ABSTRACT
Title, abstract, and keywords are crucial, and with software increasingly responsible for sorting information, they are becoming more and more vital. The title is important because it attracts the reader to the topic. The abstract determines whether the reader wants to commit the time to reading the whole thing. Also, database software will search the title, abstract, and keywords when a user is looking for a particular topic. This chapter offers subject-specific advice on developing every aspect of theoretical, applied, or position papers, including: the title, abstract and keywords; method, results, and discussion sections; referencing; finding the right journal and submitting a paper; revising content in light of peer review; presenting papers. If these three elements are unclear or poorly presented, that one prospective reader who really needed to see your article is going to miss it. Generally, journals will expect about three to five keywords that are not part of the title.
