Writing and presentation of scientific papers

In the scientific community, the most important means of transmitting knowledge is the scientific journal. Writing and publishing the paper is a very important phase of the research process. It must be the embodiment of an original idea, which starts from a deep knowledge of the subject and recognizes the fruit of previous work, applying an appropriate methodology and presenting the analysis of the results clearly.
The scientific work is written following very specific rules accepted by the international scientific community to represent the scientific method textually, with a basic outline that consists of:

• Introduction
• Methods and Materials
• Results
• Discussion

However, this basic format may vary depending on the discipline or different traditions. It is generally presented with an abstract, that is to say a summary that must also be prepared very carefully for two fundamental reasons:

• Capture the reader's attention so that they want to continue reading the rest of the work
• Many online databases use abstracts to index papers. The abstract must contain keywords and phrases that facilitate its indexing and retrieval. For more information consult the University of North Carolina .