95631 CSC 181A - 0 Advanced Research Topics in Computer Science The Computer Science Lyceum (continued) Fall 2002 Wed 11:30 am - 2:20 pm , Kramer Science Center 102A Herbert J. Bernstein (yaya@dowling.edu) *** Warning: This course is not currently in the Fall Schedule *** Scientific Publication

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Research and development is of little value unless the results are preserved and, preferably, shared with others. Scientific publication has much in common with other styles of publication, but the demands of technical jargon and the need to give appropriate credit for the work of others impose additional requirements.

Every discipline has its own conventions, and even within a discipline each journal will have its own style, reflected in a guide to authors. However, there are many elements of style in scientific publication which are common or similar across all or most disciplines:

• Structure of a Paper
  • Abstract (self-contained for publication apart from the paper)
  • Front matter
    • Title
    • Author(s)
    • Affiliation(s) (may be footnoted or trail the body)
    • Support credits (may be footnoted or trail the body)
    • Summary or Abstract
    • Keywords (not always used, may be footnoted or trail the body)
    • (In books or very large articles) Table of contents
  • Body
    • Carefully cites material from other sources
      • Footnotes (use sparingly)
      • In-line bracketed citations
    • Sections after the introduction may be grouped by subtopics
    • Introduction (with citations)
    • Notation (sometimes handled by glossary in back matter)
    • Discussion (with citations)
    • Examples (if appropriate, may be in appendices)
    • Results (if appropriate)
    • Conjectures and proposals
    • Summary and conclusions
  • Back matter
    • Acknowledgments
    • Appendices
    • References or Bibiography
    • (In books or very large articles) Index
• Many forms of publication
  • Technical reports (e.g. http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/TMM/Routing)
  • Journal articles
  • Books
  • Meeting presentations
    • Slides
    • Foils (e.g. http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/.other/Foils_ACA_98_msw.pdf)
    • Flip charts (rare in science)
    • Blackboard/Whiteboard presentations
    • Computer-based presentations (mainly PowerPoint)
    • Posters (e.g. http://www.bernstein-plus-sons.com/.other/BCA/BCAPoster.html)
  • Web pages
  • Grant proposals -- (paper + budget)