Lecture8-writing and lit..ppt

How to write and publish a scientific research paper Chemical Information Sources discoverer may disclose the discovery in a special written format termed a patent the student may describe the discovery in a dissertation or thesis The details of the discovery (the original information) appear in the journal, conference paper, patent, or dissertation The information is in the Public Domain – the information is ‘public’ – it has been ‘published’! Chemical Information Sources Primary Literature Works consisting of original information reported by scientists such as articles, conference proceedings, dissertations patents, and technical reports, are considered primary materials. Secondary Literature Materials that are made up of information from primary sources that has been Chemical Information Sources reorganized are considered secondary. is any vehicle – review journal, monograph (book by a single author), multigraph (book by multiple authors), treatise (advanced treatment of a specialized topic), encyclopedia, dictionary, textbook, handbook (of spectra, physical data, etc.), bibliographies, indexing and abstracting services (e.g. Chemical Abstracts) Web resources PRIMARY LITERATURE ‘Full MS’ - Abstract, Introduction, Results and Discussion, and Conclusion, full details of Experimental work, and References to related work; MS may be very long – sometimes over 60 A4 typewritten pages! Supervisor and you decide to publish the work as soon as possible; write MS giving a preliminary account of the work: PRIMARY LITERATURE ‘Preliminary MS’ - abbreviated Abstract, Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion, minimal details of Experimental work, some References to related work (usually 3–5 A4 pages). * Five steps Where do we publish? Journals: impact factor (2006) = (number of cites in 2006 to articles published in 2004 2005) ?(number of articles published in 2004 2005) J. Phys. Chem. A J. Org. Chem. Inorg. Chem. Biochemistry Anal. Chem. Abbreviated title 3.0