Abia Polytechnic University Aspect of Biology Articles Research Paper

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SubjectAny aspect of biologyArticlesThe article you are summarizing must be on original research performed by the author(s). Original research isresearch conducted by the author(s) of the article and is being published for the first time.Research articles usually contain 5 sections and may contain subsections. The sections are:1. Abstract – this is a very brief summary of the paper2. Introduction – background information and why the research is important3. Materials and Methods – the procedures used by the researchers4. Results – the results of the study5. Discussion – what the results mean and the significance of the studySome journals use different names for the sections and sometimes arrange them differently. Each article willhave an abstract, which is a summary of the article by the author(s). The abstract is much shorter than what youneed to write.Review articles cannot be used. Review articles summarize information on a particular topic using manyresearch articles as sources. Review articles do not contain the sections noted above.In addition, the article you summarize must be 7 or more pages in total length, and you may be asked to providethe article you are summarizing after your summary has been turned in.JournalsOnly peer reviewed journals may be used as sources of articles to summarize. Peer reviewed journals are thosewhich publish scientific articles that have been reviewed by scientists knowledgeable in the field of study priorto publication.Examples of journals that can be used: PLOS ONE, Biological Bulletin, Marine Biology, American Naturalist, PlantPhysiology, Auk, Cell, Journal of Experimental Biology – there are many many additional journals that can beusedExamples of magazines that cannot be used: National Geographic, Discover, Scientific American, PopularScience, Science News, American Scientist, anything published by the BBC, and more – popular sciencepublications (such as those listed above) are not peer reviewed journalsFormat and length? Double spaced, except for the article citation? 12 point font, 1 inch margins, 1 to 2 pages? Use .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .odt file formats? No title page? The top of the first page should be the citation of the article under reviewo Citations should be written as a bibliographic reference:Author(s). Year. Title. Journal Volume: page numbers.Example:Nimoy, L. and D. Kelley. 1967. Reproduction rate of tribbles varies with food intake. VulcanJournal of Biology 2: 15-29.? After the citation, double space then your name? After your name, double space then your reviewI do not grade by length or weight. A well written summary that is 3/4 of a page will be better received than apoorly written summary that is 2 full pages.