Hong Sung-Tae
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Journal of Korean Medical Science, Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2014 Aug;29(8):1035-7. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.8.1035. Epub 2014 Jul 30.
Writing a good quality scientific article takes experience and skill. I propose 'Ten Tips' that may help to improve the quality of manuscripts for scholarly journals. It is advisable to draft first version of manuscript and revise it repeatedly for consistency and accuracy of the writing. During the drafting and revising the following tips can be considered: 1) focus on design to have proper content, conclusion, points compliant with scope of the target journal, appropriate authors and contributors list, and relevant references from widely visible sources; 2) format the manuscript in accordance with instructions to authors of the target journal; 3) ensure consistency and logical flow of ideas and scientific facts; 4) provide scientific confidence; 5) make your story interesting for your readers; 6) write up short, simple and attractive sentences; 7) bear in mind that properly composed and reflective titles increase chances of attracting more readers; 8) do not forget that well-structured and readable abstracts improve citability of your publications; 9) when revising adhere to the rule of 'First and Last' - open your text with topic paragraph and close it with resolution paragraph; 10) use connecting words linking sentences within a paragraph by repeating relevant keywords.
撰写高质量的科学文章需要经验和技巧。我提出“十条建议”,可能有助于提高学术期刊稿件的质量。明智的做法是先起草稿件的初稿,并反复修改以确保写作的连贯性和准确性。在起草和修改过程中,可以考虑以下建议:1)关注设计,使内容、结论、观点符合目标期刊的范围,作者和贡献者名单合适,参考文献来自广泛可见的来源;2)按照目标期刊的作者指南对稿件进行格式设置;3)确保观点和科学事实的连贯性和逻辑流畅性;4)提供科学可信度;5)让你的故事对读者有吸引力;6)撰写简短、简单且有吸引力的句子;7)记住,恰当撰写且有启发性的标题会增加吸引更多读者的机会;8)不要忘记,结构良好且可读性强的摘要会提高你的出版物的被引用率;9)修改时遵循“开头和结尾”规则——用主题段落开头,用结论段落结尾;10)通过重复相关关键词使用连接词来连接段落内的句子。