CHAPTER 13 How to Write the Discussion (How to write and publish a scientific paper, 2016)
不论你是否意识到，很多论文都是因为讨论部分存在缺陷从而被杂志的编辑拒稿的，即使论文的结果非常确凿和有趣。
Whether you know it or not, many papers are rejected by journal editors because of a faulty discussion, even though the data of the paper might be both valid and interesting.
讨论部分和引言部分互为一对。引言提出问题，讨论给出答案。
Much as the methods and the results should correspond to each other, the introduction and the discussion should function as a pair. At least implicitly, the introduction should have posed one or more questions. The discussion should indicate what the findings say about the answers. Failure to address the initial questions commonly afflicts discussions. Be sure the discussion answers what the introduction asked.
引言部分呈现由大到小的漏斗形，而讨论部分则呈现由小到大的倒漏斗形。
Whereas the content of the introduction commonly moves from the general topic to your specific research, in sort of a funnel format, the discussion tends to do largely the reverse, much like an inverted funnel. For example, a well structured discussion may first restate the main findings, then discuss how they relate to findings of previous research, then note implications and applications, and perhaps then identify unanswered questions well suited for future research.
讨论部分既要包含正面的部分，也要客观报道局限性。
The discussion is a place to note substantial strengths and limitations of research being reported.
经常犯的错误是，没有充分讨论研究结果的重要性。
Too often, the significance of the results is not discussed or not discussed adequately.
