As scientists, our main objective is not just to do well motivated and novel research, but also to publish that research in a timely fashion, and in a way that clearly communicates to an “educated layperson“ what is new and interesting about your research, while also providing enough detail in the paper such that an expert in your field can assess the soundness of your work. Remember that, first and foremost, your work needs to be novel with a well posed research question, and must be an interesting and well motivated addition to the body of published literature on the topic. If you don’t have the skills to produce a well written paper, even with a well posed research question you will have a difficult time getting your work published, and/or you will needlessly get bogged down in review.
- Learning to write (and read) a scientific paper
- Tips for making your paper easy for a reviewer to review
- Sections required in a scientific paper, and what they should contain.
- Developing skills to efficiently and quickly write up your work
- Who to include as co-authors
- Your responsibilities as a author/co-author
- Submitting your paper to a journal
- Responding to reviewer questions
- Rejection and Acceptance
