Writing and Publishing Research in Kinesiology, Health, and Sport Science (Routledge Focus) by Baghurst Timothy & DeFreitas Jason

Author:Baghurst, Timothy & DeFreitas, Jason [Baghurst, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781138715929
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

Tip: If you are a novice and do want to write something like this, make sure you work with an established author in the field with credibility in that area. It will help to solidify that your work has the approval of someone well recognized and respected, and it will likely be taken more seriously by editors and readers.

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References, tables, and figures

References can be an absolute pain if you don’t follow a few simple rules. Not taking care to do the references well also suggests to the editor and reviewer that you might be a little hasty and careless in your work. As a reviewer, I love it when an author has taken the time to get the references right. It makes it so much easier to review, as I don’t have to address that section. Here are several things to consider when working on references.

Write your article in the format you’re most familiar with. For some, it’s going to be APA, but for others it will be AMA or something else. It doesn’t matter really, but writing in the referencing format that you’re most familiar with will make your writing flow better. You’ll spend less time thinking about how to reference something and more time writing.

Decide at the beginning whether you’re going to use reference software. There is a variety out there, and while I’m not going to get into the merits of each, the more common ones are usually more common for a reason. The huge advantage of reference software is that your manuscript can be easily transferred between one format and another. This is really valuable if your writing crosses over disciplines and if reference styles are going to vary. Switching referencing styles manually is a very time-consuming process.

Tip: Don’t trust the referencing software to get it right. Often, they just pull the reference from an online index, and it’s wrong in the index! This means that if you don’t check your references, there will sometimes (more often than not in my experience) be mistakes within the referencing. Therefore, even if you let the software do the bulk of the labor, check all of the work!

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