Scientific paper checklist
1. Does your paper have a title?
2. Does your paper have you listed as the author?
3. Does your paper have a proper abstract?
4. Does the abstract briefly summarize the introduction, the methodology, the results,
and the discussion from the main portion of your scientific paper.
5. Does your paper have an introduction?
6. Does the introduction describe the purpose, scope, and background of the research
reported in the paper?
7. Does your paper have a section on materials and methods?
8. Is your description of the methodology detailed enough that someone like you could
read it and use your description as directions to successfully duplicate your research?
9. Does your paper have a section on results?
10. Does the section on results contain your raw data and class averages presented in tables?
11. Does the section on results contain suitable graphs to illustrate the significant trends in both
your group's data and the class averages.?
12. Does your paper have a discussion?
13. Does the discussion contain thoughtful observations of conditions and events which may have
influenced your results?
14. Is your paper assembled in the proper order and format as described in chapter 10 of
A Handbook of Biological Investigation by Ambrose and Ambrose (5th edition). Are your sections
properly identified?
15. Is your paper either typed or printed in ink on white unruled paper? Is it neat? Are all lines
drawn with a straight edge rather than freehand? Are rows and columns of tables labeled? Are
data in graphs properly identified?