Manuscript Sections

Researchers publish scientific manuscripts to present data collected during experiments and to speculate on their significance. In doing so, manuscripts document the process of…

The introduction is one of the main sections of a research article. In this section, referees, editors, and readers can find out what the study is about, what motivated the author…

What Is the Methods Section of a Research Paper? The Methods section of a research article includes an explanation of the procedures used to conduct the experiment. For authors of…

Referring a reader to another part of your paper can be an effective way to tie together different parts of the whole paper and point them to places where they can review an…

The function of the Results section is to objectively present your key results, without interpretation, and in an orderly and logical sequence using both illustrative materials…

This section of a research article is often written first since it is usually the most concrete and specific part of the text, and thus easiest to write. In the hourglass described…

This article will help you develop skills to improve your writing in Engineering and Biomedicine. An important aspect of academic style includes the organizational conventions for…

In our last post, we discussed the elements that are always included in the title page regardless of the journal chosen for publication (i.e., Article title, Author names, Author…

What is an Abstract? When you have written a research paper, a thesis, or a dissertation, it is common practice to provide a summary of the work contained in the document.…