Academic writing for engineering publications : a guide for non-native English speakers / / Zhongchao Tan |
Autore | Tan Zhongchao |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
Disciplina | 808.02 |
Soggetto topico |
Report writing
Technical writing - Data processing Redacció d'escrits tècnics Redacció d'informes |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN |
9783030993641
9783030993634 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 About This Book -- 1.2 Scope and Readers -- 1.3 Organization of This Book -- 1.4 American and British Spellings -- 2: Academic Integrity -- 2.1 Plagiarism -- 2.2 Quotations and Paraphrasing -- 2.3 Copyright -- 2.4 Privacy and Confidentiality -- 2.5 Authorship -- 2.6 Logical Writing -- 2.7 Unbiased Writing -- 2.8 Neutral Language -- 2.9 Clear and Concise Writing -- 2.10 Practice Problems -- Part II: Organization of Ideas -- 3: Preparing for Writing -- 3.1 Purpose of Writing -- 3.2 Identifying Readers -- 3.3 Scope of Writing -- 3.4 Structure of Writing -- 3.4.1 Front Matter -- 3.4.2 Body -- 3.4.3 Back Matter -- 3.4.4 Headers and Footers -- 4: Outlining -- 4.1 Outlining Steps -- 4.2 Outline-Based Drafting -- 4.3 Practice Problems -- 5: Drafting Introduction -- 5.1 Sources of Information -- 5.2 Funnel Approach to Literature Review -- 5.3 Drafting Objectives -- 5.4 Errors in Introduction and Objectives -- 5.5 Practice Problems -- 6: Drafting Methodology -- 6.1 Research Methods -- 6.2 Describing Numerical Approach -- 6.3 Replicability -- 6.4 Precise Description of Method -- 6.5 Practice Problems -- 7: Drafting Results and Discussion -- 7.1 Data Validation -- 7.2 Aiming at Objectives -- 7.3 RECA Approach to Results and Discussion -- 7.3.1 Reiteration of Results -- 7.3.2 Explanation and Comparison of Results -- 7.3.3 In-Depth Analysis -- 7.3.4 Presenting Limitations -- 7.4 Quantitative Results -- 7.5 Precise Results and Discussion -- 7.6 Engaging Writing -- 7.7 Erratic Writing -- 7.8 Practice Problems -- 8: Drafting Conclusions -- 8.1 Conclusion Meeting Objective -- 8.2 Practice Problems -- 9: Drafting Other Sections -- 9.1 Drafting Title -- 9.2 Drafting Authorship -- 9.2.1 Corresponding Author.
9.2.2 Authorship Order -- 9.2.3 Affiliations -- 9.3 Drafting Abstract -- 9.4 Drafting Executive Summary -- 9.5 Drafting Keywords -- 9.6 Table of Contents -- 9.7 List of Figures and List of Tables -- 9.8 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols -- 9.9 Drafting Foreword and Preface -- 9.10 Drafting Acknowledgments -- 9.11 Drafting References and Bibliography -- 9.12 Appendices and Supplemental Materials -- 9.13 Glossary -- 9.14 Index -- 9.15 Practice Problems -- Part III: Engineering Language Skills -- 10: Engineering Language -- 10.1 Writing with Simple Language -- 10.2 Writing with Right Pace -- 10.3 Current, Future, and Past Tenses -- 10.4 Point of View -- 10.5 Positive and Negative Tones -- 10.6 Active and Passive Voices -- 10.7 Defining Terms Before Use -- 10.7.1 Defining Technical Terms -- 10.7.2 Consistent Naming of Same "Things" -- 10.8 Analogy and Simile -- 10.9 Clarity -- 10.10 Transition and Connection -- 10.10.1 Transition Between Paragraphs and Sections -- 10.10.2 Connecting Sentences in Paragraph -- 10.11 Conciseness -- 10.12 Practice Problems -- 11: Paragraphs -- 11.1 Statement-Evidence-Conclusion Structure -- 11.1.1 Topic Sentence -- 11.1.2 Paragraph Length -- 11.2 Lists in Paragraph -- 11.3 Equations in Paragraph -- 11.4 Practice Problems -- 12: Sentences -- 12.1 Sentence Construction -- 12.2 Conjunction -- 12.3 Parallel Structure -- 12.4 Sentence Variety -- 12.4.1 Varying Sentence Length -- 12.4.2 Varying Word Order -- 12.5 Grammatical Agreement -- 12.5.1 Subject-Verb Agreement -- 12.5.2 Compound Subject-Verb Agreement -- 12.6 Fragmented Sentences -- 12.7 Clauses -- 12.7.1 Adjective Clauses -- 12.7.2 Dependent and Independent Clauses -- 12.8 Emphasis -- 12.8.1 Emphasis by Position -- 12.8.2 Emphasis by Sentence Length -- 12.8.3 Emphasis by Repetition. 