Results
In the Results section, state what you found, but do not interpret the results or discuss their implications. Just state the results.
- As in the Materials and Methods section, use subheadings to separate the results of different experiments.
- Results should be in a logical order. In general this will be in order of importance, NOT necessarily the order in which the experiments were performed. Use the past tense to describe your results; however, refer to figures and tables in the present tense.
- Do not duplicate data among figures, tables, and text. A common mistake is to re-state much of the data from a table in the text of the manuscript. Instead, use the text to summarize what the reader will find in the table, or mention one or two of the most important data points. It is usually much easier to read data in a table than in the text.
- Include the results of statistical analyses in the text, usually by providing p values wherever statistically significant differences are described.
Example:
Article title: Heavy-metal accumulation trends in Yixing, China: an area of rapid economic development
Source: Environmental Earth Sciences 2010, 61:79–86, DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0321-0
Results
Characteristics of heavy metal concentration
The statistical summary of the elements in different soil and tree core samples are shown in Table 1. Pb concentration in urban-covered soil ranges from 23.05 to 42.22 mg kg-1, and Zn concentration fluctuates between 49.6 and 105.3 mg kg-1 throughout the covered period. Concentrations of Ni, Cu, Cr and Cd range from 20.31 to 31.95, 13.72–24.11, 55.38–71.52 and 0.09–0.15 mg kg-1, respectively. Mean concentrations of Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr in urban-covered soils are higher than their background concentrations, whereas the mean concentrations of Ni and Cr are close to their background values. Except for Cd, concentrations in tree cores are much lower than those in soils.
Validation using dendrochemical sequences
… These sequences correspond well with covered soil sequences from1978 to 2000. Covered soil chronosequence and dendrochemical sequences show positive correlations during the period 1987–2006.
Estimation of heavy metal accumulation rates
… The anthropogenic components of all six metals were partitioned using Eqs. 1 and 2. As shown in Fig. 5, they increase with time from 1980 to 2006 …
Source: Environmental Earth Sciences 2010, 61:79–86, DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0321-0
TIP!
There is a famous saying in English: “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This means that, sometimes, an image can explain your findings far better than text could. So make good use of figures and tables in your manuscript! However, avoid including redundant figures and tables (e.g., two showing the same thing in a different format), or using figures and tables where it would be better to just include the information in the text (e.g., where there is not enough data for a table or figure).
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Remark Ai: I guess, we will need another iteration for the internal hyperlinks?The hyprelinks often refer to sites which don't exist in the new cms.
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