Writing Tips
SciTechEdit International Articles
- The Take Home Message
- Selecting the Proper Journal
- Formatting Your Manuscript
- Effective Writing by Dr. James L. McGaugh
- Five Simple Tips for Increasing Your Citation Number
- The Use of Articles in English Writing
- -ic vs. -ical - which is correct?
- The Importance of the Oxford Comma
- Prepositions - Small, But Important, Words!
- 18 Tips to Improve Your Science Writing
- 10 Tips to Streamline Your Writing
Newsletter Archives
- What Makes SciTechEdit International Different, 23. June 2014
- Where Should You Publish Your Manuscript?, 10. July 2014
- Increase Your Publication Rate with Clear Writing, 22. July 2014
- Choosing the Correct Article: 'the', 'a', and 'an', 14. Oct. 2014
- Commonly Misused Words in Science Writing, 22. July 2015
- Biologic or Biological? Correct word forms, 10. Sept. 2015
- Making Good First Impressions: Titles and Abstracts, 4. Nov. 2015
- Are you making these common word choice errors?, 10. May 2015
Writing Resources
- Scientific Writing Resource (Duke Graduate School)
- Twenty-one Suggestions for Writing Good Scientific Papers (Delong & Lertzman, Winona State College)
- On-line guide to scientific publication (Commonwealth Forestry Association)
- The Science of Scientific Writing (George Gopen, Judith Swan, American Scientist, Vol. 78 (Nov-Dec, 1990), pp. 550-558.
- Tips for Writing Better Science Papers (Asian Chemical Editorial Society, Chemistry Views, Richard Threlfall)
- Guidelines on style for Scientific Writing (Will G Hopkins PhD, Sportscience 3(1), 1999)Sportscience 3(1), 1999)
- StackExchange: English Language & Usage
- SWAN: Scientific Writing Assistant
- 5 Tips For Scientists On How To Not Write Like Scientists
- Writing a Scientific Research Article
- Find the perfect Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) for your topic!
- European Association of Science Editors (EASE) Toolkit for Authors
- MedBioWorld: the largest site for medical and bioscience journals, associations and databases
- How to Write a Science Paper (Nature Article)
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication
- PubMed Reference Database
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) Catalog: Source for journal names and abbreviations used by many journals.
- Index Medicus Journal Abbreviations
- List of Title Word Abbreviations
- CAS Source Index (CASSI): Journal Title Abbreviations
- Stanford Online: Writing in the Sciences: a free, self-paced course offered by Stanford Online Lagunita. Available through June 2018.
Data Analysis Resources
- Power and Sample Size Programs - University of California, San Francisco
- Effect Size: What is the effect size and why is it important
Presentation Resources
- Presenting in English When You’re Not a Native Speaker
- Scientific Presentations - The Assertion-Evidence Approach, Michael Alley, Penn State
- Assertion-Evidence Approach Tutorial
- Top Tips for Effective Presentations
- Five Tips for Giving Really Amazing Presentations
- Creating a 10-15 Minute Scientific Presentation
- Presentation Tips for Non-Native Speakers
- 100 Powerful Presentation Tips (That Actually Work)
Publishers
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Elsevier Author Gateway
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- MDPI
- Oxford Journals
- Springer
- Taylor & Francis
Organizations
- Council of Science Editors
- European Association of Science Editors
- Society for Neuroscience
- Federation of Asian and Oceanian Neuroscience Societies
- International Brain Research Organization
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
- Japan Neuroscience Society
- American Medical Writers Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Psychological Society
- American Chemical Society
- Retraction Watch