ANS 4932 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bmc Biology, Impact Factor
4 Feb 2016
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Scholarly publications that report original, empirical, and theoretical work in the natural and social sciences. Scientific articles: read by scholars, written by experts in that field, current research, data with statistics, and reviews important research and scientific discoveries. Popular press articles: read by the public, written by reporters, or anyone who blogs, broad topics, popular perspectives, and click bait articles. Cover a wide range of topics: biology. Bmc biology: chemistry, animal behavior, medicine, psychology, many, many more. Impact factors journal: average number of citations from articles published in that, the higher the impact factor, the higher valued the journal. Scientific journal layout: format varies amongst journals, title. Always read the instructions to authors section. Should convey the topic of research and/or research findings. Names and affiliations of authors: abstract. The most important portion of an article. Must convey the contents of the article and research. Generally it is 250 words or less.
