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Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles
If your data answer multiple questions, you may need to write more than 1 paper or choose to report on only the most important research question. For example, You may have several hypotheses. You may have 1 hypothesis that builds on another. There might be a portion of the paper (your research) that you should publish first before reporting on the study as a whole, such as a novel method or a new cell line or animal model. However, if your data do not warrant it, do not try to create several papers from a single study. This is sometimes called “salami science.” 3. When is your information not enough? You lack sufficient information when there are not enough data to support your conclusions. If that is the case, you probably need to do more research. Types of Articles After you decide that you have the correct amount of information for 1 paper, you are ready to consider the type of article to write. Research Articles Are full reports of original investigations Typically include Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections Usually have no strict limits on article length or number of references “I try to limit the experiments presented to those that form a linear and logical thought process. In other words, to have it seem that each experiment undertaken was a natural consequence of the prior experiment presented (even if the order in which the experiments were conducted in the lab was different).” —Pierre D. McCrea, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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