Writing for Science

12 Platforms for free visuals.

Jessica Rodrigues on Twitter “I love finding the perfect images when designing my PowerPoint slides. Here are 12 platforms for finding FREE visuals (icons, stock photos) for your presentations, lectures, and websites! I'll let you know my favorites 👇 ”

https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009554

Ten simple rules for effective presentation slides Affiliation Biomedical Engineering and the Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2018/02/20/ask-ton-crafting-a-winning-fellowship-proposal/

Ask TON: Crafting a Winning Fellowship Proposal - The Open Notebook Fellowships can provide a supportive environment that yields more impactful stories, supplement commissions from journalism outlets, provide financial assistance for travel, and foster relationships with peers. Snagging a fellowship requires an application package that makes a strong case for your p...

PLoS has a writing center:

Writing Center - PLOS The PLOS Writing Center is your source for scientific writing & publishing essentials. Learn how write a successful scientific research article with our free, practical guides and hands-on resources for authors looking to improve their scientific publishing skillset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPCdDp_LE0

Judy Swan, Scientific Writing: Beyond Tips and Tricks PCR Seminar with Judy Swan: "Scientific Writing: Beyond Tips & Tricks"In order to write clearly, we must understand how we read. In this workshop, we learned...

https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008187

Ten simple rules for writing scientific op-ed articles Citation: Goh H-H, Bourne P (2020) Ten simple rules for writing scientific op-ed articles. PLoS Comput Biol 16(9): e1008187. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008187

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/09/04/seven-strategies-to-improve-academic-writing-dunleavy/

Say it once, say it right: Seven strategies to improve your academic writing. Whether writing a research article or a grant proposal, it can be difficult to pinpoint the sections and areas that need further improvement. It is useful to have a set of tactics on hand to addres…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM&feature=youtu.be

LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively Do you worry about the effectiveness of your writing style? As emerging scholars, perfecting the craft of writing is an essential component of developing as ...

https://contemplativemammoth.com/2018/08/21/five-common-writing-mistakes-new-scientists-make/

Five common writing mistakes new scientists make As a professor, journal editor, reviewer, and mentor, I review a lot of writing. I come from a long tradition of mentors who focused on writing — during my PhD, I often heard stories of my gr…

Well folks, it's that time of year.....time to write the thesis. Here are some phrases you should remove, rephrase, and simplify in your thesis.

looked at
seen to
it appears
evidence has shown
It has been seen that
Is well studied
is linked with
It is well known
appears to be
have been found to
is involved in the regulation of
We hoped
We wondered

How to review a paper.

How to Review a Manuscript The related posts: How to Review a Manuscript, How to Write a Manuscript, How (and When) to Write the Background Section of a Manuscript. Reviewing a manuscript for a professional journal can seem …

Pointless p-values

Prevent p-value parroting - the Node Recently, Nature published my correspondence “Dispense with redundant P values”. It highlights my concern that p-values are often calculated because “every