Artículos de revistas
Desafios na publicação científica.
Fecha
2003-05-01Registro en:
Pesquisa odontologica brasileira = Brazilian oral research, v. 17 Suppl 1, p. 49-56.
1517-7491
10.1590/S1517-74912003000500008
S1517-74912003000500008
2-s2.0-0142152228
2-s2.0-0142152228.pdf
3363114201357959
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
We discuss the main problems which make a scientific text difficult to find, to be read or to be accepted by readers. A scientific text is considered a logical argument. Therefore, methods, results and data from literature are premises supporting the conclusions of the work; and in the Introduction session, the justification corroborates the objective of the study. This conception makes the text a hermetically coherent structure where only the necessary data should be included (some controversy is still pertinent). In a second step, we show formal mistakes in scientific writing which make texts less attractive. Thus, we give examples of errors or inadequacy of formal aspects of presenting titles, abstracts, results (figures and tables), and grammar mistakes in Portuguese (but also valid for English grammar). After that, we emphasize the need for writing in international language (English) and for publication in periodicals with international impact on the scientific community. Finally, considerations to improve the Brazilian periodicals in the biological area are presented.