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      Creating Logical Flow When Writing Scientific Articles

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          Numerous guidelines on how to write a scientific article have been published. Many books and articles giving detailed instructions on how to develop a research question, perform a literature search, or design a study protocol are widely available. However, there are few guidelines on how to create logical flow when writing a scientific article. Logical flow is the key to achieving a smooth and orderly progression of ideas, sentences, paragraphs, and content towards a convincing conclusion. This article provides guidelines for creating logical flow when writing the text and main sections of a scientific article. The first step is creating a draft outline of the whole article. Once completed, the draft outline is developed into a single, coherent article that logically explains the study. Logical flow in the text is created by using precise and concise words, composing clear sentences, and connecting well-structured paragraphs. The use of transitions connects sentences and paragraphs, ensuring clarity and coherence when presenting academic arguments and conclusions. Logical flow in the main sections of a scientific article is achieved by presenting the whole story of the article sequentially in the introduction, methods, results, and discussion, focusing attention on the most important points in each section, and connecting all of these to the main purpose of the study.

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                Journal
                J Korean Med Sci
                J Korean Med Sci
                JKMS
                Journal of Korean Medical Science
                The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
                1011-8934
                1598-6357
                01 October 2021
                18 October 2021
                : 36
                : 40
                : e275
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of General Education, Graduate School of Nursing Science, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan.
                [2 ]Department of Biological Sciences, Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA.
                Author notes
                Address for Correspondence: Edward Barroga, PhD. Department of General Education, Graduate School of Nursing Science, St. Luke's International University, 10-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0044, Japan. edward-barroga@ 123456slcn.ac.jp
                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-2607
                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-1219
                Article
                10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e275
                8524230
                34664802
                491ec873-95f8-45df-9156-f1e656edb4a3
                © 2021 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 05 September 2021
                : 22 September 2021
                Categories
                Special Article
                Editing, Writing & Publishing

                Medicine
                logical flow,scientific writing,scientific article,transitions,coherence,clarity
                Medicine
                logical flow, scientific writing, scientific article, transitions, coherence, clarity

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