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The author reflects on what constitutes good science in environmental and occupational health. He believes that inductive reasoning is the beginning of good science where one comes out with an idea of how the world works after observing different phenomena. Good science in environmental and occupational health studies requires that sufficient data should be presented to justify conclusions. The exposure-response relationship is arguably the core of research in environmental and occupational health.

The article provides information concerning the scientific research paper in the U.S. Throughout its long history, the original research paper has served researchers well in science. However, one needs to recognize that a scientific research paper is a literary device with its own conventions. The modern scientific research paper in which the author describes an original contribution has evolved from letters written by individual investigators to the Royal Society or the Royal Academy and later the American Philosophical Society.