Preface.- Part 1: Essentials for Good Writing.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1 Scientific Writing: A Brief Overview of Developments.- 1.1.1. The Importance of Writing and Writing Well. 1.1.2. Scientific Methods, Scientific Papers, and Science Writing.- 1.2. Scientific Publications.- 1.2.1. Research (Journal) Paper.- 1.2.2. Review Paper.- 1.2.3. Book Chapter.- 1.2.4. Conference Paper and Abstracts.- 1.2.5. Theses and Dissertations.- 1.2.6. Short Communication/Research Note.- 1.2.7. Monograph.- 1.3. Journal Articles and Location-Specific Research.- 1.3.1. Basic and Applied Research.- 1.3.2. What, Why, and How Types of Research.- 1.3.3. Location-Specific Research.- 2. Organization of a Research Paper: The IMRAD Format.- 2.1. Title.- 2.2. Authors.- 2.3. Keywords.- 2.4. Abstract.- 2.5. Introduction.- 2.6. Materials and Methods.- 2.7. Results.- 2.8. Discussion.- 2.9. Conclusions.- 2.10. Acknowledgments.- 2.11. References.- 2.11.1. Common Styles of Literature Citation.- 2.11.2. Some Other Issues of Reference Citation.- 2.12. Appendix.- 3. Tables and Figures.- 3.1. Importance of Tables and Figures.- 3.2. Table vs. Figure.- 3.3. Table Headings and Figure Captions.- 3.4. How to Construct Tables and Figures.- 3.5. Data Presentation Guidelines.- 4. The Nuts and Bolts: Numbers, Units, Dates, Abbreviations, Nomenclature ....- 4.1. Numbers.- 4.2. Units.- 4.3. Date and Time.- 4.4. Abbreviations and Acronyms.- 4.5. Nomenclature and Scientific Names.- 4.6. Mathematical and Statistical Expressions.- Part 2: English - The International Language of Science.- 5. Words.- 5.1. Gender and Pronouns.- 5.1.1. Gender Bias.- 5.1.2. Personal Pronouns.- 5.2. Modifiers.- 5.3. Idioms.- 5.4. Jargon.- 5.5. Nouns from Verbs.- 5.6. Collectives.- 5.7. Spelling.- 5.8. Specialized Words.- 5.9. Similar Words, Different Meanings.- 6. Sentences.- 6.1. Active and Passive Voice.- 6.2. Tense.- 6.3. Parallel Structure.- 6.4. Double Negatives.- 6.5. Disguised Writing.- 6.6. Complex Sentences and Indirect Language.- 6.7. Wordiness/Conciseness.- 6.7.1. Adding Conciseness.- 6.7.2. Verbosity: Unnecessary and Difficult Words.- 6.8. Transition.- 6.9. Awkwardness.- 6.10. Punctuation Marks.- 6.10.1. Comma ( , ).- 6.10.2. Period ( . ).- 6.10.3. Quotation Marks ( ).- 6.10.4. Hyphen ( - ).- 6.10.5. Dash ( - ).- 6.10.6. Colon and semicolon.- 6.10.7. Brackets ( [ ] ) and Parentheses ( ).- 6.10.8. Slash ( / ).- 6.10.9. Apostrophe, Ellipsis, Exclamation Point, Question Mark.- Part 3: Manuscript: Preparation, Submission, and Follow-up.- 7. Preparing the Manuscript.- 7.1. When to write.- 7.2. How to proceed.- 7.2.1. Overcome the Fear Complex.- 7.2.2. What Are the Results You Want to Communicate?.- 7.2.3. A Plan for the Paper.- 7.2.4. The First Draft.- 7.2.5. The Second Draft.- 7.2.6. The Third Draft.- 7.2.7. The Final Manuscript.- 7.3. Publication Ethics.- 7.3.1. Double Publishing.- 7.3.2. Authorship.- 7.3.3. Plagiarism.- 7.3.4. Copyright.- 8. Dealing with the Journal.- 8.1. Selecting a Journal.- 8.1.1. Journal Quality: Impact Factor.- 8.1.2. International vs. Local Journals.- 8.2. Submitting the Manuscript.- 8.2.1. Manuscript Preparation.- 8.2.2. Manuscript Submission.- 8.3. Peer Review of the Manuscript.- 8.4. Communications from the Journal.- 8.4.1. Initial Screening before Peer Review.- 8.4.2. Response to Peer-review Decision.- 8.5. When a Paper is Not Accepted.- 8.5.1. Reasons for Rejecting a Manuscript.- 8.5.2. What to do with a Rejected Paper?.- 8.6. Proof Correction.- 8.6.1. Proofs.- 8.6.2. Proofreading.- Part 4: Oral and Poster Presentations.- 9. Oral Presentations.- 9.1. To Do Prior to Preparing an Oral Presentation.- 9.1.1. Identify the Audience.- 9.1.2. Determine the Nature and Time Allowed for the Presentation.- 9.2. Preparing your Oral Presentation.- 9.2.1. Title and Introduction.- 9.2.2. The Main Body of your Presentation.- 9.2.3. Conclusions/Implications.- 9.3. The Oral Presentation.- 9.3.1. Before the Actual Presentation.- 9.3.2. During your Presentation.- 9.3.3. Some Additional Guidelines.- 9.4. Oral Presentations in Relation to Scientific Writing.- 10. Poster Presentations.- 10.1. To Do Prior to Creating the Poster.- 10.1.1. Prepare the Abstract.- 10.1.2. Determine the Poster Size.- 10.1.3. Identify Components of the Poster.- 10.2. Creating the Poster.- 10.2.1. Layout and Format.- 10.2.2. Contents.- 10.3. Other Considerations for Poster Preparation.- 10.4. Presenting Your Poster.- 10.4.1. Before your Presentation.- 10.4.2. During your Presentation.- 10.5. Poster Evaluation.- References and Recommended Reading.- Subject Index.
