Before you start writing the material and methods section, you need to gather all the information on the experiments you conducted and on the references and material you used. I’ll give you here a detailed scheme you can use as a base for your own paper, although you’ll have to adapt it to your own case. Read More »
Most scientists do not get a formal training in scientific writing or manuscript preparation, although the publication of research papers is what differentiates scientists who succeed from those who don’t. It is important to keep in mind the whole process and as you grow as a scientist, you’ll see that writing articles and grants will actually take most of your time. Read More »
The only purpose of the material and methods section is to relate the experiments performed in a way that enables readers to understand exactly what was done and how it was done. Read More »
Find a good title is crucial for your article. Indeed, eventually what you are aiming for is to attract readers. For this, you need two things: let people easily find your article and incite them to download and read your paper. This means that the title must be descriptive enough to contain all the important keywords that can define your research or the content of your manuscript, in order to get the attention of potential readers but also of typical search engines, but at the same time be succinct enough to fit in the usual 80 characters requirements. Read More »
The most sensitive decision you will probably need to make, concerning the redaction of your article, is the list of contributing authors. What does it mean? It means that you need to choose the list of persons that worked with you on the project and that contributed enough to be considered co-authors. This decision is delicate because sometimes it is really hard to estimate the contribution of someone. Moreover, the system is currently working in a way that the authors should include only those people who actively helped in the “conception” of the project and brought new and important ideas to the overall success. Read More »
Most scientific journals impose a defined structure of original articles that must be divided into the five following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion. We will later explain how to write each section in details. Here I just want to present a brief definition so you can already imagine the “big picture”. Read More »
Before you start writing an article, you need to carefully consider which kind of article you want to create. In general, they are all very similar but there is some specificity that you need to take into account, which can change slightly depending on the journal. Read More »
Each journal has a set of guidelines that you will need to follow strictly before submitting your manuscript. Usually, you will find these guidelines on the Journal’s homepage under the Instructions to Authors section. You can choose the journal where you will submit your article before you start writing it and I encourage you to do so. Read More »
“Hell is sitting on a hot stone reading your own scientific publications” – Erik Ursin, Fish Biologist (cited in Sand-Jensen, 2007)
Scientific articles are usually difficult to understand and confusing because you either need an extended knowledge on the subject theme or methodology to appreciate the value of the findings, they are often long and boring and the language used is usually very specialized and technical. Before you start writing, you might thus want to consider first the following five characteristics that can help you write an interesting and quality research report. Read More »
When a project is finished, most scientists write an article, also called manuscript, publication or paper, with a defined structure, where they relate the findings from the project. The article is then sent to a high-standard scientific journal chosen according to several criteria (mainly scope and prestige of the journal) and that will proceed to a peer-review of the document. This process is important for various reasons. Read More »
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