FSK-8002 Scientific writing - why and how? (3 ECTS)
FSK-8002 Scientific writing - why and how? (3 ECTS)
Writing and publishing scientific papers requires a lot of practice. What are the best practices in your field of science, and why do journals reject papers? What about your English grammar, is there room for improvement? This course is recommended for PhD candidates in their second year or once students have a manuscript draft ready that they want to work on.
This course is designed to help students during the article writing process both regarding hands-on support with the manuscript, as well as giving students a motivation boost for making progress in their writing. Through lectures and assignments, the course will give basic skills in writing, reviewing and publishing scientific articles.鈥疌ourse participants鈥痺ill learn鈥痬ore鈥痑bout the guidelines and practices behind authorship,鈥痶he general process of publishing,鈥痟ow to use sources and open research data. During group work, participants鈥痺ill practice their skills鈥痠n how to structure and edit scientific text, as well as to practice the process of鈥痯eer-reviewing.
Pre-work
All participants鈥痟ave to鈥痵ubmit a draft of one of their own manuscripts prior to course start with a deadline in the middle of September. This manuscript鈥痺ill be the basis for many of the assignments and group work during the course, hence the submission of the manuscript is a prerequisite for the participation in this course.鈥疶he鈥痬anuscript may be at an early or late鈥痵tage but鈥痵hould be more than just a collection of bullet points. This is鈥痑 great opportunity for PhD candidates鈥痶o鈥痯rogress in鈥痶heir鈥痺riting process and鈥痵ignificantly improve the鈥痬anuscripts鈥痶hroughout the course. Each student´s manuscript will be constructively reviewed by a mentor of鈥痶heir鈥痳esearch鈥痜ield and鈥痝et feedback during group work with鈥痶heir fellow鈥疨hD鈥痵tudents. More details will be announced on Canvas.
Course schedule
This course is an intensive 5 days-course and is offered every autumn semester. Please check the 幸运大转盘 course catalogue for the exact dates.
The course contains of lectures on publishing, the peer-review process, and how to present scientific data in figures. Another focus of the course is on scientific English and grammar. After one week of course lecture, participants with similar scientific background are grouped together to work on their manuscripts over an one month period. The improvement of the manuscript, active participation during group meetings and input to the other group participants' manuscripts makes the participants eligible for the exam.
Exam
We are currently revising the format of the exam and more information will follow.
