Scientificpaperstructure

Who helped me out?Acknowledgments (optional)Whose work did I refer to?Literature CitedExtra InformationAppendices (optional)Section Headings:Main Section Headings:Each main section of the paper begins with a heading which should becapitalized,centered at the beginning of the section,and double spaced from the lines above andbelow.Do not underline the section heading OR put a colon at the end.Example of a main section heading:INTRODUCTIONSubheadings:When your paper reports on more than one experiment,use subheadings to helporganize the presentation.Subheadings should be capitalized(first letter in each word),leftjustified,and either bold italics OR underlined.Example of a subheading:Effects of Light Intensity on the Rate of Electron TransportTop of pageTitle,Authors'Names,and Institutional Affiliations1.Function:Your paper should begin with a Title that succinctly describes the contents of thepaper.Use descriptive words that you would associate strongly with the content of your paper:themolecule studied,the organism used or studied,thetreatment,the location of a field site,theresponse measured,etc.A majority of readers will find your paper via electronic database searchesand those search engines key on words found in the title.2.Title FAQs3.Format:The title should be centered at the top of page 1 (DO NOT use a title page-it is a waste of paperfor our purposes);the title is NOT underlined or italicized.the authors'names(PI or primary author first)and institutional affiliation are double-spaced fromand centered below the title.When more then two authors,the names are separated by commasexcept for the last which is separated from the previous name by the word "and".For example: