Scientific papers: what they are, types and tips on how to write them

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Scientific work is part of every student’s routine, whether at school or university. In undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Just stop and think. You've probably had to read a scientific article, write a review or present a poster, right? Some scientific work serves to complete steps. These are called Course Conclusion Papers (TCC). Others you produce during your degree, such as reviews, summaries, posters and scientific articles. But it is very likely that your first contact with scientific work happened way back when, during your school days. See how strange... Although we grew up having contact with some genres – such as the summary – it is quite common for students to report difficulties in writing scientific papers when they arrive at college. Why does this happen? The big issue is that, in the Academy, the level of complexity, formatting and objective of these scientific works change. After all, academic works are the instrument of communication between students, teachers and researchers. In other words, in the academic universe, everyone needs to “speak the same language.

Each country or region usually adopts a formatting model to facilitate this communication between researchers. Among the best-known models are ABNT (widely used in Brazil), Chicago, APA and Vancouver. So, the abstracts that you previously wrote “your way” will now need to be written according to the language of a particular scientific community. To make it easier for you to understand, I decided to bring together some types of academic work and explain a little the difference between them. In this article, you will find: What are scientific works? 10 types of scientific work Tips for starting to DM Databases write academic papers Academic work models to downldardized and systematized way, aiming for better understanding among researchers. The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT), in NBR 14274, specifies the general principles for the preparation of academic works (theses, dissertations and others), aiming for their presentation to the institution (board, examining committee of teachers, designated specialists and/or others.



Types of academic work: get to know some As I said, it is common for you to come across various types of scientific work throughout your academic career. Therefore, it is essential to know and know how to differentiate them. This way, you will know how to produce a text suitable for each situation. Research project It is a specific and detailed proposal for the work to be developed, with the objective of defining a question and the way in which it will be researched. → [COMPLETE GUIDE] How to set up a research project according to ABNT rules It is necessary to define the main study questions as a way to approach reality. For the research project to be well prepared, it is necessary to answer some questions and follow some steps: Introduction Theme – What to research? Delimitation of the specific theme or topic; Justification – Why research? Problem; Hypothesis; General and specific objectives – Why research? Methodology – How to research? Schedule –  3 – Citation recording: Records citations from the work.