Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles Course Workbook

Workshop Objectives

The overall objectives of this workshop are:

• To introduce or review the conventions of scientific writing;

• To illustrate principles of good scientific writing using examples from the published literature;

• To give participants opportunities to practice writing the parts of a scientific manuscript;

• To introduce or review the conventions of scientific publishing in English-language journals and to help participants avoid potential pitfalls.

Acknowledgments

We thank Scott Sawyer of Praxis Collective for assistance in developing this workshop. We also thank the many fellows and faculty members at MD Anderson who contributed examples and shared their experiences with us.

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