How to write a good research paper

So, you want to write a good paper? The most amusing reference is E. Robert Schulman, How to Write a Scientific Paper, Annals of Improbable Research, Vol. 2, No. 5, pg. 8.


Daniel Lemire says: "I know of three strategies to write an ambitious paper:

• Pick a new problem. Define the problem. Be the first to propose a solution. The problem should be simple and concrete. This is the best way to get highly cited and become famous.
• Try to explain something significant nobody has managed to explain.
• Improve by at least an order of magnitude what others have done."

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