There are many guidelines to preparing for and delivering a publication. Although I have summarized some of the key points on this page, these are not absolutes. There are other reference guidelines for citing net resources .
Science is a powerful group activity, providing many opportunities for correcting errors.
Researchers formulate their ideas from data analysis, then describe these ideas at seminars and meetings pertaining to their particular fields. It is through presentations like these that the researcher has an opportunity to interact with others in the field and to see how well their work stands up to peer scrutiny. The researcher then decides whether more experiments are needed or whether it is time to publish the results. Publishing a scientific paper is the next step in the reporting process. Hundreds of professional societies throughout the world publish journals containing articles that describe original research.