How to Write a Research Paper

``The well-written scientific paper should report its original data in an organized fashion and in appropriate language.'' [How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, by Robert A. Day, second edition, ISI Press, 1983, page 5] ``In short, I take the position that the preparation of a scientific paper has almost nothing to do with literary skill. It is a question of organization. A scientific paper is not ``literature.'' The preparer of a scientific paper is not really an ``author'' in the literary sense. In fact, I go so far as to say that, if the ingredients are properly organized, the paper will virtually write itself.''[Day, page 5].