如何写好 Discussion？

2月27日，募格编辑联合丁香园举办了一堂SCI论文写作微信公开课，资深母语编辑Kristin以论文的讨论部分写作为主题展开了在线讲解。

 

课后，大家针对授课内容积极提问，我们现在将母语编辑的回答汇集整理，相信这16个问题的答案，一定能帮你帮您写好Discussion。 

 

Q&A
 

 

Ithinkithelps.Thecleareritis,thebetter.Youcanalsouse"novel""neverpublishedbefore"etc..

 

 

Theresultssectioniswhatyoufound.Soyouusuallypresentyourfiguresandjustsayexactlywhatyoufound(forexample,wefoundinourdiseasemodelthatproteinAwasdecreased).Inthediscussionyoureallydiscusstheresults.Whatdotheymean?Whathavepeoplefoundbefore?Whyaretheyimportant?(Forexample,thedecreaseinproteinAislinkedtotheprogressionofthedisease.IthaspreviouslybeenshowninChangetal.ThisdecreaseinproteinAisimportantbecauseitallowsustotargetthisproteinfortreatingthisdisease).

 

 

Justbecauseyouhaveadifferentresultfromothersdoesn’tnecessarilymeanitisnegative.Ithinkitisimportanttobehonesthereandmentionthatwhatyoufoundisdifferenttowhathaspreviouslybeenpublished.Itisalsothengoodtodiscussreasonswhy(E.g.,differentanimalmodel?Differentdoseofdrug?Differenttime-courseofadmiNISTration?etc.)Justbecausearesultisdifferentdoesn’tmeanitisn’tusefulornon-publishable.

 

 

Theintroductionisreallytointroduceyourstudybutitisusuallyreallyshort(maybe1pagemax).Itusuallyintroduceswhatyouarestudying(cancer,heartdisease,etc.)andthenyoustatewhatismissingaboutthetopic(i.e.,inheartdiseasewedon"tunderstandwhyproteinAisimportant)thenyoustateyourhypothesissoeveryoneknowswhatyouwillresearch(i.e.,WewillstudyproteinAincardiomyocytestoseeifithasaneffectonthedisease)

 

 

A:Yes,Ithinkyoushoulddiscusseachresult.Evenifitisshort,youshouldmentionallresultsinthediscussion.Ithelpstocreateastory,whichisclearandlogical,andbyexplainingeachresult,youhelptodothis.

 

 

Inthediscussionweusuallyuseamixtureofsimplepastandpresent.Sowhenyoudiscussyourresultsyouwouldusesimplepast(wefoundinourstudythat....),orifyoutalkaboutotherpeople"sstudies(citedreferences)youalsousesimplepast(Chanetal.,foundthat....)butotherwiseyoucanusepresent(i.e.,andthisstudyisimportantbecause…)

 

 

Yes,youareabsolutelyright.Youcanjustsay"thestudyofChanetalshowssimilarresultsandhenceprovesitsvalidity"(althoughIwouldn"tsay"proves"validity,Iwouldsaystrengthensourresultsorsomethingsimilar).Ijustwantedtoprovideanexamplewithmorethanonewaytosay"new".

 

 

Repeatingyourselfisn"tabadthing.Themoreyoustatethenovelty,thecleareritbecomestoyourreader(andreviewer!)becauseyoumentionitafewtimes.Intheintroduction(orbeginning)youdon"thavetostatethenovelty,youusuallystatewhatyouwilldo(i.e.,yourhypothesis).However,ifyoudostatenoveltyintheintroductionyoucanrepeatitinthediscussion,noproblem.

 

 

Goodquestion!!Ithinkitisimportanttonotusestrongwordslike,"wehaveproventhat...""wewillcurethat"andtomakesureyourstatementsaresimilartoyourresults.

 

 

Yes,thiscanbetricky.WhatIliketodoistopresenttheresultfirst(Infigure1weshowed/foundthat....)andthenrightafteryouwoulddiscussit.Thisisnovel/importantbecause...Thenyoustartonthenextresult.(Infigure2weshowedthat...andthisisimportantbecause....).InthelastparagraphIwouldalsodoaconclusionsoitisclearwhatyoufoundandwhyitisimportant.

 

 

Thesimpleansweristhatthelongeryouwrite,themorechancespeoplehavetobecomeconfusedorlost.Also,asyouknow,reADIngREALLYlongpapersisboring.Youwantthereadertoenjoyyourpaperandtofinditsimpleandeasytounderstand.Thebestwaytodothisistohaveitshortandsimple.

 

 

Ithinkthebestwaytodothisistousesimplewordsandmakeitclearandshort.Wefoundthenovelresultthat...Our,thisstudyisnovelbecause...etc.

 

 

IthinkitisOKtomentionintheliteratureifthereisacontroversy.Sometimesthisisbetterbecauseitmeansyourpaperisevenmoreimportant.If5peoplefoundproteinAwasdecreasedand5peoplefoundproteinAwasincreased,youcansay,currentlyintheliteratureitisunclearifproteinAisincreasedordecreased,ourstudyattemptedtoclarifythiscontroversy.Ourresultsshowthat...

 

 

Yes!!Ithinkthisisagreatidea.Itshowsthatyouareup-to-datewiththeliteratureanditalsogivesthereaderanicesummaryofwhatishappeningintheliterature.Youcanalsociteolderarticles,butIthinkitisgoodtoalsoincludethenewestones.

 

 

Thiscanalsobedifficultsometimes.However,shorttermstudiescanbejustasimportantaslongterm.Forexample,ifyouarestudyingadisease,shorttermimpactsareasimportantaslongterm.Inourheartstudieswetalkaboutshorttermstudiesasimportantbecausewhathappensintheshorttermwillcausewhathappensinthelongterm.Youneedtoknowwhathappensfirstbeforeyouknowwhathappenslater.

 

Foryourexample,itisimportanttoknowifthetumormarkergoesdownreallyquicklyaftersurgeryofifittakeslonger,thatisimportantforclinicalknowledge.Howlongdotheyneedtomonitorthetumormarkerbeforeitchanges?

 

 

YES!SometimesInoticepeoplechooseverylongandcomplicatedwordsthatweoftendon"tusenormallyinEnglish.Thismakesitmoredifficultforustounderstandyourpaper.AssimpleaspossIBLeisreallybetter.Also,alotofpeoplehaveEnglishasasecondorthirdlanguagewhowillreadyourpapers.Keepingitassimpleaspossibleisbetterforeveryone!Longermorecomplicatedwordsdon"tmakeitsoundbetter,itmakesitmoreconfusing!

 

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