Communicate Science Papers, Presentations, and Posters Effectively

Communicate Science Papers, Presentations, and Posters Effectively is a guidebook on science writing and communication that professors, students, and professionals in the STEM fields can use in a practical way. This book advocates a clear and concise writing and presenting style, enabling users to concentrate on content. The text is useful to both native and non-native English speakers, identifying best practices for preparing graphs and tables, and offering practical guidance for writing equations. It includes content on significant figures and error bars, and provides the reader with extensive practice material consisting of both exercises and solutions. Covers how to accurately and clearly exhibit results, ideas, and conclusionsIdentifies phrases common in scientific literature that should never be usedDiscusses the theory of presentation, including before and after? examples highlighting best practicesProvides concrete, step-by-step examples on how to make camera ready graphs and tables INDICE: Chapter 1: Publishing industry 1.1 Bibliometrics; 1.2 Citation indices; 1.3 Scientific categories -disciplines; 1.4 Citations; 1.5 Journal prestige; 1.6 Article cites; 1.7 Personal Citation Reports   Chapter 2: Write it like you say it 2.1 Redundant vs. concise; 2.2 Vague vs precise; 2.3 Feeble vs vigorous; 2.4 Passive vs active; 2.5 Convoluted vs straightforward Chapter 3: Reporting Data 3.1 The International System of Measurement(SI); 3.2 Learn your statistics; 3.3 Chauvenet's Criterion; 3.4 Uncertainty; 3.5 Error Propagation; 3.6 Report data realistically; 3.7 Use appropriate units Chapter 4: Graphs 4.1 Template; 4.2 Discussion; 4.3 Graph types; 4.4 Dimensions; 4.5 Text; 4.6 Axes; 4.7 Symbols and lines; 4.8 Format; 4.9 Image format  Chapter 5: Tables 5.1 Tables vs Graphs; 5.2 Titles; 5.3 Dimensions Chapter 6: Paper essentials 6.1 Title; 6.2 Abstract; 6.3 Graphical abstract, Research highlights; 6.4 Research Highlights; 6.5 Introduction; 6.6 Experimental; 6.7 Results and Discussion; 6.8 Conclusions; 6.9 References; 6.10 Acknowledgments Chapter 7: Presentations  7.1 Content; 7.2 Style; 7.3 Delivery; 7.4 Questions and Answers  Chapter 8: Posters  8.1 Format (Style); 8.2 Multilingual Posters; 8.3 Posters That Don't Go To Conferences; 8.4 Content; 8.5 Delivery; 8.6 Questions and Answers; 8.7 Judging Criteria Chapter 9: Plagiarism 9.1 Forms of plagiarism; 9.2 Copyright vs. Plagiarism; 9.3 Self-plagiarism; 9.4 References; 9.5 Patents; 9.6 Authors responsibilities; 9.7 Avoiding plagiarism; 9.8 Exercises; 9.9 Answers

• ISBN: 978-0-12-801500-1
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés