How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper

Part I. Some Preliminaries:
1. What is scientific writing?;
2. Historical perspective;
3. Approaching a writing project;
4. What is a scientific paper?;
5. Ethics in scientific publishing;
6. Where to submit your manuscript;

Part II. Preparing the Text:
7. How to prepare the title;
8. How to list the authors and addresses;
9. How to prepare the abstract;
10. How to write the introduction;
11. How to write the materials and methods section;
12. How to write the results;
13. How to write the discussion;
14. How to state the acknowledgements;
15. How to cite the references;

Part III. Preparing the Tables and Figures:
16. How to design effective tables;
17. How to prepare effective graphs;
18. How to prepare effective photographs;

Part IV. Publishing the Paper:
19. Rights and permissions;
20. How to submit the manuscript;
21. The review process (how to deal with editors);
22. The publishing process (how to deal with proofs);

Part V. Doing Other Writing for Publication:
23. How to write a review paper;
24. How to write opinion (book reviews, editorials, and letters to the editor);
25. How to write a book chapter or a book;
26. How to write for the public;

Part VI. Conference Communications:
27. How to present a paper orally;