there are several more good how-to papers linked from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/how-to.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/how-to.html different disciplines

there are several more good how-to papers linked from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/how-to.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/how-to.html different disciplines (and sometimes even publications) have different conventions and styles. look at some of the most-cited and best-reviewed papers in your field -- and some of the recent ones you like too, just in case styles have changed.