Scientific papers are also called original papers or documents in information science. It refers to the scientific analysis, comprehensive research and exposition of phenomena (or problems) in the fields of natural science, engineering technology science and humanities and arts research by scientific and technical personnel or other researchers on the basis of scientific experiments, the further study of some phenomena and problems, the summary and innovation of other achievements and conclusions, and the electronic and written expression according to the requirements of various scientific journals.

Characteristics of scientific papers:

First, academics.

Academicity is the main feature of scientific papers. It takes academic achievements as the expression object, academic viewpoints as the core of the paper, expounds academic achievements and academic viewpoints on the premise of scientific experiments (or experiments), reveals the objective laws of things' development and changes, explores the objective truth in the field of science and technology, and promotes the development of science and technology. Academic strength is the standard to measure the value of scientific papers.

Second, innovation.

Scientific papers must be studied by the author himself, and the new progress or breakthrough of scientific theory, method or practice should reflect new thinking, new methods and new achievements different from those of predecessors, so as to improve the citation rate of academic colleagues at home and abroad.

Third, it is science.

The content of the paper must be objective and true, qualitative and quantitative accurate, and it is not allowed to be false at all, and it must stand the test of others' repetition and practice; The expression of the paper should also be scientific, the discussion should be clear, not ambiguous, and the language should be accurate and standardized.