Publishing in Science: A Step-by-Step Guide
About this audiobook
Penning and publishing competitive scientific research depends largely on efficient and impactful scientific writing and good publication strategy. Look no further for your guide to the basics.
Mitchell P. Jones’ Publishing in Science: A Step-by-Step Guide is a must-have for those new to publishing journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters – especially Ph.D. students. In clear, concise and precise language, Jones lays out the essential steps for compiling a highly scoped and impactful manuscript. Comprehensive and firmly instructional, this guide features step-by-step directions, content and structure suggestions with useful examples, tips on how to set up and caption effective tables, graphs and schematics, and equation and unit formatting principles. Featuring an easy-to-navigate approach, it also introduces and contrasts each publication type, provides shortcuts for efficient referencing, titling and editing and details what to expect during the publishing process. With no assumed knowledge required, it is the type of investment any writer of scientific papers should make to maximise their chances of success.
This guide is specifically formatted for those interested in writing journal articles, conference papers or book chapters. Guides for bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. theses, are also available as part of the Scientific Writing for Beginners series.
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About the author
Mitchell P. Jones is an academic, professional engineer and chartered chemist. He obtained doctorates in chemistry and mechanical and manufacturing engineering from the University of Vienna, Austria, and The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia. Mitchell has worked at leading universities, defence and aerospace companies spanning Australia and Europe and has an expansive publication record in top materials science and biotechnology conferences and journals. His research has received international attention from news media including The New York Times, Daily Mail, CNN London, CBC, Materials Today, Der Standard, Der Spiegel and Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He also currently serves on the i-SMaRT conference advisory committee, the Environmental College Board of The Institution of Engineers Australia and is the Outreach Editor for the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
