Successful Scientific Writing A Step-by-Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences

Name: Successful Scientific Writing A Step-by-Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences
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ISBN: 9780521699273

ISBN-10: 0521699274

ISBN-13: 9780521699273

Edition: 3rd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Janice R. Matthews, Robert W. Matthews

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The detailed, practical, step-by-step advice in this user-friendly guide will help students and researchers to communicate their work more effectively through the written word. Covering all aspects of the writing process, this concise, accessible resource is critically acclaimed, well-structured, comprehensive, and entertaining. Self-help exercises and abundant examples from actual typescripts draw on the authors' extensive experience working both as researchers and with them. Whilst retaining the user-friendly and pragmatic style of earlier editions, this third edition has been updated and broadened to incorporate such timely topics as guidelines for successful international publication,…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/11/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 251
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction



A well-planned approach: getting started on the first draft



Supporting the text: tables, photographs and other visual aids



Producing the second draft



Fixing the format: some useful rules



Making the paper grammatically clear and correct



Expressing ideas simply and concisely



Making the paper readable and interesting



Preparing and submitting a paper for publication


Selected references



Suggested responses to exercises



Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals


Index