Scientific Writing and Publishing Workshop

About the workshop

Writing and publishing is arguably an almost intrinsic part of scientific endeavour. In this workshop, Andreas Trabesinger will present context, tools and perspectives related to writing up scientific results, based on his experience as a professional manuscript editor at Nature Physics, as a communications consultant and as a science writer.

Participants will hear about typical editorial checkpoints, the changing publishing landscape, widespread myths and typical mistakes, and how an appreciation of these aspects can help to communicate more efficiently with editors, peers and a wider public. One half day will be dedicated to graphical design, presented by illustrator Neil Smith (external page Neil Smith Illustration).

See also the detailed programme.

Learning outcome

• Learn about the essential elements of the writing process and improve writing skills
  
• Gain insights into the publishing landscape, editorial process and peer-review, and learn how to communicate effectively with editors and reviewers
• Learn techniques for producing clear and informative graphics

Approach

• Present a broad overview of today’s scientific-publishing landscape
  → understand your target
  
• Discuss typical problems and common mistakes, focus on non-native speakers
  → appreciate the challenges
• Exercises, ideally based on participants’ own texts
  → get practical and directly applicable advice
  
  Participants are invited to send us their texts and graphics in advance of the workshop for individual feedback.