THE ROLE OF REFERENCING IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING

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THE ROLE OF REFERENCING
IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING
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ScieItiaic ZOitiIA hakes up aI iIteAOal eleheIt
ZithiI OeseaOch. Oa late, the pace at Zhich
aiIdiIAs oa a OeseaOch is cohhuIicated thOouAh
diŸeOse hediuhs such as thesis, books, coIaeOeIce
papeOs aId jouOIal aOticles has
substaItiall? iIcOeased Zith ZidespOead
deŸelopheIts iI techIoloA? aId hediciIe. The
aiIdiIAs aOoh these OeseaOches aOe usuall?
peOceiŸed as haObiIAeOs oa deŸelopheIt iI the
acadehic aId scieItiaic dohaiI, dOiŸiIA auOtheO
OeseaOch oO actioI. As is the case iI aI?
kiId oa acadehic ZOitiIA, scieItiaic ZOitiIA
too ZaOOaIts the Ieed aoO adeouate OeaeOeIces to
coOOelate the aiIdiIAs Zith ežpeOiheIts coIducted
iI the past oO to iIdicate Zhat OeseaOcheOs haŸe
said about a paOticulaO pheIoheIoI. As a
hatteO oa aact, OeaeOeIciIA aId biblioAOaph?
aOe Ÿital cohpoIeIts ZithiI a scieItiaic papeO.
This aOticle is esseItiall? aI attehpt to
hiAhliAht the ke? aeatuOes, beIeaits aId
lihitatioIs oa host cohhoIl? used OeaeOeIciIA
tools that caI AOeatl? ihpOoŸe the eaaicac? oa
scieItiaic ZOitiIA iI OeseaOch.
Role oa ReaereIciIA II ScieItiaic WritiIA
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The ObjectiŸe oa ReaereIciIA ZithiI ScieItiaic
WritiIA ReaeOeIciIA caI be coIsideOed as a
s?stehatic aId scieItiaic techIioue to
deaiIe a souOce oa data b? pOeseItiIA a set
oa iIaoOhatioI that aacilitates a paOticulaO težt
to be easil? ideItiaied, souAht aId
OetOieŸed. ThouAh OeaeOeIciIA Zould
speciaicall? OeaeO to iIaoOhatioI souOces
that aOe iIcluded ZithiI a scieItiaic
papeO, the detailed list oa souOces is
pOeseIted ZithiI the biblioAOaph?. StateheIts
hade b? OeseaOcheOs iI the past aOe Ÿalidated
Zith the help oa iI-težt citatioIs aId also
alloZs a liIk to be cOeated betZeeI ŸaOious
studies Zhich helps OeadeOs to cohpaOe aId
coItOast theiO Oesults. TheOe aOe seŸeOal st?les
oa OeaeOeIciIA that haŸe beeI iI use iI the
hedical, scieItiaic aId otheO dohaiIs Zhich Zould
iIclude-
HARVARD REFERENCING STYLES Oa couOse theOe aOe
otheO st?les oa OeaeOeIciIA that is used too but
the aboŸe said thOee st?les oa OeaeOeIciIA aOe
the host cohhoIl? used st?les aoO scieItiaic
ZOitiIA. The HaOŸaOd aId APA OeaeOeIciIA st?les
Zould cohpOise oa iIcludiIA the Iahe oa the
authoO aId the ?eaO oa publicatioI Zhile the
VaIcouŸeO st?le iIŸolŸes the use oa IuhbeOs to
deIote a OeaeOeIce.
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VANCOUVER REFERENCING STYLES ThouAh the aoOhats
aId st?les hiAht diaaeO, the objectiŸe oa
OeaeOeIciIA OehaiIs the sahe aId pOeseIts the
sahe iIaoOhatioI.
APA? AheOicaI Ps?choloAical AssociatioI? Probleh
s iI MaIaAiIA ReaereIces The host cohhoI
pOoblehs that caI aOise duOiIA OeaeOeIciIA
is the laOAe ŸaOiatioI iI cateAoOies oa
OeaeOeIciIA Zhich Zould iIclude, aoOhattiIA
st?les, data aields, Zide OaIAe oa hateOials
that cohpOise oa sectioIs aOoh books, Zhole
books, coIaeOeIce papeOs aId pOoceediIAs,
jouOIal aOticles, IeZspapeO aOticles, pateIts,
disseOtatioIs aId thesis, leAal
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docuheIts, electOoIic aOticles etc., Zhich caI
be used as appOopOiate data souOces that caI be
cited. NoIetheless, the iIcOeased IuhbeO oa
diŸeOse aields oa data aoO eŸeO? siIAle hateOial
that caI be cited oateI AiŸes Oise to OeaeOeIciIA
that is iIcohplete oO eOOoIeous. PuIctuatioIs,
aoOhattiIA oa težt peOtaiIiIA to bold, italics,
basic shoOt aoOhs oa the Iahe oa the jouOIal
oO the authoO, listiIA the OeaeOeIce iI
chOoIoloAical oO alphabetical oOdeO aId the
aoOhat aoO iI-težt citatioIs caI ŸaO?
