How to write and publish a scientific paper - Barbara Gastel, Robert A. Day 2022
Some helpful websites
Academic Phrasebank (www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk)
Provides lists of phrases to consider using in various parts of scientific papers.
Annotated Journal Article (www.authoraid.info/en/resources/details/648/)
A journal article with comments appearing in boxes on it. Illustrates many points in this book. An exercise that consists of writing such comments on an article in one’s field may increase one’s skill in scientific writing.
AuthorAID (www.authoraid.info/en/ and www.authoraid.info/es/)
A project mainly to help researchers in low- and middle-income countries to write about and publish their work. Includes a resource library, provides opportunity to seek mentors, and offers free massive open online courses (MOOCs) on research writing and proposal writing.
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (www.bels.org)
An organization certifying editors in the life sciences through a rigorous examination. Its website includes a list of editors who are certified and thus may be well suited to edit manuscripts before journal submission.
Creative Commons (creativecommons.org)
A source of free licenses that can serve as an alternative to transferring copyright. Using standardized licenses, authors can specify which uses of their work they permit, and under what conditions.
Designing Conference Posters (colinpurrington.com/tips/poster-design)
Extensive guidance on preparing poster presentations. Includes templates for designing posters.
Doing Global Science: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise (www.interacademies.org/publication/doing-global-science-guide-responsible-conduct-global-research-enterprise)
A guide to ethics in science from a partnership of multiple countries’ academies of science. Includes material on ethics in the communication of science. The website provides access to the full text of the guide.
The Elements of Style (www.bartleby.com/141/)
The first edition of a classic book on the basics of English-language writing.
EQUATOR Network (www.equator-network.org/)
An extensive collection of guidelines for reporting various types of health research. Also includes other guidance. Much of the content also can apply to other research.
Grammar Girl (www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl)
Advice on grammar, punctuation, word choice, and related topics.
How to Recognize Plagiarism: Tutorials and Tests (plagiarism.iu.edu/index.html)
Tutorials to help users understand and thus avoid plagiarism. The website also has tests to earn certificates documenting knowledge in this regard.
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (mulford.utoledo.edu/instr)
Provides links to instructions to authors for thousands of biomedical journals. The website also has links to related guidelines.
On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research, 3rd edition (www.nap.edu/catalog/12192/on-being-a-scientist-a-guide-to-responsible-conduct-in)
A guide to ethics in science from the (U.S.) National Academies. Includes material on ethics in scientific publication. The website provides access to the full text of the guide.
OneLook Dictionary Search (www.onelook.com)
Provides the opportunity to look up definitions and related information in multiple dictionaries.
The Open Notebook (www.theopennotebook.com)
Guidance on doing and publishing writing for the public about science.
ORCID (orcid.org)
An initiative providing researchers with unique, persistent personal identification numbers (ORCID identifiers) that they can use to identify themselves unambiguously as the authors of their scientific papers and other communications.
Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf)
A set of recommendations followed by many medical journals. Originally focused on format, but now largely emphasizes ethical and other issues. Known in previous versions as the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.
Text Recycling Research Project (textrecycling.org)
Information and guidance on researchers’ use of text and related items from their previous work in new documents.
Think.Check.Submit. (thinkchecksubmit.org/)
Guidance to help authors ensure that they submit their work to journals and publishers that are credible.