Writing Scientific PapersAdditional materials required for

manuscript preparation and submission

Prof Steve Leharne

The Software Tools

• Mind Mapping Software• Word Processing• Bibliographic Software• Graphical Presentation Package• Equation Editor• Molecular Drawing Package

Search Engines

• Web of Knowledge• Journal Collections

– Subscription• Science Direct• Springer Link

– Open Acess

Mind Mapping Software

Mind Mapping Software

Export Map to Word

Word Processing

Why Word?

• Easy to format paper to conform with the house style of the journal the paper is submitted to..

• Easily input tables and figures and format the text around the tables and figures.

• Word will accept Add-Ins such as MathType (an Equation Editor) and EndNote ( Bibliographic Software).

• Can easily input footnotes.

Bibliographic Software

Link to paper

Search Remote

Databases

Insert citation here

Insert citation button

Journal Style

Graphical Presentation Software

Excel

• Widespread.• Good for storing and manipulating data.• Takes practice to produce good graphical

output.

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With Origin

Why Origin?

• Dedicated software.• Easy to use.• Sophisticated and complex graphs can be

produced.

Math Type

Using an equation

editor

Molecular drawing package

EndNote Web

Additional tools

Of course there is the old fashioned way