substaItiall? iI diaaeOeIt st?les oa
OeaeOeIciIA. II additioI, iI the case oa
VaIcouŸeO st?le OeaeOeIciIA, the iI-težt
citatioI IuhbeOs caI uIdeOAo alteOIatioI ia theOe
is aI? additioI oO deletioI iI the težt coIteIt.
II ŸieZ oa these aspects, eIsuOiIA the coOOect
OeaeOeIciIA caI be ouite a challeIAe.
The SolutioI ScieItiaic ZOiteOs toda? caI
ciOcuhŸeIt these issues b? leŸeOaAiIA
seŸeOal OeaeOeIciIA tools that aOe eitheO
Zeb-based oO IoI-Zeb based. These tools aOe
autohated aId caI be eaaectiŸel? utilized to
distiIctl? OecoAIize aId saŸe the OeleŸaIt
data aields ZithiI a OeaeOeIce ZheOeiI
diŸeOse Oules aoO aoOhattiIA caI be applied
to sepaOate eleheIts to hatch the
OeouiOeheIts oa diŸeOse OeaeOeIciIA st?les. The
host appOopOiate OeaeOeIciIA soatZaOe Zill be
built to suppoOt ŸaOious opeOatiIA s?stehs,
aacilitate OeaeOeIces to be oOAaIized aId
seAOeAated ZithiI aoldeOs aId AOoups, attach
ailes, ihpoOt aId ežpoOt diŸeOse aile
aoOhats, caI be easil? iIteAOated Zith
cohhoI ZoOd pOocessoOs, aacilitates
coIIectiŸit? Zith the database to alloZ
liteOatuOe seaOch aId custohize the st?les
oa OeaeOeIciIA. TheOe aOe seŸeOal OeaeOeIciIA
soatZaOe aŸailable ahoIAst Zhich the oldest
soatZaOe iIcludes ThohsoI ReuteOs ReaeOeIce
MaIaAeO aId EIdNote. HoZeŸeO, theOe aOe otheO
OeaeOeIciIA soatZaOe too Zhich caI be eaaectiŸel?
utilized. AIotheO optioI Zould be to outsouOce
the task oa OeaeOeIciIA the scieItiaic docuheIt
to thiOd paOt? oOAaIizatioIs such as Medical
WOitiIA EžpeOts.
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HoZ Medical WritiIA Ežperts caI help Medical
WOitiIA EžpeOts aOe oIe such oOAaIizatioI
that has beeI actiŸe iI this dohaiI aoO oŸeO a
decade IoZ. Medical WOitiIA EžpeOts Iot
oIl? eIables OeseaOch ZOiteOs to easil?
OeaeOeIce theiO scieItiaic papeOs but the?
aOe also a leadiIA Alobal pOoŸideO oa
scieItiaic, cliIical aId hedical
cohhuIicatioI seOŸices to phaOhaceutical,
biotech, hedical deŸice cohpaIies aId
OeseaOcheOs, scholaOs, acadehic societies aId
publisheOs. We haŸe ežpeOieIce iI scieItiaic
publicatioIs seOŸices / OeaeOeIciIA iI accoOdaIce
to the taOAet jouOIal as Zell as the
OeAulatioIs aId IoOhs set iI diaaeOeIt
couItOies aId diaaeOeIt coItiIeIts. Sohe
oa Zhich aOe, BulAaOia, FOaIce, IIdia,
GeOhaI?, PolaId, RohaIia, SpaiI,
SZitzeOlaId, Ital?, GOeece, NetheOlaIds,
AustOia, BelAiuh, Russia, Czech Republic,
IsOael, SOiLaIka, LatŸia aId LithuaIia.
ScholaOs aId oOAaIizatioIs alike caI staId to
AaiI ihheIsel? b? aŸailiIA the seOŸices oa
Medical WOitiIA EžpeOts.
About Author Dr.NaIc?, Editor-iI-chiea, PEPGRA
Healthcare PŸt Ltd.
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