Scientific Production (SEMEC0167)

The purpose of this course is to present to graduate students the general aspects of scientific writing, paper preparation, IMRAD style, Latex writing, and submission process.

Lectures (only in Portuguese)

Download the slides in PDF:

Supplementary materials

Additional contents for brainstorming, discussion and in-class debates:

Resources

  • Book: Elementos da Escrita Científica para o Pesquisador Iniciante, by Moritz and Almeida
  • Book: English for Writing Research Papers, by A. Wallwork
  • Book: Writing for Publication, by Jalongo and Saracho
  • Book: LaTeX in 24 hours, by D. Datta
  • Book: Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals, by P. A. Laplante
  • Book: Writing and Publishing Science Research Papers in English - A Global Perspective, by K. Englander
  • Example: Paper submission: cover letter (a few journals do not use anymore)
  • Example: Paper review: rebuttal
  • Example: Paper review: answering reviewer questions
  • Example: Paper review: doubtful comment
  • Example: Paper review: reviwer’s side
  • Guide: Orientações de acesso ao Capes Periódicos via CAFe
  • Lecture: LaTeX: arte e beleza na escrita científica
  • Lecture: Conhecendo o LaTeX: usos, dicas e práticas
  • Post: O Qualis e o silêncio dos pesquisadores brasileiros, by M. Tuffani
  • Post: Stop Internet Plagiarism, by Plagiarism Today
  • Site: The Writing Center, UNC at Chapel Hill
  • Site: Elsevier Researcher Academy, by Elsevier
  • Site: Redação Científica - Kits, by Best Writing Publisher House

Booklets

Booklets resulting from the last internal scientific writing seminars.

New QUALIS strata

  • We should consider the highest source percentile between Scopus and WOS bases and classify the paper according to the following percentile :stratum scale:
    • [87.5,100] : A1
    • [75.0,87.5) : A2
    • [62.5,75.0) : A3
    • [50.0,62.5) : A4
    • [37.5,50.0) : B1
    • [25.0,37.5) : B2
    • [12.5,25.0) : B3
    • [0.0,12.5) : B4

Idioms and phrases

  • “Duas cabeças pensam melhor do que uma” - Two heads are better than one.
  • “Comunicação é uma via de mão dupla” - Communication is a two-way street.
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