Dear All
In some articles, normally lengthy tables appear in the appendix of a journal article. If a table spans more than one (or two) pages, then is it necessary to keep it in appendix, or is it just a best practice. What else are the factors to keep an important table part of the appendix instead of the main body of the article?
With Kind Regards
Irfan
The point of an Appendix is to collect informations which aren't immediately important to the conclusions of the report, but are kind of intermediate calculations the conclusion is based on.
And your main report should be written so that you can read it without interruption of lengthly data, if your table is short and can be understood with a simple glance, put it in the main part, if not put it in the appendix. Use a graph/figure or short summary table of the same in the main part of the report. (I'd say even a table with a page long of rows is too large to put in the main part, but it's your preference.)
It seems to be journal-specific. If the table provides important information, I would keep it in the main text and potentially move to the appendix (or online-only) if the editors recommend so. Another option would be to split the table in a number of smaller ones.
I think that is a subjective decision. My opinion is that tables from the Appendix are more difficult to follow.
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