Technical Writing for Publication Basic concepts regarding selection

Technical Writing for Publication Basic concepts regarding selection and organization of information Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

Mission Impossible The style of writing depends strongly on the • research area • characteristics of the research – experimental – model and simulation based – method or approach proposal – theory – applications • journal or the conference • purpose and audience of the article • context of the article (high or low) Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

Four Levels • • Article Section Paragraph Sentence Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

Genre A style of writing that is developed by a group of people for a special purpose Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

Audience The style of writing must be suited to the audience so that the audience understands: • how your research makes a contribution to your field • the relevance of the contribution To make the point more clear you can: • delete unnecessary information • clarify important connections between ideas, facts and supports Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

Purpose of the Article To make clear the specific contribution that the research makes to the field Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

Purpose of the Sections Main Parts Purpose Title and Abstract objectives, scope, method and results significance and relevance reproducibility and novelty novel results were obtained Implications and applications summarize the main results Introduction Materials and Methods Results Discussion Conclusion Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

Paragraphing Conventions in RAs • • • Topic Sentence Supports (Concluding Sentence) From general information to more specific information (Top-Down Organisation) Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

”Good style in writing is to respond to the readers needs” Margaret Newman-Nowicka Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden