by Brian Waters | Aug 23, 2021 | Publishing, Writing Tips
You need to read a lot of other papers from the scientific literature before you can write your own paper. You need to download some papers and read them to understand what’s going on in the field, or maybe to get some methods for your experiments. And so you...
by Brian Waters | Aug 18, 2021 | Process, Publishing
A target journal is a journal to which you will submit your manuscript for publication. Typically an author will submit to their target journal, and if they can’t get it published there, switch to a second choice journal. It’s a good idea to have a list of 2-3 target...
by Brian Waters | Aug 16, 2021 | Process, Professional Development, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing Tips
Course giveaways! To celebrate the launch of our second course and first coaching package, the Scientific Writing School is going to give away enrollment for up to 5 students in each of our current offerings! Here is what you need to do to be considered: 1. ...
by Brian Waters | Jan 5, 2020 | Book reviews, Publishing, Writing Tips
When writing manuscripts to publish in scientific journals or your thesis chapters, is there any room for creativity? Scientific journals have a rigid format, most of them being IMRaD (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion). There are a few...
by Brian Waters | Dec 11, 2019 | Publishing
If you are reading this blog, you understand that publishing scientific papers is important. Publishing can be what stands between you and your MS or PhD, getting a good postdoc, landing the next job, getting the next grant, or being tenured or promoted. We have all...
by Brian Waters | Dec 7, 2019 | Process, Publishing, Writing Tips
It’s definitely not as complicated as that teacher in the photo above makes it out to be. But scientific writing is no piece of cake, either. You can learn how to do it, and make it a whole lot easier, as I have been teaching students for years. Here are eight...
