Technical Writing for Publication

Basic concepts regarding selection and organization of information

Industrial Electrical Engineering and AutomationLund University, Sweden

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Mission Impossible

The style of writing depends strongly on the• research area• characteristics of the research

– experimental– model and simulation based– method or approach proposal– theory– applications

• journal or the conference• purpose and audience of the article• context of the article (high or low)

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Four Levels

• Article• Section• Paragraph• Sentence

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Genre

A style of writing that is developed by a group of people for a special purpose

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Audience

The style of writing must be suited to the audience so that

the audience understands:

• how your research makes a contribution to your field• the relevance of the contribution

To make the point more clear you can:

• delete unnecessary information• clarify important connections between ideas, facts and

supports

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Purpose of the Article

To make clear the specific contribution that the research makes to the field

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Purpose of the Sections

Main Parts PurposeTitle and Abstract objectives, scope, method

and results

Introduction significance and relevance

Materials and Methods reproducibility and novelty

Results novel results were obtained

Discussion Implications and applications

Conclusion summarize the main results

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Paragraphing Conventions in RAs

• Topic Sentence• Supports• (Concluding Sentence)

From general information to more specific

information (Top-Down Organisation)

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”Good style in writing is to respond to the readers needs”

Margaret Newman-Nowicka