Investigation of Scholarly Publications

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To understand the writing style of the research article, which is also called “Full paper” and the most dominant and distributed style of article in my field, I would like to compare the two respectable papers from different genre in my fields (the research article and the review paper) here. These papers’ full citation is listed below this paragraph. I chose some traits representing difference of two genres; audience and purpose, title, and organization. As I thought grasping organization is important for my study, I would like to describe more detailed features about this section analyzing three segments, section, reference and citation, and table and figure.

Carlsson J, Mcdowell J.R., Díaz-Jaimes P., Carlsson J. E. L., Boles S. B., Gold J.R. Graves J. E (2004) Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) population structure in the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology, 13, 3345-3356.

Fromentin J. M., Powers J. E. (2005) Atlantic bluefin tuna: population dynamics, ecology, fisheries and management. Fish and Fisheries, 6, 281-306.

The Carlsson et al. (2004) is aimed at well-trained researchers those who have general knowledge in biology and more detailed knowledge in population genetics. Although its target reader is slightly focused on researchers who are specialized in population genetics, its reader is not restricted to them. As this journal is reputable among the population genetics researchers, all biologists can get latest information in this field through reading research articles. As same as the research papers in the other journals, Authors are required to report their new findings clearly and precisely based on their original research showing their abundant...

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...umbers of figure and table tends to bigger than research paper due to its large volume: indeed, Fromentin & Powers (2005) has 10 figures.

Although I pointed out difference between two genres in my field, it is common that different journal has different style, especially for the style of reference and citation. Thus, author should read carefully “instructions for authors”, which is distributed by editors of the journal.

Works Cited
Carlsson J, Mcdowell J.R., Díaz-Jaimes P., Carlsson J. E. L., Boles S. B., Gold J.R. Graves J. E (2004) Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) population structure in the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology, 13, 3345-3356.

Fromentin J. M., Powers J. E. (2005) Atlantic bluefin tuna: population dynamics, ecology, fisheries and management. Fish and Fisheries, 6, 281-306.

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