How to Write a Scientific Paper and Get it Published Quickly

The World Institute for Scientific Exploration (WISE) encourages the highest standards of scientific research, and encourages all such research findings to be published. To assist researchers in achieving these objectives, we are providing you with a detailed outline of a scientific research paper with the specific structure and elements that such a paper should include. However, non-research papers, essays, theoretical papers, historical articles, reviews, and other types of papers, especially in the social sciences, may appropriately have other structures and elements. Following the detailed scientific research paper outline below, is a link to one of the very best websites that provide guidelines for writing articles of all kinds.

Part of WISE’s mission to help support and facilitate the publication of scientific papers and articles on scientific anomalies, alternative medicine, alternative hypotheses, speculations, or any other subject covered by our many research divisions. To do so, WISE will provide a listing of a large number of journals that are currently being published, as well as, brand new journals, that will accept papers and articles on these subjects, and to whom you should submit your articles. The names of those journals, publishing companies, and contact information will be provided though a link button on the WISE home page in the very near future, if it is not already there.

Please note that these journals are not published by WISE, but are all published by independent publishing companies. WISE will, however, help its members, whenever necessary, to get their articles published relatively quickly and easily, without the typically long waiting periods and other publishing obstacles frequently faced by researchers and authors of papers on anomalies subjects when dealing with editors and peer reviewers. So if you have had difficulty getting your article published because of rejections, endless delays, editorial hacking of your article, or any other publishing problems, please let WISE know at: joreed43@gmail.com

You should submit as many articles and papers as you wish to those journals, including:
1. Articles and papers that are newly conducted research, new scholarly articles, or new opinion essays;
2. Articles and papers that have been rejected by other journals;
3. Articles and papers written in the past, but never published;
4. Papers presented at conferences and meetings, but never published;
5. Revisions of previously published articles with new titles or authors;
6. Reprints of your articles published in other periodicals, with the written permission of the copyright holder;
7. Postings of article length, that you have made in the past or recently to blogs, discussion groups, or in “comments” sections;
8. Papers you wrote as an undergraduate or graduate student, but were never published;
9. Any other article or paper you have written that you would like to publish.
Our philosophy is that if you have done research, written a paper, or have an opinion about some subject, you should be able to get it published for the world to see, and receive publishing credit for it. You certainly deserve this publishing credit, which you can add to and enhance your resume, but which you might not be able to do, if it were just another posting to a blog, a group discussion, or a comment in the “comment section” following someone else’s article.

Detailed Outline of a Scientific Research Paper/Article

I. The Title Page

• Title: Tells the reader what to expect in the paper.
• Author(s): Most papers are written by one or two primary authors. The remaining authors have reviewed the work and/or aided in study design or data analysis;
• Keywords related to the research study.
• Corresponding Author: Full name and affiliation for the primary contact author for persons who have questions about the research.
• Financial & Equipment Support: Specific information about organizations, agencies, or companies that supported the research.
• Conflicts of Interest: List and explain any conflicts of interest.

II. Abstract: “Structured abstracts” have become the standard for research papers, where the authors simply summarize the introduction, objective, methods, results, and conclusions in the abstract. Wheras reviews, case reports and other articles have non-structured abstracts. The abstract should be a summary/synopsis of the paper.

III. Introduction: The “why did you do the study”; setting the scene or laying the foundation or background for the paper.

IV. Methods: The “how did you do the study.”

• Context and setting of the study
• Specify the study design
• Population (patients, etc. if applicable)
• Sampling strategy
• Intervention (if applicable)
• Identify the main study variables
• Data collection instruments and procedures
• Outline analysis methods

V. Results: The “what did you find”

• Report on data collection and/or recruitment
• Participants (demographic, clinical condition, etc.)
• Present key findings with respect to the central research question
• Secondary findings (secondary outcomes, subgroup analyses, etc.)

VI. Discussion: Place for interpreting the results

• Main findings of the study
• Discuss the main results with reference to previous research
• Policy and practice implications of the results
• Strengths and limitations of the study

VII. Conclusions: [occasionally optional or not required]. Do not reiterate the data or discussion. Can state hunches, inferences or speculations. Offer perspectives for future work.

VIII. References: In the body of your article, use superscript numbers or authors’ names and dates to indicate the source of your information. Then list here the correspondig articles, books, websites, or other sources you used and referred to in the text of your paper. Always be sure to note every source you use, so that you will not be charged with plagarism and possibly copyright infringement, which would have a very negative impact on your career.

IX. Acknowledgements: Names of people who contributed to the work, but did not contribute sufficiently to earn authorship. You must have permission from any individuals mentioned in the acknowledgements sections.

Resources and Help for Writers and Authors:

Colorado State University Writing Guides Website
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/

This is one of the very best writing guide websites you will find on the Internet. It provides guidelines for writing scientific, scholarly, and academic papers and articles of all kinds, with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for whatever type of paper you may want to write and publish. In addition, this website covers all aspects of the article and paper writing process, including 1) Preparing to Write; 2) Starting to Write; 3) Conducting Research; 4) Reading & Responding; 5) Planning, Drafting, & Organizing; 6) Revising & Editing; and 7) Publishing; It also covers the various type of writing you may be doing, including science writing, essays, and other types of academic writing.