Preface vii Acknowledgments ................................. ix
1 Basic rules of writing ....................................... 1
2 Comments on scientific language .............................. 3
3 Drafting the manuscript ..................................... 15
4 Choosing a journal .......................................... 18
5 Preparing a graph ........................................... 20
6 Drawings .................................................... 38
7 Figure legends .............................................. 40
8 How to design tables ........................................ 42
9 Title ....................................................... 48
10 Authors ..................................................... 54
11 Abstract .................................................... 58
12 Introduction ................................................ 61
13 Methods ..................................................... 63
14 Results ..................................................... 68
15 Discussion .................................................. 74
16 Acknowledgments ............................................. 79
17 References .................................................. 81
18 Ph.D. and other doctoral theses ............................. 91
19 Letters and case reports ................................... 101
20 Numbers .................................................... 105
21 Abbreviations .............................................. 111
22 How to present statistical results ......................... 114
23 Typing ..................................................... 120
24 Dealing with editors and referees .......................... 132
25 Correcting proofs .......................................... 137
26 Authors' responsibilities .................................. 142
Literature needed on your desk ............................. 150
Further reading ............................................ 152
Literature cited ........................................... 156
Index ...................................................... 165
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