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12933 Scientific Article Writing

2020/2021

Strategy and Steps in Writing and Publishing Scientific Research Articles. The course is only offered to PhD students at the Department of Environmental Engineering.
Kursusinformation
Scientific Article Writing
Engelsk
2,5
Ph.d., Generelt servicekursus (generiske færdigheder)
Kurset udbydes som enkeltfag
Forår
The course will run in 10 two-hour sessions from end of January 2021 to June 2021. Precise dates to be announced.
Campus Lyngby
The course relies on active student participation and regular writing assignments. The instructors will lead seminar-type discussions. Published articles will be analyzed as assignments, followed by common discussions. In the second part of the course, the students will prepare elements of their own manuscripts and give and receive feedback. It is essential that the students have material that they can use to initiate the drafting of a scientific paper.
[Kurset følger ikke DTUs normale skemastruktur]
Bedømmelse af opgave(r)/rapport(er)
bestået/ikke bestået , intern bedømmelse
The students must have sufficient command of written scientific English. Evidence of English proficiency may be requested (e.g. attestation of attendance to an English course or equivalent)
Minimum 6 Maksimum: 24
Barth F. Smets , Lyngby Campus, Bygning 115, Tlf. (+45) 4525 2230 , bfsm@env.dtu.dk
Arnaud Dechesne (Primær kontaktperson) , Lyngby Campus, Bygning 115, Tlf. (+45) 4525 2291 , arde@env.dtu.dk
12 Institut for Vand og Miljøteknologi
I studieplanlæggeren
December 2020
Sign up only after agreeing with arde@env.dtu.dk
Overordnede kursusmål
At the end of this course, the students will able to effectively write and publish a scientific paper in the primary literature.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
  • identify the constitutive elements of a good article
  • initiate publication (identifying the 'story', identifying and interacting with co-authors)
  • prepare the outline of a paper
  • choose the right the journal to publish his/her work
  • design figures and tables
  • prepare the core sections of a manuscript (introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion)
  • choose a title and prepare the abstract
  • approach manuscript submission and revision
Kursusindhold
We will cover the following topics:
1. The defensible story? Is there any scientific substance?
2. Preliminaries: Authorship/Ethics, What is a scientific paper?
3. Choosing the right journal. Guide to authors.
4. Outline of a scientific paper.
5. Preparing the figures/tables.
6. Preparing the text.
7. Submitting the manuscript/Revising the manuscript.
Litteraturhenvisninger
1. Cargill, M. and P. O'Connor (2013). Writing scientific research articles: Strategy and steps. Chichester, UK, Willey-Blackwell.
2. Whitesides, G.M. 2004. Whitesides’ group: Writing a paper. Advanced Materials 16: 1375-1377
Bemærkninger
The course is primarily for Ph.D. students in the Department of Environmental Engineering. Therefore students from other disciplines can be only accepted if there are seats left and if their research topic is not too distant from Environmental Engineering. Please contact the course coordinator in November-December 2020 to verify your eligibility and check seat availability. In addition, the course involves feedback from peer-students but also from experienced researchers. To make this feedback scheme function, students joining the course may be expected to nominate one of their supervisor to serve as feedback giver to another student (expected work load 4 X 1h).
Sidst opdateret
04. maj, 2020