Books
These books are published by Cambridge University Press and they can also be borrowed as ebooks from Cambridge University Library. See the instructions for borrowing ebooks.
(Staff members/CAMcard holders get a discount at the CUP bookshop on Trinity Street if you wish to purchase hard copies)
Gustavii: How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper.
Useful tips and perspectives on different sections of a paper.
Clymo: Reporting Research.
As with Gustavii, useful tips and perspectives.
Morgan and Whitener: Speaking About Science.
Tips on speaking, pitching a topic to audience, importance of communicating.
Zanders and MacLeod: Presentation Skills for Scientists.
Useful guide for structuring presentation, practical suggestions for various elements of a presentation.
Bennet and Jennings: Successful Careers Beyond the Lab.
Autobiographical case studies, strategies to find your best fit.
Taylor: A Student's Writing Guide.
More applicable to undergraduate papers, but contains useful guidelines for constructing an argument to support your finding in any variety of scientific essay.
Luey: Handbook for Academic Authors.
Useful if looking for a philosophical perspective, informative and well written but not ideal as a quick reference.
Bradshaw: The Effective Scientist.
Interesting and important read, not a reference book.
Podcasts
The Nature Careers podcast series includes topics such as 'how to write a top-notch paper' and 'how to get media attention for your research'
Articles
Writing readable prose by Amin S.Bredan & Frans van Roy
Viewpoint, EMBO reports (2006) VOL 7, No 9: 846-849
The Art of Successful Publication (ECCO 13 Workshop Report) by John Smyth, Jaap Verweij, Maurizio D’Incalci & Lekshmy Balakrishnan
Eur J Cancer (2006) 42: 434=436
Scientific communication: Writing up (Editorial)
Nat Cell Biol (2011) Vol 13 No 11: 1281
How Twitter is changing medical research by Nicole Wetsman
Nature Medicine (2020) VOL 26, 7–13 |
How to succeed in science: a concise guide for young biomedical scientists. Part I: taking the plunge by Jonathan W. Yewdell
Nature Reviews Mol Cell Biol (2008) vol 9: 413-416
How to succeed in science: a concise guide for young biomedical scientists. Part II: making discoveries by Jonathan W. Yewdell
Nature Reviews Mol Cell Biol (2008) vol 9: 491-494
Me write pretty one day: how to write a good scientific paper by William A. Wells
J Cell Biol (2004) Volume 165, Number 6 757–758
Everything you need to know about scientific publishing from Technology Networks 2020
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The books list was kindly compiled by Archana Yerra in the Miska lab, and the articles list by Kate Dry in the Jackson lab.
If you have a favourite to recommend for adding to the list, let Claire O'Brien know.
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