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           Suggested citation: 
            
           Burrows, T. (2011). Writing research articles for publication.  Unpublished manuscript, the Asian 
           Institute of Technology Language Center, Khlong Luang, Thailand.   
                   Contents 
                    
                                  
                          Preface   
                            
                                
                          1.  Introduction        
                              o  What is scientific research?     1 
                              o  What are scientific journals?     2 
                              o  What are journal articles?     4 
                              o  Why publish articles?      5 
                              o  About this book      6 
                           
                           
                          2.  Reading Research        
                              o  Identifying sources        7 
                                    ƒ   Credibility      8 
                                    ƒ   Usefulness      9 
                                    ƒ   Online databases     10 
                              o  Research article structure     11 
                              o  Analyzing written research      
                                    ƒ   Active reading      13 
                                    ƒ   Text mining      14 
                              o  Useful words and phrases      
                                    ƒ   Academic words     15 
                                    ƒ   Transitions and signposts    16 
                                    ƒ   Latin       17 
                             
                           
                          3.  The Writing Process                                       20 
                              o  Planning       21 
                              o  Writing       21 
                               o  Proofreading and sharing     23 
                               o  Revision and editing      24 
                            
                            
                           4.  Sources and Referencing                                     25 
                               o  Plagiarism       25 
                               o  Citing sources in a text     26 
                               o  Paraphrasing and summarizing    29 
                                      ƒ  Paraphrasing      29 
                                      ƒ  Summarizing      31 
                               o  Direct quotations      31 
                               o  The reference list      34 
                            
                            
                           5.  Writing Your Paper                                          36  
                               o  Title        36 
                               o  Abstract       38 
                               o  Introduction       42 
                               o  Literature Review      48 
                               o  Methodology       50 
                               o  Results        52 
                                      ƒ  Tables and figures     53 
                                      ƒ  Text       56 
                                      ƒ  Text tables      58 
                               o  Discussion       59 
                               o  Conclusion       62 
                               o  Acknowledgements      62 
                               o  References       63 
                               o  Appendices       64 
                               o  Biography       64