Lesson 10 Steps article writing. Article writing and the article writing format. Imrad and etc

Activity 1. How to write a scientific article?
Getting started: What to do before writing one
Before any writing can begin, you’ll need to conduct an adequate amount of preparatory work that will help you write a scientific article. Some pointers include:
Developing an understanding of your chosen topic
Doing background research
Identifying your target medical journal to publish your study
Identifying your target audience. Is it a group of specialists or a general audience?
Deciding your study’s objectives
Determining the methods, you’ll use for the study
These guidelines will give you a clear picture of what needs to be done. You can follow the “IMRAD” format (most scientific journals use this), which includes an introduction followed by multiple sections: methods, results, and a discussion.
As with every journal, you’ll need to include a bibliography, as well as tables and legends to any numbers.

Activity 2.Discussion: What do your findings mean? How do you advance your field?
According to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, the “[IMRaD] structure is not an arbitrary publication format but a reflection of the process of scientific discovery.” The full structure is actually TA-IMRaD-RAS, because research papers begin with a Title and Abstract, end with the References, and often also have an Acknowledgment and various Statements. Some features of these additional sections are as follows:
Title: usually part of the submitted Title Page, which also contains authors’ details and often the word count and number of illustrations (tables and figures)
Abstract: a summary of the study with or without subheadings such as Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusion; usually ends with key words
References: two commonly used styles are numbering in order of appearance (Vancouver) and alphabetical by surname and in date order (Harvard); the style and the position of the reference list depend on the journal