Guidance on scientific writing

Guidelines and guides

Mayfield Handbook of Technical & Scientific Writing

Glanville J, Light K, Stirk L. How to write a good research paper. J Health Serv Res Policy 2008 Apr 1;13(2):127-8

Guyatt GH, Brian Haynes R. Preparing reports for publication and responding to reviewers' comments. Journal of clinical epidemiology 2006 Sep;59(9):900-6


Academic Phrasebank (general resource for academic writing with examples of good phrases for a clear description of research studies; not discipline specific, designed primarily as a help for authors whose first language is not English). University of Manchester, UK.


Writing tips from journals' instructions to authors

Journals of Dental Research: "A few words about the style"

Chest: "Medical Writing Tip of the Month" (free full texts)


Books

Wager E.. Getting research published: an A to Z of publication strategy. Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2005

Byrne D. W. Publishing your medical research paper: What they don't teach in medical school. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, US, 1998

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition. APA  Washington DC, US, 2001

Fraser J., Fuller L. & Hutber G. Creating Effective Conference Abstracts and Posters in Biomedicine. Radcliffe Publishing, UK, 2009

Lang, T. How to Write, Publish, & Present In The Health Sciences: A Guide for Clinicians and Laboratory Researchers. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians, 2009

Other books relevant to research publication selected by Council of Science Editors: http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/books/viewbooks.cfm


Courses

Biomedical writing course (free online course). Inter-Biotec


Presentations

Tom Lang, Tom Lang Communications: How to write an article reporting clinical research. 2009


Other resources

Scientific writing - Wikipedia (Scientific English and some general information on scientific writing style

Medical Writing Centre, Canadian Medical Association

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