Overview of the Journal Article

An author should recognize that journal space is a precious resource created at considerable cost. An author therefore has an obligation to use it wisely and economically. 

This chapter introduces the journal article module (comprising chapters 2—7). The chapter describes some of the defining characteristics of a journal article while emphasizing concise writing and organization. By the end of this chapter, you should be able to do the following  

As you move through the chapter, you will begin to plan your own journal-quality paper. The Writing on Your Own tasks throughout the chapter will guide you in this process  

Module 1 focuses entirely on writing a journal-quality paper, a paper suitable for submission to a refereed chemistry journal. Refereed journals include only articles that have made it through a rigorous peer-review process. In this process. 

Received for review March 9, 2008. Revised manuscript received August 3, 2008. Accepted August 5, 2008. 

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The major purpose of the title is to inform readers about the specific content of the work, ideally identifying both what was studied and how it was studied. The major purpose of an abstract is to summarize, in one clear and concise paragraph, the purpose, experimental approach, principal results, and major conclusions of the work. In most journals, the abstract includes only text in some journals (e.g.. The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Organic Letters), the abstract also includes a graphic. Importantly, both the abstract and title must be able to stand on their own. This is because these two sections (and only these two sections) are reprinted by abstracting services (e.g.. Chemical Abstracts Service, or CAS) in separate documents for literature searches. Also, many chemists read titles and abstracts to obtain a quick overview of the journal s contents but do not read the articles in full. 

Recent results have been summarized in a number of articles, especially in this journal.17-19 This review will focus on newly developed HMBC pulse sequences and application on small to medium-sized organic molecules. After a short introduction into basic theory, a selection of pulse sequences and a look at the large variety of applications will complete the overview of the HMBC experiment. Finally, a brief summary and outlook to future perspectives of HMBC will be given. 

Clearly, direct techniques for measuring OH are needed that provide concentrations either at a point or over relatively restricted spatial scales. Two (absorption and laser-induced fluorescence) are direct, spectroscopic methods and two others (mass spectrometry and a radiocarbon method) rely on conversion of OH to another species that is measured. Each of these approaches and some of the intercomparisons that have been carried out are discussed briefly in the following sections. A good overview of these methods is found in a review by Eisele and Bradshaw (1993) and articles by Crosley (1994, 1995a, 1995b) and papers in a special issue of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences [52 (19), October 1, 1995]. 

I first skim through the manuscript to gain an overview of the subject matter to determine if I am sufficiently knowledgeable to review it. However, journal editors are fairly astute in their choice of reviewers, and so unfortunately I am usually stuck with doing my duty for colleagues and thus have to review the article with some care. 

Research progress is very rapid in biochemistry, and the literature in the field is vast and growing. Many books appear each year, and a large number of primary research journals and review journals report on original research. References to this body of literature are provided at the end of each chapter. A particularly useful reference is Scientific American its articles include general overviews of the topics discussed. Trends in Biochemical Sciences and Science (a journal published weekly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science) are more advanced but can serve as primary sources of information about a given topic. In addition to material in print, a wealth of information has become available in elec-... 

The goal of this chapter is to give an overview of the current status of research on the systemic microcirculation. Issues of pulmonary microcirculation are not discussed. Because of space limitations, it is not possible to recognize numerous important contributions to the field of microcirculatory mechanics and mass transport. In most cases we refer to recent reviews, when available, and journal articles where earlier references can be found. We discuss experimental and theoretical findings and point out gaps in our understanding of microcirculatory flow phenomena. 

Perhaps the best way to start a brief description is to quote an NFPA Journal article entitled Buildup to Disastef July/August 2007 [18]. Three investigators from the US CSB and Hazard Investigation Board concisely described an overview of the incident that wrecked the refinery as ... 

Space does not permit here an extensive presentation of the methods of EM immunolabeling. We provide an overview and some illustrations, but for further details, see McDonald (1994) and more general references such as the books by Griffiths (1993), Hayat (1989b,c, 1991), and Newman and Robot (1993). For the most up-to-date articles on EM immunolabeling, although not usually on Drosophila tissues, consult recent issues of the Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. 

Muhammad, N., et al., 2015. An overview of the role of ionic liquids in biodiesel reactions. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 21, 1—10. Available at http //www. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/Sl226086X14000859 (accessed 11.05.15.). 

Each chapter on technique ends with the short section called "Where Do I Go from Here " This includes suggestions for those who wish to investigate a topic further. It is not possible for a book of this nature to cover all issues of implementation for each technique. We assume that those who want to pursue a topic further will have access to library facilities and to the Internet, so no attempt has been made to provide a comprehensive reading list. Regular journal articles provide overviews of research in each area, so the section on applications toward the end of each chapter similarly provides examples of how each method is used rather than a comprehensive review. 

The literature on deconvolution is rich with the contributions of many investigators. These contributions are, however, scattered among journals devoted to numerous specialties. No single volume has been available that provides both an overview and the detail needed by a newcomer to this field. When a specific need arises, a recent journal article or the advice of a colleague often initiates a considerable, but not always successful, search. The lack of a suitable volume has fostered this understandable approach. Although it may be sorely needed, deconvolution is a distraction for the researcher in pursuit of personal scientific goals. The present work conveys an understanding of the field and presents under one cover a selection of the most effective, practical techniques. 

Over the past several years, descriptions of fragment collections have been published in journals as well as book chapters. In two recent reviews, a chapter from Evotec (33) compared several collections based their origins, while a journal article from Leiden University (26) summarized fragment collections based on the intended screening methods. We would like to present an overview by blending information from both reviews together to provide a more complete and updated picture (see Table 11.2 for details). 

By now, nearly every chemist has had some introduction to the subject of supercritical extraction in one form or another, and it would seem that after scores of papers, newsreleases, and trade journal articles, only so much can be said about the background and early findings, the thermodynamic interactions between dissolved solutes and high pressure gases, the equations of state that can correlate and predict solubility behavior, the many applications of the technology (some of which are in flavors), the full scale coffee and hops extraction plants now in operation, etc. What, then, can a paper entitled "Supercritical Fluids - Overview and Specific Examples in Flavors Applications" give that s new -hopefully, a different development of the historical perspective... 

Pharmacopeial Forum (PF) is the journal through which USP institutes the public review and comment process for standards development and revision (see Fig. 2 for a process overview). Proposed changes to official USP-NF standards are published in PF so that all interested parties may review them, offer their opinions, and prepare for their impact. PF also provides notice of binding revisions to the official standards. It includes authoritative scientific articles and comments on current pharmaceutical industry issues. 

This chapter gives an overview of different types of redox active ligands and the above mentioned four different application strategies. The number of publications on this concept is growing rapidly, especially over the past few years. Some excellent reviews and essays on this subject have appeared recently a Forum issue of Inorganic Chemistry [4], a Special issue of the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry [5], a tutorial review article in ACS Catalysis [6] and some other reviews [7] have been used in this chapter as a basis for much of the older work on this subject. This chapter also includes relevant new examples in the field of reactive redox active ligands. 

In multiauthored books, chapters may be accounts of original research or literature reviews (like journal articles), but they may also be topical overviews. They may be developed and expanded from presentations given at symposia, or they may be written especially for the book in which they will be published. Multiauthored books should contain at least one chapter that reviews the subject thoroughly and also provides an overview to unify the chapters into a coherent treatment of the subject. In a longer book that is divided into sections, each section may need a short overview chapter. 

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