Loay Kassem, Assistant Professor of Clinical Oncology at Kasr AlAiny School of Medicine, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“90% of researchers write scientific papers in the wrong order.
That is why it takes them forever to finish writing one manuscript.
I used to make the same mistake which is writing the paper in the same order I find in the journal:
Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion.
The surprise is that this is wrong.
The introduction should be the last thing to be written.
First, I start by the tables and figures. These are the main events of my story.
Second, I complete the results section. I just describe the main findings of my tables and figures. It can take few minutes this way (GenAI can help with this).
Third, I write the methods section. Here I describe how we reached the results.
The methods and results sections should be an easy part to write.
A nice tip:
Try to have a similar article as a guide so that you don’t miss an important section to point to cover.
Fourth, I write the discussion section. Here I explain what is the meaning, consequences and limitations of my results.
Finally, I finish with the introduction section. Here I cover why was it important to do our study.
Share this method with your colleagues if you think this is of benefit.”
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