Typical structural layout of a technical paper

Note: For any technical document (paper/article, report, thesis dissertation), simple and formal language style must be followed.

• Formal language should be adhered to.
• Colloquial is to be avoided: did not, cannot - rather than didn't, can't.
• Avoid SMS "lingo", like b'coz, "&", etc.
• Write simple English.
• Avoid bombasts.
• Avoid long-winding sentences.
• But, at times, long sentences may be needed for correct and better expression. Exercise care.
• Care needed for correct punctuation: space "after" comma, semi-colon etc, not before.
• Citations and figure/table/equation references not to be put in parentheses/brackets if they are necessary parts of a sentence.
• An equation is typically a part of a sentence, and does need usual punctuation signs.
• Avoid incorrect use of colons and dashes.
• Avoid undue use of display, ornamentation, irony, metaphor and 'tricky' expressions.
• Passive voice is to be used for several actions of the authors --- to the extent possible.
• Use of "I" to be specifically avoided.
• Use of "we" --- in several senses! Care needed.
• Third person: "the present author" for oneself, in cases of a single author.
• Thesis dissertations are single-author documents. Use of "authors" is wrong. Use of "we" also should be avoided unless allusion is made to the working group.
• There is a difference between "authors" and "the present authors", in some contexts. Care needed.
• Trade-off between truth and diplomacy in making claims or pointing out limitations. Care needed.
• DO NOT PLAGIARISE. Take special care to avoid inadvertent plagiarism.
• CHECK your own draft for plagiarism RIGOROUSLY.
• DO NOT FORGET to conduct at least TWO rounds of spelling check: once manually and once with a software.

• Title of the Paper

• Authors and their Affiliations
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Nomenclature or List of Symbols (if needed)
• 1 (?) Introduction
• 2 (?) Section
• Section
• Section
• .......
• Section
• 8 (?) Results and Discussion or something similar
• 9 (?) Conclusions
• Acknowledgements (if applicable)
• References
• A Appendix Title
  (if needed)
• B Appendix Title
  (if needed)

Paragraph structure

• subject,
• size.

• What does this paragraph deal with?
• What is the succession of items/issues/aspects my document should have at this stage?