How to write a good paper Lidia Morawska

Good paper • For a good peer reviewed journal (in your field) • To

What is a good journal? • • • The Lancet, IF 53. 254 Where

Important information communication e-prints

Ask big/good questions • Well defined aim • So what factor A graduate student

The Abstract and its role This is what the Editor sees first! What should

Introduction • Short and to the point (leave the rest for the Discussion) •

Methods Be exhaustive: • all what you have done • how you have done

Results and Discussion: or separate sections? What to include in the body of the

Relation between the Aim and Conclusions Very clear explanation how the outcomes of the

References • Relevant to the paper • Your papers: only a few relevant •

Be your own reviewer (…in other words: be critical)

Be honest Explain in detail all the problems and limitations: highlight them, don’t hide!

By inclusive • Think who to invite to join and help with the paper

STOTEN By definition total environment studies must be multidisciplinary Studies that focus on at

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How to write a good paper? Lidia Morawska Queensland University of Technology ILAQH, QUT World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Air Pollution and Health

Good paper • For a good peer reviewed journal (in your field) • To communicate information

What is a good journal? • • • The Lancet, IF 53. 254 Where we Science, IF 41. 058 publish Environmental Health Perspectives, IF 8. 440 Environment International, IF 7. 297 Environmental Science & Technology, IF 6. 653 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, IF 5. 509 Environmental Research, IF 4. 732 Science of the Total Environment, IF 4. 610 Indoor Air, IF 4. 396 Environmental Pollution, IF 4. 358 Atmospheric Environment, IF 3. 708 Journal of Aerosol Science, IF 2. 042

Important information communication e-prints

Ask big/good questions • Well defined aim • So what factor A graduate student Martha Mc. Clintock, suggested pheromones as the cause of menstrual synchrony. (Mc. Clintock 1971, Nature ).

The Abstract and its role This is what the Editor sees first! What should your Abstract include: • What is the research problem and why it is important • Aim of the study • How it was addressed (experiment, analyses, etc) • Results • So what factor

Introduction • Short and to the point (leave the rest for the Discussion) • Should end with a very clearly explained aim of the study

Methods Be exhaustive: • all what you have done • how you have done it • why you have done it this way …need to be included

Results and Discussion: or separate sections? What to include in the body of the paper and what in the supplementary?

Relation between the Aim and Conclusions Very clear explanation how the outcomes of the study addressed the aim

References • Relevant to the paper • Your papers: only a few relevant • As recent as possible

Be your own reviewer (…in other words: be critical)

Be honest Explain in detail all the problems and limitations: highlight them, don’t hide! “Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom”. Thomas Jefferson US President Plagiarism can kill your career! (and is very easy to detect)

By inclusive • Think who to invite to join and help with the paper • Give credit to all who helped (coauthorship or acknowledgement)

STOTEN

STOTEN By definition total environment studies must be multidisciplinary Studies that focus on at least two or three of the ‘spheres’ are given primary consideration Papers reporting results from only one sphere are not considered Field studies are given priority over laboratory studies

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