Abstract: Learn the 9 steps to writing a competitive scientific research manuscript. Former Science Signaling Editor, Nancy R. Gough, Ph.D., guides the audience through the process of telling a compelling, precise, and accurate scientific story. Not only are the steps in drafting a manuscript included, common mistakes in titles, abstracts, and figure legends are presented.
Presentation Outline
- Choose a Message
- Identify up to 4 key points your data support
- Identify one as a candidate to emphasize in the title
- Identify an overarching message for the study
- Organize the Data
- Select data and presentation format
- Create figures and tables
- Write detailed legends and captions
- Write the Materials & Methods
- Overarching rules in study design
- When to reference
- When to describe
- What to include
- Write the Results and Legends
- General guidance
- Organization of each section
- Best practices in writing figure legends
- Write the Introduction and Conclusion
- Purpose of the introduction
- Purpose of the conclusion
- Write the Title and Abstract
- Characteristics of an effective title
- Properties of the abstract
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