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Publisher. A person or organization handling the business activities concerned with publishing a book or journal.

R

Referee. A person, usually a peer of the author, asked to examine a manuscript and advise the editor regarding
publication. The term "reviewer" is used more frequently but perhaps with less exactness.

Reprints. Separately printed journal articles supplied to authors (usually for a fee). These reprints (sometimes called
offprints) are widely circulated among scientists.

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Results. The third section of an IMRAD paper. Its purpose is to present the new information gained in the study being
reported.

Review paper. A paper written to review a number of previously published primary papers. Such reviews can be
simply annotated references in a particular field, or they can be critical, interpretive studies of the literature in a
particular field.

Reviewer. See Referee.

Running head. A headline repeated on consecutive pages of a book or journal. The titles of articles in journals are
often shortened and used as running heads. Also called running headlines.

Science writing. A type of writing whose purpose is to communicate scientific knowledge to a wide audience
including (usually) both scientists and nonscientists.

S

Scientific paper. A written and published report describing original research results.

Scientific writing. A type of writing whose purpose is to communicate new scientific findings to other scientists.

Series titles. Titles of articles published as a series over the course of time. These titles have a main title common to
all papers in the series and a subtitle (usually introduced with a roman numeral) specific for each paper.

Society for Scholarly Publishing. An organization of scholars, editors, publishers, librarians, printers, booksellers,
and others engaged in scholarly publishing. Address: 10200 W. 44th Ave., Suite 304, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.
Summary. Usually a summary of conclusions, placed at the end of a paper. Different from an Abstract, which
usually summarizes all major parts of a paper and which appears at the beginning of the paper (heading abstract).

Syntax. The order of words within phrases, clauses, and sentences.

T

Table. Presentation of (usually) numbers in columnar form. Tables are used when many determinations need be
presented and the exact numbers have importance. If only "the shape of the data" is important, a graph is usually
preferable.

Thesis. A manuscript demanded of an advanced-degree candidate; its purpose is to prove that the candidate is capable
of doing original research. The term "dissertation" is essentially equivalent but should be reserved for a manuscript
submitted for a doctorate.

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