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5. Decide which magazine to submit your MS to, get “Instruction/guide to authors” and a few sample articles from the latest issues 4. Be familiar with the general requirements and format of English articles Which magazine to submit to? “Sell” your MS to the best possible magazine! 6. Draft your manuscript following the journal requirements strictly 8. Get figures and tables ready 7. Revise and “polish” your draft MS with input from all co-authors 9. Get the format and references correct Any short-cuts? No! Practice makes perfect! 1. Title of the article: precise, concise and attractive Key Points That Require Special Attention e.g., Differences in the 5.8S rDNA sequences among ascarid nematodes (蛔目线虫之间5.8S核糖体DNA序列的差异) 这一标题就十分简明扼要，仅由9个词组成。 Rule: Given name followed by Surname 2. Proper Presentation of Authors’ name e.g., Neil B. Chilton; Robin B. Gasser; Xing-Quan Zhu Abbreviations: N.B. Chilton; R.B. Gasser; X.Q. Zhu Corresponding author usually is the “boss” and his/her contribution is considered equal to that of the senior author 3. Corresponding author? Responsible for communicating with the magazine These authors contribute equally to this work!!! 4. The most important grammatical features: frequent use of the past tense and passive voice of verbs e.g., Adult worms of Ascaris were obtained from human patients after treatment with anthelmintics, or from pigs at necropsy. 5. Introduction section: The reasons of why do the project, what are the rationales and what are the research aims, etc Need to discuss whether the aims have been fulfilled in the “Discussion” section, in particular for those ones with hypotheses 6. In the “results” section, describe the results without interpretation and discussion 7. “Discussion” Section: the most difficult part to write! Interpret and explain your results/findings, and their implications * 朱兴全 教授 How to Write and