If the diagram was obtained online, similar details will need to be provided along with the website from which the diagram was retrieved. Surname, Year, Place of Publication: Publisher. Copyright (year) by title of publisher. Surname, Year, Journal Title, Volume(issue), page number. Copyright (year) by title of publisher. The fact that you have permission to use the diagram should be included in the note below the table. If the scholarly article being written is made publicly available, then you should obtain permission from the original authors to reprint their data. The author(s), year of publication, and the journal or book in which it was published should be included. The information concerning the source should be enough to allow the reader to find the original source of the diagram. There should be an indication of the source of the table which may be included below the table. The tables should be numbered sequentially. In general, the descriptive title will be placed near the table (either immediately above or below it, depending on the style used). This will help you to conform exactly to their preferences. There are many variations in the way this is done so it is best to consult the style guide prescribed by the journal for which you are writing. In this case, in addition to mentioning the diagram in the text and giving it a descriptive caption, it would also need to be cited in the reference list. You may also choose to include scientific tables in your writing that have been obtained from other sources. Again, depending on the format, you may be able to use the first column in your table to list the reference associated with data in each row. It may be appropriate, to use superscript numbers or letters to allow your readers to identify exactly which article or book each item in your table was first presented in, especially if this table was created using data from many sources. If you create a table based on data from other sources, the accompanying caption should detail the sources used.

Tables and scientific figures you have created would be included in these lists but excluded from your reference list. If you are writing a thesis and there are many tables or figures, you would create a List of Figures and a List of Tables with their associated page numbers. The title should help the reader make sense of the information in the table or image. Just above the table or image, there should be an appropriate, descriptive title.

This should explain why the table or image was included or what major point the table or image is helping you to make. First, there should be, a brief mention of the table or figure in the text preceding its placement in your document. You need to refer to the table or image two times. If you created the table or image yourself, you would not include it in the reference list. Similar to using information from a journal or other source, it is important that these items are correctly cited and listed in the references.

During the preparation of your research article or thesis, you may choose to include figures and tables to illustrate key points.

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