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Preliminary Steps in Writing a Scientific Manuscript
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Planning the Writing Process Before you begin writing your paper, a certain amount of planning is necessary, including talking with your PI, deciding on authorship, drafting a manuscript plan, identifying responsibilities, and collecting items for your paper that you already have. Planning your time carefully is also important to help you and your co-authors meet your deadlines. Talking with Your PI Before you begin writing your paper, talk to your PI about
the role that he or she will play the writing process and schedule the expectations for first author and co-authors the content and basic structure of the paper (the outline)
A planning meeting can help you make sure that you and your PI agree on the most important aspects of the paper before you begin to write. It can save both of you a lot of trouble later on. Below are typical questions that you might ask your PI: 1. To get started on my paper, I’ve written a hypothesis statement and conclusion. Do you think they are accurate? 2. It seems to me that the target audience for our study is ____. Should I write the article with this group in mind? 3. I think our research is best suited for publication in _______, _________, or _________ as a (research article or brief communication, etc.). Do you have a particular journal in mind for submission of the manuscript?
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