Technical Writing for Publication Basic concepts regarding selection and organization of information Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden

Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden Mission Impossible The style of writing depends strongly on the research area characteristics of the research –experimental –model and simulation based –method or approach proposal –theory –applications journal or the conference purpose and audience of the article context of the article (high or low)

Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden Four Levels Article Section Paragraph Sentence

Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden Genre A style of writing that is developed by a group of people for a special purpose

Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden Audience The style of writing must be suited to the audience so that the audience understands: how your research makes a contribution to your field the relevance of the contribution To make the point more clear you can: delete unnecessary information clarify important connections between ideas, facts and supports

Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden Purpose of the Article To make clear the specific contribution that the research makes to the field

Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden Purpose of the Sections Main PartsPurpose Title and Abstractobjectives, scope, method and results Introductionsignificance and relevance Materials and Methodsreproducibility and novelty Resultsnovel results were obtained DiscussionImplications and applications Conclusionsummarize the main results

Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden Paragraphing Conventions in RAs Topic Sentence Supports (Concluding Sentence) From general information to more specific information (Top-Down Organisation)

Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation Lund University, Sweden ”Good style in writing is to respond to the readers needs” Margaret Newman-Nowicka