Concepts and Practices on Scientific Writing
Code: CEM 172
Creditis: 05
Elective subject
Contents:
- Why it is important to publish the results of a scientific or technological study?
- Ethics on research and on scientific publications
- The different steps involved from the planning of the investigation up to the effective publication of the study;
- The specific characteristics of the technical or scientific text;
- The scientific text and its different sections;
- Several types of scientific and technical documents: how to write good projects, reports and articles;
- Resources and tools for the revision of the literature and references management;
The basics on patent applications writing; - Practical activities using the research results of the students.
References:
- Barbara Gastel and Robert Day. How to write and publish a scientific paper, 2016, Greenwood.
- Joshua Schimel. Writing Science: How to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded, 2012, Oxford University Press.
- Michael Alley. The craft of scientific writing, 1998, Springer.