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Writing a research paper is an integral part of research, not just a tiresome appendage to swell your curriculum vitae. You must guarantee that your research was ethical, that your data are accurate, that you have concealed no relevant information, that you have not submitted the same data in another form to another journal, and that all the authors named have taken part in the research and in the preparation of your paper.
Science begins only when the worker has recorded his results and conclusions in terms intelligible to at least one other person qualified to dispute them.
Cooper BM, quoted by Dudley HAF1
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Pollock, A.V., Evans, M.E., Wiggin, N.J.B., Balch, C.M. (1991). Writing Your First Scientific Paper. In: Troidl, H., et al. Principles and Practice of Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0371-8_44
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