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1、SCI科技论文投稿交流问题意见请联系QQ 183381688 How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format pdf Bates College http abacus bates edu ganderso biology resources writing HTWtablefigs html 1 Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Making Tables and Figures Definitions Getting Organized Referencing fro
2、m Text Abbreviation of Fig Numbering Figures and Tables Placement in paper Legends Legend Position Anatomy of a table Anatomy of a graph Compound Figures Bar Graphs Frequency Histograms Scatterplots Line Graphs More examples Once your statistical analyses are complete you will need to summarize the
3、data and results for presentation to your readers Data summaries may take one of 3 forms text Tables and Figures Text contrary to what you may have heard not all analyses or results warrant a Table or Figure Some simple results are best stated in a single sentence with data summarized parentheticall
4、y Seed production was higher for plants in the full sun treatment 52 3 6 8 seeds than for those receiving filtered light 14 7 3 2 seeds t 11 8 df 55 p 0 001 Tables Tables present lists of numbers or text in columns each column having a title or label Do not use a table when you wish to show a trend
5、or a pattern of relationship between sets of values these are better presented in a Figure For instance if you needed to present population sizes and sex ratios for your study organism at a series of sites and you planned to focus on the differences among individual sites according to say habitat ty
6、pe you would use a table However if you wanted to show us that sex ratio was related to population size you would use a Figure Figures Figures are visual presentations of results including graphs diagrams photos drawings schematics maps etc Graphs are the most common type of figure and will be discu
7、ssed in detail examples of other types of figures are included at the end of this section Graphs show trends or patterns of relationship Organizing your presentation Once you have done your analyses and decided how best to present each one think about how you will arrange them Your analyses should t
8、ell a story which leads the reader through the steps needed to logically answer the question s you posed in your Introduction The order in which you present your results can be as important in convincing your readers as what you actually say in the text How to refer to Tables and Figures from the te
9、xt Every Figure and Table included in the paper MUST be referred to from the text Use sentences that draw the reader s attention to the SCI科技论文投稿交流问题意见请联系QQ 183381688 How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format pdf Bates College http abacus bates edu ganderso biology resources writin
10、g HTWtablefigs html 2 relationship or trend you wish to highlight referring to the appropriate Figure or Table only parenthetically Germination rates were significantly higher after 24 h in running water than in controls Fig 4 DNA sequence homologies for the purple gene from the four congeners Table
11、 1 show high similarity differing by at most 4 base pairs Avoid sentences that give no information other than directing the reader to the Figure or Table Table 1 shows the summary results for male and female heights at Bates College Abbreviation of the word Figure When referring to a Figure in the t
12、ext the word Figure is abbreviated as Fig while Table is not abbreviated Both words are spelled out completely in descriptive legends How to number Tables and Figures Figures and Tables are numbered independently in the sequence in which you refer to them in the text starting with Figure 1 and Table
13、 1 If in revision you change the presentation sequence of the figures and tables you must renumber them to reflect the new sequence Placement of Figures and Tables within the Paper In manuscripts e g lab papers drafts Tables and Figures are usually put on separate pages from text material In conside
14、ration of your readers place each Table or Figure as near as possible to the place where you first refer to it e g the next page It is permissible to place all the illustrative material at the end of the Results section so as to avoid interrupting the flow of text The Figures and Tables may be embed
15、ded in the text but avoid breaking up the text into small blocks it is better to have whole pages of text with Figures and Tables on their own pages The Acid Test for Tables and Figures Any Table or Figure you present must be sufficiently clear well labeled and described by its legend to be understo
16、od by your intended audience without reading the results section i e it must be able to stand alone and be interpretable Overly complicated Figures or Tables may be difficult to understand in or out of context so strive for simplicity whenever possible If you are unsure whether your tables or figures meet these criteria give them to a fellow biology major not in your course and ask them to interpret your results Descriptive Legends or Captions To pass the acid test above a clear and complete leg