12.8.4 Redundancy Due to Emphasis -- 12.8.5 Garbled Sentences -- 12.9 Modifiers -- 12.9.1 Prepositional Phrases as Modifiers -- 12.9.2 Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Modifiers -- 12.9.3 Placement of Modifiers -- 12.9.4 Dangling Modifiers -- 12.10 Intensifiers and Subjective Writing -- 12.11 Rambling Sentences -- 12.12 Practice Problems -- 13: Phrases and Words -- 13.1 Phrases -- 13.1.1 Noun Phrases -- 13.1.2 Gerund Phrases -- 13.1.3 Verb Phrases -- 13.1.4 Prepositional Phrases -- 13.1.5 Participial Phrases -- 13.1.6 Infinitive Phrases -- 13.2 Verb-Based Writing -- 13.2.1 Phrasal Verb Error -- 13.2.2 Nominalization Error -- 13.3 Wordiness -- 13.3.1 Duplicated Nouns -- 13.3.2 Redundancy -- 13.3.3 Avoiding Wordy Phrases -- 13.4 Shift of Function -- 13.5 Jargon, Slang, and Idiom -- 13.6 Contractions -- 13.7 Vague and Subjective Words -- 13.7.1 Using the Word Significant -- 13.7.2 Using the Word Fact -- 13.8 Pairs of Challenging Words -- 13.9 Practice Problems -- 14: Visuals -- 14.1 Using Simple Visuals -- 14.2 Key Elements in Visuals -- 14.2.1 Captions of Visuals -- 14.2.2 Labels in Visuals -- 14.2.3 Text in Visuals -- 14.3 Images -- 14.4 Graphs -- 14.4.1 Line Graph -- 14.4.2 Dot Graph -- 14.4.3 Line-Dot Graph -- 14.4.4 Error Bars -- 14.4.5 Schematic Diagram -- 14.4.6 Exploded View -- 14.4.7 Maps -- 14.5 Tables -- 14.6 Color -- 14.6.1 Black-and-White Visuals -- 14.6.2 Color in Visuals -- 14.7 Integrating Visuals into Text -- 14.8 Placement of Visuals -- 14.9 Practice Problems -- 15: Punctuation -- 15.1 Punctuation Marks -- 15.2 Apostrophe -- 15.3 Colon -- 15.4 Comma -- 15.4.1 Linking Independent Clauses -- 15.4.2 Introducing Elements -- 15.4.3 Separating Parallel Elements -- 15.4.4 Enclosing Elements -- 15.4.5 Using Commas with Numbers -- 15.4.6 Replacing Verbs -- 15.4.7 Comma Intrusion. 15.5 Dash -- 15.6 Ellipsis -- 15.7 Hyphen -- 15.7.1 Hyphenated Words -- 15.7.2 Multi-word Modifiers -- 15.7.3 Series -- 15.7.4 Prefixes -- 15.7.5 Hyphens for Clarity -- 15.8 Parentheses -- 15.9 Period -- 15.10 Question Mark -- 15.11 Quotation Marks -- 15.11.1 Enclosing Elements -- 15.11.2 Titles and Quotation Marks -- 15.11.3 Punctuation in Quotation Marks -- 15.12 Semicolon -- 15.13 Practice Problems -- 16: Finalization -- 16.1 Repeated Revisions -- 16.2 Formatting -- 16.2.1 Formatting Title -- 16.2.2 Formatting Table of Contents -- 16.2.3 Justification of Margins -- 16.2.4 Line Spacing -- 16.2.5 Formatting Headings -- 16.2.6 Formatting Headers and Footers -- 16.2.7 Typeface and Font Size -- 16.2.8 Capitalization -- 16.2.9 Capitonyms -- 16.2.10 Italicizing Words with Non-English Roots -- 16.2.11 Italics to Specify Items -- 16.2.12 Formatting Date -- 16.2.13 Formatting Time -- 16.2.14 Formatting Numbers -- 16.2.15 Formatting Units and Symbols -- 16.2.16 Formatting Lists -- 16.2.17 Formatting Visuals -- Double-Check Placement of Visuals -- Refining Visuals -- 16.2.18 Formatting Equations -- Italicized Symbols -- 16.2.19 References and In-Text Citations -- References -- In-Text Citations -- Recommended Styles for References and Citations -- 16.3 Formatting Cross-References -- 16.3.1 Formatting Appendices -- 16.3.2 Formatting Index -- 16.4 Proofreading -- 16.5 Copyright Clearance -- 16.6 Internal Clearance -- 16.7 Practice Problems -- Part IV: Correspondence -- 17: Correspondence -- 17.1 Peer Review Process -- 17.2 Cover Letter -- 17.2.1 Structure of Cover Letter -- 17.2.2 Date in Letter -- 17.2.3 Salutation -- 17.2.4 Introduction, Body, and Conclusion -- 17.2.5 Complementary Close -- 17.3 Response to Reviewers' Comments -- 17.3.1 Class 1 - Complimentary Comments -- 17.3.2 Class 2 - Editorial Comments. 17.3.3 Class 3 - Challenging Comments -- 17.3.4 Class 4 - Critical Comments -- Appendices -- A1. Transitional Words and Phrases -- A2. American and British English Spellings -- A3. Sample Outline -- Introduction -- Model Development -- Model Domain and Assumptions -- Governing Equations -- Electrochemical Kinetics -- Mass Conversion -- Charge Conversion -- Energy Conversion -- Numerical Solution of Model Equations -- Results and Discussion -- Model Validation -- Effects of Separator Thickness and Porosity on Energy Density -- Electrolyte Concentration Distribution -- Effect of Separator on Thermal Behavior -- A4. Sample Response to Reviewers' Comments -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585769603321 |
