domenica 28 agosto 2011

Stout's guide to writing a scientific paper.

Da The autobiography  of Arthur Purdy Stout (Notes on the education of an "oncological" surgical pathologist) in Guiding the Surgeon's Hand, Rosai J, 1997. (p 252-253)

I first collect all the data necessary for the subject and review the literature by abstracting each paper I read [...] . My articles always consist of an  introduction  that tells the whys and wherefores and a historical review [...];  next comes an account of the data reported, including case histories; then a commentary on these pointing out subjects to be stressed, new interpretations, reasons for agreeing or differing with the conclusions of others; and finally a summary [...] I always striven for lucidity and simplicity of expression and have eschewed redundancy. [...] When collaborating with young resident  and others, I have had to struggle to make them cut out redundant material and stick to the essential. [...]  it has never disturbed me to confess to an error, although I have noticed  that others  find this hard to do . If these people have to change an opinion the tendency seems to be ignore their former publication [...]

Bibliografia:

Biografia di Arthur Purdy Stout  (Wikipedia )


Audisio RA, Stahel RA, Aapro MS, Costa A, Pandey M, Pavlidis N. Successful publishing: how to get your paper accepted. Surg Oncol. 2009 Dec;18(4):350-6.


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