Links

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On Open Access

Opinion: Academic publishing is broken HTML

Writing

Elements of Style HTML

Impact factors: use and abuse PDF

Bang for Your Buck: Rejection Rates and Impact Factors in Ecological Journals Abstract (then choose HTML or PDF, as desired)

The science of scientific writing PDF HTML

Poor writing and the passive voice: PDF

Communicating the Science of Climate Change HTML PDF
includes a great table of common scientific terms with different meaning to the general public

How to write consistently boring scientific literature PDF and html responses

Economical Writing: An Executive Summary PDF

Steps to publication (pps)

The American Chemical Society has an online video series entitled Publishing Your Research 101. Episodes include: How to write a paper to communicate your research, The essential elements of an accepted manuscript, and Responding to reviewer comments and manuscript rejections html

Ethics

On being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research (2^nd Ed, 1995) Openbook

On being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (3^rd Ed, 2009) HTML (purchase a print copy, read online, or download free personal use PDF)

Citing Practices in Ecology: Can we believe our own words? (Inaccuracy in citations) PDF

Plagiarism HTML

A Troubled Tradition: It's time to rebuild trust among authors, editors and peer reviewers HTML

Publishing Your Research 101 - Ep. Episode 5: Ethical Considerations html

Regarding outlines:

Here's the academic reference on outlines: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlin.html

Here's a site that describes why an outline can help you. I suggest you adopt this approach (I liked the status report on the sections). http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/edulertz.htm#nine

Here's an outline you might want to start with. http://mri.brechmos.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/22/how-to-organize-a-paper/paper_outline.pdf

Here's a template in Microsoft Word, with section headings and some reminders (you'll like using Document Map, if you haven't before): http://www.esf.edu/for/yanai/publishing/paper_template.doc

Poster/Oral Presentations

Beth A. Fischer, B.A. & M.J. Zigmond. 1999. Attending Professional Meetings Successfully. University of Pittsburgh. PDF

Succeeding in Graduate School

How to be a good graduate student PDF

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