This document discusses numbering tables in research papers and books. It notes that tables are typically numbered sequentially in the order they are mentioned. Supplementary tables use a separate numbering scheme. For books with multiple authors, tables are numbered with the chapter number and table number combined, such as Table 2.1. The document also discusses whether a single table should be numbered as Table 1 or left unnumbered, as practices vary between publishers. Lastly, it mentions checking a target journal's style for how the word "Table" is formatted and punctuated with the table number.

1. Presenting data in tables 1:
Table Number
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2. Presenting data in tables 1: Table Number
Science is all about counting and
measuring. This preoccupation with
numbers, with quantitative data, means
that many research papers include one
more tables. Tables present a great deal
of information in small space, which is
why tables need to be designed with
care. This post is the first in a series that
will cover different parts of a typical
data table.

3. Presenting data in tables 1: Table Number
It is customary to number the tables in a
research paper in the order in which they
are mentioned and then refer to each table
with its number. Supplementary tables, if
used, are numbered in a separate sequence
(Supplementary Table 1, for example) [1].
[1]
www.nature.com/nature/authors/submissions

4. Presenting data in tables 1: Table Number
Tables in chapters of a multi-authored book
are usually numbered in such a way that each
number also identifies the number of the
chapter: if, for example, Chapter 2 has three
tables, they will numbered Table 2.1, Table
2.2, and Table 2.3. Such a numbering scheme
is sometimes referred to as "double
numeration." The two numbers may be
separated either with a dot or with a hyphen.
Do not include a leading zero in the numbers:
Table 1 and not Table 01.

5. Presenting data in tables 1: Table Number
If there is only one table in your paper,
should you number it Table 1? Some
publishers, including the American
Psychological Association [2] insist on
numbering it as Table 1; the United Nations
[3], on the other hand, take the opposite
view: "If there is only one table in a
document, it is not numbered and the word
"Table" is omitted from the heading.“
[2]
www.apsstylemanual.org/oldmanual/parts/text
[3]
http://69.94.137.26/editorialcontrol/ed-guidelin

6. Presenting data in tables 1: Table Number
Lastly, pay attention to how the word table is
handled by your target journal: Table, table
(lower case), or TABLE - and the punctuation,
if any, that separates the number from the
title of the table: some publishers use no
punctuation, some use a dot, some use a
colon. Note also whether the word Table and
the number that follows it are printed in
normal font or in bold or in italics.

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