Writing scientific research articles : strategy and steps

Margaret Cargill and Patrick O’Connor1. How the book is organized, and why -- 2. Research article structures -- 3. Referees’ criteria for evaluating manuscripts -- 4. Results as a "story": the key driver of an article -- 5. Results: turning data into knowledge -- 6. Writing about results -- 7. The Methods section -- 8. The Introduction -- 9. The Discussion section -- 10. The title -- 11. The Abstract -- 12. Considerations when selecting a target journal -- 13. Submitting a manuscript -- 14. How to respond to editors and referees -- 15. A process for preparing a manuscript -- 16. Skill-development strategies for groups and individuals -- 17. Developing discipline-specific English skills -- 18. Provided example article 1: Kaiser et al. (2003) -- 19. Provided example article 2: Britton-Simmons and Abbott (2008)http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/2678371