Research Article Writing
Style and Ethics of Communication in Science and Engineering (ebook/pdf, free access through UVA library) covers issues in writing, scientific publishing, dissertations, proposals & grant applications, oral communication, authorship, record keeping, ownership; authors from biomedical sciences & engineering background
How to write/present science: BABY-WEREWOLF-SILVER BULLET An eco-evo evo-eco blog post on setting up your scientific presentation or paper. Very useful for setting up introductions, conceptualizing your larger argument or thinking through the big picture of your presentation.
The Introduction Section -a pdf overview of the CARS model of moves and steps in research article introductions from Helsinki University of Technology
Organizing your Social Sciences Research Paper: The CARS Model A nice library guide with an overview of introductions. May need some adaptation for engineering but gives some place to start
Literature Review Writing Guide - from the University of Waterloo on writeonline.ca, a well organized multipart step by step guide for planning, writing & revising lit reviews; includes a section outlining the key parts of a lit review and tips for writing.
Literature Reviews - posts from Raul Pacheo-Vega on various strategies and stages of writing a literature review
Publishing from the PhD- Make a publication plan A Patter article explaining practical steps to making a research publication plan and why you may want to
How to Write Paragraphs in Research Texts (articles, books, and PhDs) Overview of key components in paragraphs in research writing, including why and how to use them and common issues
Components of Documents A quick overview of the basic parts of a research report
How to Write a Manuscript A short post on order of steps and strategies in writing an article
Writing Research Articles for Publication - (pdf)- Burrows (2011) from Asian Institute of Technology, includes overviews of sections, perspectives, common issues, language, and engineering examples throughout
Writing an IMRaD Report Very basic overview of sections
How to Write a Paper (Ashby, 2005)
Writing in Boxes An interactive tutorial and tool to get you started on writing the different sections of an IMRD article from JPHMP Direct; outlines what goes in each section; includes a video overview of how the tool works. While it is public health specific, you can adapt it to your field as well.
Scientific Writing Toolkit Many links, articles and tutorials for research writing and planning from the council of state and territorial epidemiologists
Graduate Research Advanced Skills Program Resources from Curtin University in Australia. Includes videos, handouts, slides, etc. for a number of workshops on research writing topics including Lit Reviews and abstracts
Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited & Proposals That Get Funded- Schimel (2012) - ebook through UVA library; especially useful for the story aspect of research writing
MIT CommKits - biological engineering, electrical engineering/computer science and chemical engineering - have clear simplified overviews for eachs ection of a research article that work across disciplines
Annotated Research Article
10 Ways to Make Sure you Journal Article Never Gets Read, or Worse, Cited
Three-Part Elsevier Series: How to Prepare a Manuscript for International Journals
Six things to do before writing your manuscript
11 steps to structuring a science paper editors will take seriously
Writing the first draft of your science paper - some dos and don'ts
Effective Abstracts
Stanford's Writing in the Sciences Coursera Course
Revise & Resubmit
How to respond to reviewers- A practical blog post by eco-evo evo-eco on how to respond to reviewers in the journal revise & resubmit process
The Revise and Resubmit Series - A Chronicle Vitae article series about various aspects of revising & resubmitting as article to a journal
Part 1: Coping with Criticism
Part 2: Deciphering Reviewer Comments
Part 3: Techniques for Easier and Faster Revisions
Rejection & Revision
Also consider attending an Author's Rights: Use the Law, Share Your Work, Change the World library workshop