Writing for publication: Argument and evidence.

Women Birth

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Australia.

Published: May 2024

The rules for writing a research report are well defined but novice writers need more clarification on writing scholarly scientific papers for publication. The purpose of this paper is to enable novice writers to confidently apply the skills of scientific writing to the development of a scholarly paper for publication. We highlight the importance of having a clearly defined question or clarity in focus before moving on to consider the components of a scholarly paper including, the question, thesis, introduction, body, discussion, conclusion and finally, an abstract.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101595DOI Listing

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