Open AccessWriting in Science
Author(s) -
Ana Isabel Santos,
Carlos Miguel Ferreira,
Sandro Serpa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of educational and social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.162
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2239-978X
pISSN - 2240-0524
DOI - 10.36941/jesr-2020-0072
Subject(s) - rigour , scientific writing , context (archaeology) , process (computing) , sociology of scientific knowledge , sociology , epistemology , engineering ethics , product (mathematics) , social science , computer science , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , history , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , operating system
Scientific knowledge entails rigour and control, both as a process of creating a reasoned view of reality and also as the product of results that shape the dissemination of science. The publication is critical for the development of science and the career of the academic/scientist. This article discusses some aspects of writing in science, in a stance that starts from the authors’ scientific area – Sociology/Social Sciences –, using the scientific publication in specialized journals as a paradigmatic case. The results allow concluding that writing in science does not provide the indication of principles to be pursued and that it is shaped as more than rigid self-sufficient rules for the production of a scientific-type text. This topic is particularly relevant in the current context, in which the process of scientific publication is undergoing a profound reformulation.