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Technical writing skills
How to design effective figures for review articles
Technical writing skills
Depending on your field of study, there are different types of articles and formats you’ll need to master. The LaTeX typesetting system, for example, has proven to be a powerful tool for researchers in fields where tables, figures, and formulae are regular manuscript features. Like any technology, there are tips and tricks that can make it easier to use. In this beginners’ guide, we walk you through them.
What you will learn
- Practical advice to get you started
- Guidance on using the system
- Some golden rules and common mistakes
7 modules
How to design effective figures for review articles
A great research article or review is about more than listing research results: it is about telling a story through the data or giving your readers some insight they could not get from reading the
How to write for an interdisciplinary audience
As a researcher, you may have a story to tell that contributes not just to members of your own specific field of study, but that is of interest to a wider international interdisciplinary audienc
An editor’s guide to writing a review article
Writing a compelling review article is about more than picking an interesting topic and gathering the latest references.
How to write case reports
Case reports provide valuable information by throwing light on rare and unusual clinical presentations, symptoms or diseases.
Systematic reviews 101
Systematic reviews are used to rigorously analyze and aggregate current research to answer a question based on making best use of existing evidence rather than commissioning new primary studies.
Make the most of your research: publish your data & methods
From data collection, sampling choices and methodological considerations, there are many parts of your research that deserve more attention than they get in traditional journal articles.