List of Contributors .......................................... vii
Preface to the Third Edition ................................... ix
Preface to the Fourth Edition .................................. xi
Chapter 1. Structure of a scientific paper ..................... 1
George M.Hall
Chapter 2. Introductions ....................................... 5
Richard Smith
Chapter 3. Methods ............................................ 14
Gordon B.Drummond
Chapter 4. Results ............................................ 19
Hans-Joachim Priehc
Chapter 5. Discussion ......................................... 31
George M.Hall
Chapter 6. Titles, abstracts, and authors ..................... 34
Fiona Moss
Chapter 7. References ......................................... 42
Simon Howell and Liz Neilly
Chapter 8. Electronic submissions ............................. 52
Natalie Davies
Chapter 9. How to write a letter .............................. 59
Michael Doherty
Chapter 10. How to prepare an abstract for a scientific
meeting ............................................ 66
Robert N.Allan
Chapter 11. How to write a case report ......................... 71
Martin Neil Rossor
Chapter 12. How to write a review .............................. 76
Paul Glaszwu
Chapter 13. The role of the editor ............................. 83
Jennifer M.Hunter
Chapter 14. The role of the manuscript assessor ................ 92
Domhnall MacAuley
Chapter 15. What a publisher does ............................. 103
Alex Williamson
Chapter 16. Who should be an author? .......................... 112
Richard Horton
Chapter 17. Style: what it is and why it matters .............. 117
Chapter 18. Ethics of publication ............................. 123
Michael J.G.Farthin
Chapter 19. Electronic publishing ............................. 134
Craig Bingham
Chapter 20. Open access ....................................... 143
Mark Ware
Index ......................................................... 149
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