Chapter 1 Features and Techniques of Academic Writing in English 1
1.1 Features of Academic Writing in English 2
1.2 Genre-Focused Approaches:to Base Writing on Reading 6
1.3 Some Frequently Used Skills in Academic Papers 9
Chapter 2 An Access to Disciplinary Authority and Its Evaluation 18
2.1 Definition and Classification of Academic Papers 19
2.2 Examination Criteria for a Paper's Academic Value 20
2.3 Disciplinary Differences 25
Chapter 3 Voicing Yourself,Citation and Plagiarism 29
3.1 Voicing Yourself:Some Techniques to Show the Writer's Identity 30
3.2 Building up Authority:Some Basic Methods to Cite Reference Materials 43
3.3 Plagiarism 49
Chapter 4 Conventions and Construct of an Academic Paper 54
4.1 Titles 56
4.2 Abstract 58
4.3 Introduction 62
4.4 Methodology:Materials and Methods 66
4.5 Results 69
4.6 Discussion 71
4.7 Conclusion 73
Chapter 5 Linguistic and Grammatical Issues 84
5.1 Dealing with data in tables or graphs 85
5.2 Frequently misused words 88
5.3 Articles 91
5.4 Effective sentence construct 94
Chapter 6 Reference,Editing and Submitting 97
6.1 Reference Styles 98
6.2 Editing 116
6.3 Submitting 121
References 137
Supplement 1 ESI Field Definition 140
Supplement 2 Top Journals in 17 Typical Research Fields 149