Probably the most important thing scientists do is write. Both in the form of original research publications, other publications, and grant applications. There are a lot of topics along these lines such as journal impact factor and H index.

The general structure of a primary research publication is

• Title
• Authors
• Affiliation
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• References
• Appendices or Supplementary Materials

This includes

• Citations
• Figures
• Tables