How to Write a Paper (HOW - How To) 5th (fifth) Edition

by George M. Hall

This concise paperback is one of the best known guides to writing a paper for publication in biomedical journals. Its straightforward format – a chapter covering each of part of the structured abstract – makes it relevant and easy to use for any novice paper writer. How to Write a Paper addresses the mechanics of submission, including electronic submission, and how publishers handle papers, writing letters to journals abstracts for scientific meetings, and assessing papers. This new edition also covers how to write a book review and updated chapters on ethics, electronic publication and submission, and the movement for open access.

Genres: Science, Research

Paperback

First published August 18, 1998

Reviews

[Ihor Kolesnyk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Чудова книга для тих, хто хоче зрозуміти як написти наукову статтю, але у медичній сфері.

[Maram . · Rating 3 out of 5]

a good reference for academic writing.

[Dina · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a book dedicated to scientific writing, it was full of surprising poor writing. The only thing I found useful was the well-structured list of topics it was supposed to cover. However, most authors offered no specific clear advice and some did not even stick to the topic of the chapter. I wanted to add examples but this book was so useless I don’t wanna waste more time looking. Some who wrote more readable chapters did not include enough details or focused on less relevant subtopics too much. Since this is a very short book, this ineffective writing guaranteed the book is not informative even as a basic overview. I have read a share of books and articles on writing in general and specifically of research papers, and in comparison, this book had only about 10% of what you are normally taught. I think this book could be a very basic introduction of what you should learn when starting a paper, but it definitely will not teach you how to actually write a good one. I was thankfully given my book for free, and I think it is not worth at all the ~€40 it is sold for; there are way more useful (and free!) papers that give the main concepts and checklists for how to write various sections, and some interesting books that elaborate on what is important when styling and editing the content.