Effective Scientific Writing and Publishing

87 Pages·2015·3.99 MB·English

by  Mirza Hasanuzzaman

Successful Scientific
Writing and Publishing
Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
www.hasanuzzaman.webs.com
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
What is Research?
• The systematic investigation into and
study of materials and sources in order to
establish facts and reach new conclusions.

• Research is the scientific and systematic
search for revealing the underlying facts
for certain things happening.

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
Idea maters !
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
Your research is NOT complete
until it has been published
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
Why Publishing Research Articles is
Important?
Ideally it is
• To communicate and share the new discoveries in science
• To improve the quality of life and for providing better healthcare.
• Make contributions to society

More often is
• To be advance in the field
• To get the research funding/grants
• To get the tenure
• To improve the scientific impact of institute/individual
• Recognition by peers

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
Before, During and after Research
• Plan before research
• Record sufficient data which can provide
you a clear picture
• Record data in such way which can be
analyzed smoothly
• Use proper design
• Record data in MS Excel
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
Statistical analysis
• MS Excel
• MSTAT-C
• CropStat (Formerly IRRISTAT)
• SPSS
• SAS
• SigmaStat
• GraphPad Prism
• CoStat
• XLSTAT

Every program has some advantages and limitation. You
use different programs.
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
Types of Publication
• Thesis
• Report
• Proceeding
• Journal article
• Monograph
• Booklet
• Book
• Research Reports
• Research Projects for Funding
• Patents

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
Some Types of Journal Content
Other Than Research Papers
• Review articles (summarize the literature on a
topic)
• Case reports
• Editorials
• Book reviews
• Essays
• Letters to the editor
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU
Attributes of a Good Manuscript
• Concise but powerful
• Story like
• To the point
• Free from grammatical and stylistic errors
• Recognizing contributions of others
• Technically correct

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of
Agronomy, SAU