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Journal of Materials Processing Technology – Guide to writing a good paper This guide proposes a model for writing a good paper, and gives some advice on writing style. It should be used in conjunction with the separate JMPT “Guide for authors” which describes the format and structure requirements for submitting a paper to the journal. A good paper in the JMPT makes a contribution to knowledge by providing insights into the influence of a process on material in a way that will be useful to others in future. The knowledge may be coded as an equation, or formulated in some concise statements, but must always be supported by experimental or theoretical evidence that allows the reader to judge its value. The authors opinions are of very little value in a journal paper: claiming that a new theory or model is ‘good’ or ‘successful’ is unconvincing, but providing evidence that allows a sceptical reader to evaluate the theory, is valuable. Accordingly, we propose here a model of a good paper as a defence case in a court trial in which the authors are accused that their work has no value. In writing the paper, the authors must anticipate all of the arguments that the prosecution (the reviewers) may put to them, and respond to them with evidence. The sections listed below are not intended to define the section headings of the paper – but we believe that a good paper will cover all parts of the argument set out here. Our intention in this document is to define the ‘prosecution’ arguments that the authors should attempt to address in their writing. Need . What is the context for the research work? What would we like to be able to do in practice that we don’t know how to do at present? Prosecution case: • This research is not important • The problem is too specific and clearly does not lead to transferable knowledge Analysis of existing work. There are two purposes to examining previous work: to summarise previous work in the area (what knowledge