So you want to write an article, but are not quite sure where to begin? Worry not! To help you get started, we've listed some basic questions that will help you with drafting.
What would you like to tell your readers?
To whom are you writing?
Where would you wish to publish?
And last but not least, remember that writing is like any other skill - you're not born with it, you acquire it by practising!
Main heading
Introductory paragraph
Body text
Sub-headings
The significance of discussion
Grammatical correctedness
Citing and the list of references
Professional publications focus on phenomena relevant to expert work, such as current challenges of professional work, different kinds of activities in the field of expertise, or socially relevant observations or findings.
According to the Ministry of Education and Culture's guidelines, a professional publication must produce new information for the use of the professional community. This can be achieved for example in the following ways:
The following examples do not meet the publication criteria:
The IMRaD format has been widely adopted as a prominent structure for scientific journal articles.
I = Introduction
M = Methods
R = Results
D = Discussion
In addition, referencing is always used and the articles include a bibliography. These will, among other things, help the reader to evaluate both the coverage and the currency of the sources used.
An abstract at the beginning of the article provides an overview of the contents.
Scientific journals are peer-reviewed.