Resources for writers and editors of scholarly, academic, scientific, and medical research articles | | How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Robert Day (see below) is probably the single most valuable document available to writers and editors involved in the submission of manuscripts to peer-reviewed, scientific journals. |
Scientific and Medical Writing: General Texts
Scientific Writing – General
Biomedical Writing
| Scientific Writing – Journal Articles
Scientific Writing – Grant Proposals
Scientific Presentations
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Manuals of style for scientific writers and editors
Scientific Communication - Selected Articles
- Goldenberg, S. 2007. Scientific communication: how to make it effectively. J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis, 13:1-4.
- Gopen, G.D. and Swan, J.A. 1990. The Science of Science Writing. American Scientist, 78:57-63.
- Kaplan, R.B. and Baldauf, R.B. 2005. Editing contributed scholarly articles from a language management perspective. Journal of Second Language Writing 14:47-62.
- Ludbrook, J. 2007. Writing intelligible English prose for biomedical journals. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 34 (5-6), 508–514.
- Miksak, A., Marusic, M., and Marusic, A. 2005. Manuscript editing as a way of teaching academic writing: experience from a small scientific journal. Journal of Second Language Writing 14:122-131.
Science Editors, Writers, and Publishers - Professional Associations
American Copy Editors Society (ACES) www.copydesk.org American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) www.amwa.org American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) www.asja.org Associação Brasileira de Editores Científicos (ABEC) www.abec-editores.com.br Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) www.absw.org.uk Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE) www.aese.org Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALSP) www.alpsp.org Authors Guild (AG) www.authorsguild.org BioCommunications Association (BCA) www.bca.org Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) www.bels.org Canadian Authors Association (CAA) www.canauthors.org Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) www.celj.org Council of Science Editors (CSE) www.councilscienceeditors.org | | Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) www.the-efa.org Editors Association of Canada (EAC) www.editors.ca European Association of Science Editors (EASE) www.ease.org.uk European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) www.emwa.org Health Sciences Communications Association (HeSCA) www.hesca.org National Association of Medical Communicators (NAMC) www.ibiblio.org/namc/ National Association of Science Writers (NASW) www.nasw.org National Writers Union (NWU) www.nwu.org Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) www.pwac.ca Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SFEP) www.sfep.org.uk Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) www.sspnet.org Society for Technical Communication (STC) www.stc.org World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) www.wame.org |
Scientific Publishers
Academic Press | Elsevier |
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Free Online Journals
Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Free Medical Journals | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online |
Selected Scientific Associations
Académie des sciences Accademia delle Scienze, Turin American Association for the Advancement of Science American Chemical Society American Institute of Biological Sciences American Mathematical Society American Meteorological Society American Name Society American Phytopathological Society American Psychological Association American Psychological Society American Society for Cell Biology American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics American Society for Information Science and Technology American Society for Microbiology American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy American Society of Agronomy American Society of Animal Science American Society of Botany American Society of Horticultural Science American Society of Limnology and Oceanography American Society of Soil Science American Society of Zoology American Statistical Association Animal Behavior Society Association for Psychological Science Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Association of American Geographers Australasian Plant Pathology Society Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Australian Society for Biophysics Australian Society for Ecotoxicology Australian Society for Immunology Australian Society for Limnology Australian Society for Microbiology Australian Society for Parasitology Australian Society of Herpetologists Australian Society of Horticultural Science Australian Society of Plant Physiologists Australian Society of Soil Science Biochemical Society Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science British Computer Society British Interplanetary Society British Pharmacological Society British Psychological Society British Society for Plant Pathology Canadian Phytopathological Society Canadian Society for Horticultural Science Canadian Society of Agronomy Canadian Society of Animal Science China Association for Science and Techology China Science Society Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Pharmacological Society | Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Chinese Society of Cell and Molecular Biology Chinese Society of Chemical Science and Technology Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics Crop Science Society of America Crop Science Society of Japan Dutch Pharmacological Society Edinburgh Geological Society Edinburgh Mathematical Society European Association for the Study of Science and Technology European Mathematical Society European Science Foundation Experimental Psychology Society Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Geological Society of America Geological Society of China Indian National Science Academy Indian Pharmacological Society Indian Science Congress Association Indian Science Congress Association Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science Indian Society for Parasitology Indian Society of Gastroenterology Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Institute of Physics International Council for Science International Social Science Council International Society for Mathematical Sciences International Society of Plant Pathology Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Japanese Association of Medical Sciences Japanese Chemical Society Japanese Pharmacologidal Society Japanese Society for Bacteriology Japanese Society for Bioinformatics Japanese Society for Immunology Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology Japanese Society for Virology Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Linnean Society of London London Mathematical Society Pharmacological Society of Canada Royal Astronomical Society Royal Australian Chemical Institute Royal Czech Society of Sciences Royal Entomological Society of London Royal Meteorological Society Royal Society of Chemistry Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Society of New Zealand Royal Statistical Society Royal Swedish Society of Sciences Society for General Microbiology Soil Science Society of America The Muslim Association for the Advancement of Science Weed Science Society of the Republic of China Zoological Society of London |
Scientific writing - Online primers
- A Guide to Writing in the Biological Sciences - George Mason University Department of Biology.
- How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format – Bates College
- How to Write a Scientific Paper - New Mexico Academy of Science - Cordova, S.
- Notes on the Structure of a Scientific Paper - University of Canberra
- Writing a Scientific Paper - Luther College Biology Department
- Writing a Scientific Paper - Dickenson College Biology Department
- Writing a scientific paper - Biochemical Society Transactions. 3:1-26. Booth, V. 1975.