Acknowledgments

This usually follows the Discussion and Conclusions sections. Its purpose is to thank all of the people who helped with the research but did not qualify for authorship (check the target journal’s Instructions for Authors for guidelines). Acknowledge anyone who provided intellectual assistance, technical help (including with writing and data analyses), or special equipment or materials.

This section should also be used to provide information about funding by providing specific grant numbers and titles. List the name(s) of the funding organization(s) in full, and identify which authors received funding for what.

Formatting your manuscript (int_link http://www.springer.com/authors/journal+authors/journal+authors+academy?SGWID=0-1726414-12-837826-0)

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The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has detailed guidelines on who to list in the Acknowledgments that are useful for scientists in all fields.

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Example:

Acknowledgments
Financial support for this study was provided by a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, P.R.C. The authors wish to thank Dr. S. Kumar and Dr. P Sanchez for their work in authenticating plant samples. Thanks are also due to Prof. Al-Harbi for her suggestions on preparing the manuscript.

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