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. The book includes chapters on the publishing industry (discussing bibliometrics, h-indexes, and citations), plagiarism, and how to report data properly. It also offers practical guidance for writing equations and provides the reader with extensive practice material consisting of both exercises and solutions.

• Covers how to accurately and clearly exhibit results, ideas, and conclusions
• Identifies phrases common in scientific literature that should never be used
• Discusses the theory of presentation, including “before and after” examples highlighting best practices
• Provides concrete, step-by-step examples on how to make camera ready graphs and tables

Graduate students, research fellows, post-docs, professors, scientists and researchers in STEM fields

• Preface
  • Questions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Answers
• Chapter 1: Publishing Industry
  • Abstract
  • 1.1 Bibliometrics
  • 1.2 Citation Indices
  • 1.3 Scientific Categories—Disciplines
  • 1.4 Citations
  • 1.5 Journal Prestige
  • 1.6 Article Citations
  • 1.7 Personal Citation Reports
  • 1.8 Exercises
• Chapter 2: Writing Style
  • Abstract
  • Logos, Ethos, Pathos
  • 2.1 Concise Versus Redundant
  • 2.2 Precise Versus Vague
  • 2.3 Active Versus Passive
  • 2.4 Vigorous Versus Feeble
  • 2.5 Straightforward Versus Convoluted
  • 2.6 Exercises
• Chapter 3: Reporting Data
  • Abstract
  • 3.1 The International System of Units
  • 3.2 Refresher on Statistics
  • 3.3 Chauvenet’s Criterion
  • 3.4 Definitions
  • 3.5 Error Propagation
  • 3.6 Report Data Realistically
  • 3.7 Error Bars
  • 3.8 Exercises
• Chapter 4: Graphs
  • Abstract
  • 4.1 Graph Types
  • 4.2 Dimensions
  • 4.3 Text
  • 4.4 Axes
  • 4.5 Lines
  • 4.6 Representing Data
  • 4.7 Titles and Captions
  • 4.8 Exercises
• Chapter 5: Tables
  • Abstract
  • Presentations and Posters
  • 5.1 Terminology
  • 5.2 Descriptive
  • 5.3 Property
  • 5.4 Data
  • 5.5 Exercises
• Chapter 6: Paper Essentials
  • Abstract
  • 6.1 Title
  • 6.2 Abstract
  • 6.3 Graphical Abstract
  • 6.4 Research Highlights
  • 6.5 Introduction
  • 6.6 Methods
  • 6.7 Results and Discussion
  • 6.8 Conclusions
  • 6.9 Acknowledgments
  • 6.10 Exercises
• Chapter 7: Presentations They Will Remember
  • Abstract
  • 7.1 Content
  • 7.2 Style—Format
  • 7.3 Colors
  • 7.4 Delivery
  • 7.5 Exercises
• Chapter 8: Posters That Captivate
  • Abstract
  • 8.1 Content
  • 8.2 Style—Format
  • 8.3 Presentation
  • 8.4 Judging Criteria
  • 8.5 Exercises
• Chapter 9: Plagiarism
  • Abstract
  • 9.1 Forms of Plagiarism
  • 9.2 Copyright Infringement Versus Plagiarism
  • 9.3 Self-Plagiarism
  • 9.4 References
  • 9.5 Patents
  • 9.6 Authors’ Responsibilities
  • 9.7 Avoiding Plagiarism
  • 9.8 Exercises
• Appendix A: Solutions
  • A.1 Chapter 1: Publishing Industry
  • A.2 Chapter 2: Writing Style
  • A.3 Chapter 3: Reporting Data
  • A.4 Chapter 4: Graphs
  • A.5 Chapter 5: Table Essentials
  • A.6 Chapter 6: Paper Essentials
  • A.7 Chapter 7: Presentations They Will Remember
  • A.8 Chapter 8: Posters That Captivate
  • A.9 Chapter 9: Plagiarism
• Appendix B: Appendix
  • Web of Science Categories
  • Web of Science Articles Published by Country
• Bibliography
• Index