“英语科技论文写作”讲义要点

“英语科技论文写作”讲义要点

Lecture Notes on

English Writing of Scientific Papers

(As Reprinted from Published Sources in English)

内容简介“英语科技论文的写作与发表”（简称“英语科技论文写作”）课面向中石化北京化工研究院的研究生与科研人员，共安排12周，每周2小时。课堂教学采用“原理-实例”教学法，并有课外写作练习。本课程旨在让学生掌握用英语写作科技论文的基本技巧，以及如何在英文期刊上发表所写论文的有效方法。主要围绕以下20余个与论文有关的教学内容展开教学：论文题目、作者署名、通讯地址、论文摘要、引言、实验材料和方法、论文结论、讨论、致谢、参考文献、数据列表、制图、文字处理、投稿、审稿意见处理、出版环节、订购论文抽印本、综述论文、会议论文、学位论文等。

教学进度安排（Course Outline）

“英语科技论文写作”课(English Writing of Scientific Papers)

Day 01 --- Nov. 18Lecture 01Introduction on Scientific Writing

1.1 About This Short Course 1.2 What Is a Scientific Paper

Day 02 --- Nov. 20 Lecture 02 Components of a Paper

2.1 How to Prepare the Title 2.2 How to List the Authors

Day 03 --- Nov. 25

2.3 How to List the Addresses 2.4 How to Prepare the Abstract

2.5 How to Write the Introduction 2.6 How to Write the Materials and Methods Section Day 04 --- Nov. 27

2.7 How to Write the Results 2.8 How to Write the Discussion

2.9 How to Cite Acknowledgments Day 05 --- Dec. 02

2.10 How to Prepare the Literature Cited 2.11 How to Design Effective Tables

Day 06 --- Dec. 04

2.12 How to Prepare Effective Illustrations 2.13 How to Type the Manuscript

Day 07 --- Dec. 09 Lecture 03Publication of a Paper

3.1 Where and How to Submit the Manuscript

3.2 How to Deal with Editors(The Review Process)Day 08 --- Dec. 11

3.3 How to Deal with Printers (The Publishing Process)

3.4 How to Order and Use Reprints

Day 09 --- Dec. 16 Lecture 04Writing of Other Types of Scientific Literature

4.1 How to Write a Review Paper 4.2 How to Write a Conference Report

4.3 How to Write a Thesis

Day 10--- Dec. 18 Lecture 05Ethics, Rights, and Permissions

5.1 Importance of Originality 5.2 Copyright Considerations

Lecture 06Writing Styles

6.1 Use and Misuse of English

Day 11--- Dec. 236.2 Avoiding Jargon 6.3 How and When to Use Abbreviations Day 12--- Dec. 25 Lecture 07Summary and Discussion on Scientific Writing

7.1 A Personalized Summary 7.2 Discussion with the Participants

Lecture 01 Introduction on Scientific Writing

1.1 About This Short Course1.1.1 The Importance of Publication

The Man of Science appears to be the only

man who has something to say just now — and the

only man who does not know how to say it.

“科学之人”看似唯一欲言之人—却也为难以为之之人。

— SIR JAMES BARRIE

詹姆斯·巴里爵士

We in science, of necessity, must contribute to the glut of information. But let us

·do it with love, especially love of the English language, which is the cornerstone of the intellectual heritage of the western world;

·also do it with energy, the energy we need to put into the scientific paper so that the reader will not need to use much energy to get the information out of the paper;

·husband our materials, especially our words, so that we do not waste inordinate quantities of paper and ink (or bits) in trying to tell the world more than we know.

运转寰球的四大件：

关爱（LOVE）↓↓↓能量（ENERGY）↓↓

材料（MA TERIALS）↓信息（INFORMA TION）↑

Publish or Perish?

Whether or not one wholly subscribes to the “publish or perish” adage, there is no question but that the goal of scientific research is publication. And scientisits are measured, and become known (or remain unknown), by their publication.

The publication of research results is an essential part of the research process.

A scientific experiment, no matter how spectacular the result, is not completed until the results are published. In fact, the cornerstone of the philosophy of science is based on the fundamental assumption that original research must be published; only this can new scientific knowledge be authenticated and then added to the existing data base that we call science.

The research scientist, perhaps uniquely among the trades and professions, must provide a written document showing what he did, why he did it, how he did it, and what he learned from it.

Thus the scientist must not only “do” science; he must “write” science. Although good writing does not lead to the publication of bad science, bad writing can and often does prevent or delay the publication of good science.

1.1.2The Purpose of This Short Course