Scientific Writing and Publishing in English

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第７回　The introduction

1. Write the introduction last.
2. Introduction should contain enough information to evaluate the position of your work in reference to other work.
3. why, where, who and when
   1. why is the problem important and why was it chosen.
   2. where does this study lie compared to previous work
   3. what is the method
   4. what are the principal results
   5. what are the principal conclusions
4. The introduction should be a "road map" for the wh ole paper.

第８回　The title, abstract & key words

1. Title
   1. catch readers attention.
   2. provide terms for indexing
2. Abstact
   1. summarize the paper for hurried readers
   2. provide terms for indexing
   3. 本文の構成を保つ（combine the first sentence of each section of the Methods, Results and Discussion-e.g.)
3. keywords
   1. タイトル中のものを繰り返さない。