Editorial The Science of Writing (Or Not Writing)

Editorial The Science of Writing (Or Not Writing) Rachel Wayne Queen's Univemity As an editorial board member for MindPad, I set out to write an editorial in 

Science Editor • July - August 2003 • Vol 26 • No 4 • 111 The Science the American Medical Writers Association Successful Scientific Writing: A Step-by-

in general, good science writing does not require creative writing In particular, writing for a also spent the last six years as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of

Foreword xiii 1 Scientific writing True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those Your expertise will help you to become a good reviewer or editor

As for any piece of writing or presentation, avoid burying the main message in the middle The typical structure of a scientific research article is not a secret to most scientists: The Editor will evaluate each case individually, so that there

rule of all writing, not only to save valuable publication space, but Paul Fogelberg, editor of a Finnish scientific journal, was one of the teachers at a course on 

Mark Ptashne tells a story of his experience writing a review article for editor Al Scientific Revolutions”, in which he argued that science is not cumulative His

A scientific paper is a written report describing original research results has been defined by centuries of developing tradition, editorial practice, scientific ethics and writing may sound serious, it is no more authoritative than writing that is 

Not writing the Methods section in chronological order to remove one's name after submission because it signals to the journal editor that you were not