Basics
(Day, R., and B. Gastel. 2012. How to write and publish a scientific paper. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.)
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(Ruffell, D. (2019), Writing a great abstract: tips from an editor. FEBS Lett, 593: 141-143. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.13304)
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(Bahadoran, Z., Jeddi, S., Mirmiran, P., & Ghasemi, A. (2018). The Principles of Biomedical Scientific Writing: Introduction. International journal of endocrinology and metabolism, 16(4), e84795. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijem.84795)
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*Key note: this section is to be written in past tense because you have written your proposal and either started or have conducted the study!
(Eldawlatly, A.A., & Meo, S.A. (2019). Writing the methods section. Saudi journal of anaesthesia, 13(Suppl 1), S20-S22. https://doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_80518)
What to include:
(Bahadoran, Z., Mirmiran, P., Zadeh-Vakili, A., Hosseinpanah, F., & Ghasemi, A. (2019). The Principles of Biomedical Scientific Writing: Results. International journal of endocrinology and metabolism, 17(2), 392113. https://doi.org/10.5812/iJEM.92113)
What to include:
(Rogerio, F.V., Renan Cardoso, d.L., & Eduardo Seiti, G.M. (2019). How to write the discussion section of a scientific article. Acta Scientarium.Agronomy, 41. https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v41i1.42621)
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