- •English for Specific Purposes
- •Пояснительная записка
- •Contents
- •Unit 1. Becoming a master’s degree student
- •The Master’s Degree: a Closer Look
- •Unit 2. Becoming a member of an academic community
- •Becoming a Member of an Academic Community
- •Avoiding plagiarism
- •Unit 3. Becoming a young researcher
- •Originality of a Dissertation
- •Citation indexes and impact factors
- •The Structure of an Abstract
- •Unit 4. Becoming a conference attendee
- •Unit 4. Becoming a job applicant
- •________________________
- •Use resumes to get interviews.
- •Field-specific section Petroleum
- •Reserves
- •Reserves Estimation
- •Bibliography
- •Web-sources
- •Recommended sources
- •Useful phrases
- •English for Specific Purposes
- •625003, Г. Тюмень, ул. Семакова 10
Citation indexes and impact factors
When you are using … (1), you need to be …(2) that they are considered credible by other …(3). Obviously, the more … (4) and respected your sources the more credible will be your own work. A citation … (5) is an article database that indicates how many times the work of an author has been … (6) to, or cited, by another author, and where. How many times a document is cited …(7) other writers is seen as a good …(8) of its credibility and/or importance. Citation indexes are a handy way to search for a subject by taking a useful or well-known paper and looking at later work that refers back to it. A Web of Science cited reference search will do this.
Similarly, so-called ‘impact factors’ provide an indication of an article’s … (9) or influence by ‘rating’ the journal in which it appears. It does this by quantifying the frequency with which the ‘average article’ published in a given scholarly journal has been cited in a particular year or period. This, in turn, is used in citation …(10).
(Inside Track to Writing Dissertation and Thesis)
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1 |
A origin |
B researches |
C sources |
D theme |
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2 |
A certain |
B confident |
C uncertain |
D positive |
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3 |
A students |
B scholars |
C pupils |
D postgraduates |
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4 |
A credible |
B believable |
C unbelievable |
D respected |
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5 |
A zip code |
B pointer |
C index |
D marker |
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6 |
A shown |
Breferred |
C relevant |
D distinguished |
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7 |
A at |
B by |
C through |
D in |
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8 |
A reason |
B factor |
C key |
Dindication |
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9 |
A importance |
Bneed |
C significance |
D concern |
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10 |
A analysis |
B discussion |
C evaluation |
Dsurvey |
Task 13. Abstract. Study the table and discuss with a partner the similarities and differences between a journal article abstract and the main body of a journal article.
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Abstract |
Article |
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Audience | |
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People searching in the library. |
People doing similar research read and sometimes cite the paper. |
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People reading abstract collections. |
Graduate students may be required to read the paper in survey courses. |
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All article readers. |
Only a few practitioners read the whole paper. |
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Almost all readers only read the abstract (anecdotal estimate 95%). |
Relatively few people read some or all of the article (anecdotal estimate 5%). |
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Purpose | |
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1: Summarize the article. |
Participate in the academic community. |
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2: “Sell” your paper. | |
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Other differences | |
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Read first |
Almost always read after the abstract |
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Written last |
Almost always written before the final draft of the abstract |
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Short word limit |
Longer word limit |
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May be translated into several languages |
Is normally written in one language |
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Reader may have knowledge of the background of and justification for your study |
Reader should learn the background of and justification for your study from the text |
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Reader should be able to understand your main findings |
Reader should learn the details, limits, and implications of your results |
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Knowledgeable reader can understand the basics, but not critique or replicate your study (exception: clinical medicine) |
Reader should be able to understand, critique, and replicate your study |
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Similarities | |
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Agree on all details | |
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Use the same writing style, formality; Follow the same structure | |
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Both must meet the requirements of the journal guidelines for authors | |
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Each can be read independently of the other text | |
What is the audience of an abstract/article?
What is the purpose of an abstract/article?
How can an abstract help a researcher choose which articles to read?
What are the similarities between an abstract and an article?
Task 14. Study the information about the structure of an abstract.
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TITLE (MAKE THE TITLE DYNAMIC AND INFORMATIVE, RATHER THAN DESCRIPTIVE) Author Abstract Writing an ABSTRACT means to extract and summarize (AB – absolutely, STR – straightforward, ACT – actual data presentation and interpretation). Although the style of an abstract may differ from discipline to discipline and from journal to journal, the structure and information provided is quite similar. Structure the abstract following the IMRaD (Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion) principle. Select the appropriate category for submission carefully. If selected appropriately, your abstract is more likely to be graded by peers with similar interests and familiarity with your work or field. Key Words Really important words in your paper. Some journals require you to have a list of four or five key words directly under your abstract. |