Successful scientific writing : a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences / Janice R. Matthews, John M. Bowen, and Robert W. Matthews.

Author
Matthews, Janice R., 1943- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Description
xiii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    "Successful Scientific Writing is a user-friendly book providing detailed practical guidance to help students and researchers in the biological and medical sciences to communicate their work effectively through the published literature. This step-by-step guide covers all aspects of manuscript preparation from first to final draft, including word processor use and electronic database literature searches. Numerous examples, practical tips, and self-help exercises draw on the authors' extensive experience with actual manuscripts. Applicable to a variety of science writing contexts in the majority of scientific disciplines, Successful Scientific Writing is a powerful tool for improving individual skills, as well as an eminently suitable text for a classroom course or seminar on science writing."--Publisher description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-156) and index.
    Contents
    • 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
    • Appendix 1. Suggested responses to exercises
    • Appendix 2. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals
    • Index.
    ISBN
    • 0521550882 ((hardback))
    • 9780521550888 ((hardback))
    • 0521559480 ((pbk.))
    • 9780521559485 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    95014203
    OCLC
    32351852
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