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Editorial
. 2017 Sep 28;13(9):e1005619.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005619. eCollection 2017 Sep.

Ten simple rules for structuring papers

Brett Mensh  1   2 , Konrad Kording  3   4
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Ten simple rules for structuring papers

Brett Mensh et al. PLoS Comput Biol. .

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  • Correction: Ten simple rules for structuring papers.
    PLOS Computational Biology Staff. PLOS Computational Biology Staff. PLoS Comput Biol. 2017 Nov 9;13(11):e1005830. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005830. eCollection 2017 Nov. PLoS Comput Biol. 2017. PMID: 29121064 Free PMC article.
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Fig 1
Fig 1. Summary of a paper’s structural elements at three spatial scales: Across sections, across paragraphs, and within paragraphs.
Note that the abstract is special in that it contains all three elements (Context, Content, and Conclusion), thus comprising all three colors.
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