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| Preface | |
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| List of stylistic features | |
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| Scientific Conventions | |
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| Science as a Social Enterprise | |
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| The shaping of knowledge in science | |
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| The social nature of science | |
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| The centrality of communication in science | |
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| The role of persuasion in scientific communication | |
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| Scientific communication and convention | |
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| The role of collaboration in scientific communication | |
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| Forums for Communication in Science | |
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| The socialization process: Entering a new community | |
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| Research journals and their readers | |
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| Research conferences and professional associations | |
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| Research proposals and their audiences | |
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| Communicating beyond the research community | |
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| Electronic communication in science | |
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| Reading and Writing Research Reports | |
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| Argumentation in science | |
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| The logic(s) of scientific inquiry | |
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| Introducing the research problem | |
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| Describing methods | |
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| Reporting results | |
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| Discussing trends and implications | |
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| The research report abstract | |
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| Brief report genres: Research letters and notes | |
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| How scientists write reports | |
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| How scientists read reports | |
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| How reviewers evaluate reports | |
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| Reviewing Prior Research | |
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| The role of prior research in scientific argument | |
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| Reviewing as a genre: The review article | |
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| Locating the literature | |
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| Reading previous research | |
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| Identifying trends and patterns | |
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| Organizing the review | |
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| Citing sources in the text | |
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| Preparing the list of works cited | |
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| The research review abstract | |
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| Preparing Conference Presentations | |
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| The role of research conferences in the sciences | |
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| Writing conference proposal abstracts | |
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| Organizing the research talk | |
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| Methods of oral presentation | |
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| Delivering conference presentations | |
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| The use of graphics in oral presentations | |
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| Preparing research posters | |
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| Writing Research Proposals | |
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| The role of the proposal in science | |
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| Multiple audiences of the proposal | |
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| Logic and organization in the research proposal | |
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| Introducing the research problem and objectives | |
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| Providing background | |
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| Describing proposed methods | |
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| The research proposal abstract | |
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| How scientists write research proposals | |
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| How reviewers evaluate research proposals | |
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| Accountability in the research process | |
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| Documenting Procedures and Guidelines | |
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| Audiences and purposes in industry and government | |
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| General principles for writing instructions | |
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| Developing procedures for quality assurance | |
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| Documenting procedures for regulatory purposes | |
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| Documenting procedures for commercial application | |
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| Procedures as public policy | |
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| Procedures as public ethos | |
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| Communicating Science in the Public Realm | |
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| Why do scientists communicate with public audiences? | |
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| Understanding "general" audiences | |
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| Adapting through narration | |
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| Adapting through examples | |
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| Adapting through definition | |
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| Adapting through analysis | |
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| Adapting through comparison | |
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| Adapting through graphics | |
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| Logic and organization in writing for public audiences | |
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| Considering Ethics in Scientific Communication | |
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| Scientific and social ethics | |
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| The question of authorship | |
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| Scientific communication as moral responsibility | |
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| Scientific communication and public communication: An ethical conflict? | |
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| Scientific style and social responsibility | |
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| The ethics of style as socialization | |
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| Sample Research Cases | |
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| Research on the "Ulcer Bug:" From Theory to Clinical Application | |
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| Marshall and Warren and Colleagues | |
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