous
publications that are relevant to the work being discussed. All cited works are listed in a
reference section at the end of the paper.

The general outline/flow is as follows

*Title

*Author(s)

*Abstract

*Introduction

*Methods

*Results

*Discussion
*References/Literature cited

Article

An article is a piece of writing written for a large audience. The main motive behind writing
an article is that it should be published in either newspapers or magazines or journals so
as to make some difference to the world.

Research articles tend to have 6 or 7 parts, each part is normally labeled.

1. Abstract: This is the first part of the article, normally at the top and set apart from the
rest of the article. The abstract describes what the article is about.

2. Introduction: This is the first part of the actual text; it explains why the researchers
selected the topic to study and why it is important.

3. Literature Review: In this section, the authors discuss research that is important to
their study, this section can be long or short. Sometimes the introduction and literature
review sections are combined.

4. Methods/Data Analysis: The methods portion of the article explains how the
researchers actually conducted the research. Often it will include information on the
participants and data collection methods used. They will also explain how the data was
analyzed. This section may also include limitations of the research.

5. Results: This is where the authors tell you what they found.

6. Discussion: Here the authors discuss how their findings (results) tie back into the other
research done in the field and why what they found is important. They may also give ideas
for further research.

7. References: This section includes all the references to items cited within the body of
the article.
Bibliography

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