Tan Zhongchao | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English for writing research papers / / Adrian Wallwork |
Autore | Wallwork Adrian |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Science and Business Media, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 410 |
Collana | English for Academic Research |
Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Study and teaching
Linguistics English language Academic writing English language - Rhetoric Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar Anglès tècnic Metodologia de la ciència Redacció d'escrits tècnics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN |
9783319260945
3319260944 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PART 1. WRITING SKILLS -- 1. Planning and Preparation -- 2. Structuring a sentence: word order -- 3. Structuring Paragraphs -- 4. Breaking Up Long Sentences -- 5. Being Concise and Removing Redundancy -- 6. Avoiding ambiguity, repetition, and vague language -- 7. Clarifying Who Did What -- 8. Highlighting Your Findings -- 9. Discussing your limitations -- 10. Hedging and Criticising -- 11. Plagiarism and Paraphrasing -- PART 2. SECTIONS OF A PAPER -- 12. Titles -- 13. Abstracts -- 14. Introduction -- 15. Review of the Literature -- 16. Methods -- 17. Results -- 18. Discussion -- 19. Conclusions -- 20. The Final Check. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253323603321 |
Wallwork Adrian | ||
Cham : , : Springer Science and Business Media, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Pathway to Publishing: A Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences / / by Stephen Luby, Dorothy L. Southern |
Autore | Luby Stephen |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
Disciplina | 610 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SouthernDorothy L |
Soggetto topico |
Medical sciences
Medicine - Research Biology - Research Science - Social aspects Communication in science Penmanship Health Sciences Biomedical Research Science and Technology Studies Science Communication Writing Skills Investigació mèdica Redacció d'escrits tècnics Comunicació científica |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-98175-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I. Introduction: The Pathway to Publishing -- Part II. Most common errors -- 1. General research and writing practices -- 2. Content of quantitative papers -- 3. Mechanics of writing -- 4. Grammatical structures and stylistic strategies -- 5. Achieving clarity and conciseness -- 6. Recording scientific data -- 7. Approaching publication -- 8. Slide and poster presentations. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910571781503321 |
Luby Stephen | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Peer review and manuscript management in scientific journals : guidelines for good practice / / by Irene Hames |
Autore | Hames Irene |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 070.4/495 |
Soggetto topico |
Scientific literature - Evaluation
Science - Evaluation Technical writing - Evaluation - Analysis Peer review Science - United States - Information services Avaluació d'experts Literatura científica Revistes Redacció d'escrits tècnics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN |
1-281-32205-9
