How to write the discussion section of a scientific article

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dc.creatorRogério Faria Vieira
dc.creatorRenan Cardoso de Lima
dc.creatorEduardo Seiti Gomide Mizubuti
dc.date2019
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:51:56Z
dc.descriptionThe Discussion is the hardest section of a scientific article to write, as cognitive skills must be used to properly contextualize the findings of a study. In this article, we guide scientific writers, particularly unexperienced ones, on how to structure a Discussion section based on an article by Docherty and Smith (1999). According to these authors, a discussion should be prepared by organizing information in the following order: (a) statement of principal findings; (b) strengths and weaknesses of the study; (c) strengths and weaknesses in relation to other studies, discussing particularly any differences in results; (d) meaning of the study: possible mechanisms and implications; and (e) unanswered questions and future research. Each component of this sequence is discussed in detail with examples drawn from the literature.
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dc.identifier1679-9275
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=303060470003
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/journal/3030/303060470003/
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/journal/3030/303060470003/html/
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/journal/3030/303060470003/303060470003.epub
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/journal/3030/303060470003/movil
dc.identifier10.4025/actasciagron.v41i1.42621
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/445326
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidade Estadual de Maringá
dc.relationhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3030
dc.rightsActa Scientiarum. Agronomy
dc.sourceActa Scientiarum. Agronomy (Brasil) Vol.41
dc.subjectAgrociencias
dc.titleHow to write the discussion section of a scientific article
dc.typeartículo científico

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