9786611322052 0-470-75080-4 0-470-75026-X |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice; Contents; Foreword by Robert Campbell and Sally Morris; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; What should peer review do?; What does peer review assume?; What is this book trying to achieve?; Chapter 2: The peer-review process - how to get going; The basic process; The people involved in running the peer-review process; Office organization; Choice of system and procedures; Record keeping; Systems available; Chapter 3: Manuscript submission and initial checks on completeness and suitability
Submission guidance to authorsJournal scope and editorial policy; Manuscript presentation; Manuscript submission; Checking and logging of submitted manuscripts; Transfer to editor; Initial assessment of suitability and rejection without external review; Manuscripts with language problems; Chapter 4: The full review process; Identifying and selecting appropriate reviewers; Reviewer information; How to go about identifying and selecting reviewers; Finding reviewers; To invite or not?; Inviting reviewers; Responses to invitations to review Getting the manuscript and associated material to the reviewersInformation reviewers will require; Associated material needed by reviewers; Monitoring review progress; Reminding and chasing reviewers; Problems during review; Reviewers not returning reviews; Receiving and checking of returned reviews; Checking of reviews; The ethics of amending reviewer reports for authors; The 'ideal' report; Back-to-back manuscripts; Dealing with enquiries on manuscript status; Chapter 5: The decision-making process for reviewed manuscripts; The organizational structure for decision making The decision-making processDivided opinions from reviewers; The decisions that can be made; Checks to be made before communicating decisions to authors; Communicating the decision to the authors; Rebuttals and appeals from authors; Dealing with revisions; Dealing with resubmissions; Problems with resubmissions; Acceptance; Decision making to consistent standards and the problem of availability of space; Special considerations in decision making: dual-use research and the possible misuse of information; Chapter 6: Moving to online submission and review; How do you choose an online system? How to prepare to move to online workingEvaluation of current workflow and responsibilities; Specification design for the journal; Questions and text options on the site; Preparation of editorial correspondence for the online site; Health and safety issues; Training and support; Data transfer; The launch and transition period; What to expect after going live online; Impact on submission numbers; Impact on the quality of submissions; Impact on geographical origin of submissions; Impact on reviewing and administration times; Problems that may be encountered and how to deal with them Online systems are never closed |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910876618203321 |
Hames Irene | ||
Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Research Methodology and Scientific Writing / / by C. George Thomas |
Autore | Thomas C. George |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2021.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 620 p. 25 illus.) |
Disciplina | 607.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Technical education
Penmanship Dissertations, Academic Engineering and Technology Education Writing Skills Thesis and Dissertation Investigació Metodologia Redacció d'escrits tècnics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-64865-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Research: The Search for Knowledge -- Philosophy of Research -- Approaches to Research -- Major Research Methods -- Experimental Research -- Collection and Analysis of Data -- Planning and Writing a Research Proposal -- Publications and the Library -- Academic Databases -- The Literature Review -- Preparation of Research Papers and Other Articles -- The Structure of a Thesis. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910767558803321 |
Thomas C. George | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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