Guide to Publishing a Scientific Paper

Book Description "Guide to Publishing a Scientific Paper" provides all the information required to produce, submit and revise a scientific paper for publication.

Dr. Körner has edited more than 7,000 manuscripts over the past twenty years. Thus, she is very familiar with all the mistakes that are commonly made by inexperienced authors. In "Guide to Publishing a Scientific Paper", she provides all the advice necessary to avoid these mistakes.

Every young scientist who is preparing to write a paper should read this book, which includes advice on all aspects of writing and submitting a paper to a journal. The book also includes samples of letters to the Editor and responses to the Editor's comments and referees' criticism. The book ends with advice on how to submit an application for funding.

"Guide to Publishing a Scientific Paper" has been translated into Japanese and the Japanese edition is available from Amazon-Japan, where you can also find, in Japanese with English examples, "Letters for a Scientific Career" by Dr. Körner, which includes a CD with 137 searchable letters for every stage in a scientific career, from graduate school to the organization of international scientific meetings.

Ann M. Körner received her undergraduate education at Cambridge University (U.K.) and her doctorate in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University (U.S.A.). After a career in research, with publications in Nature, Science and the American Scientist, she founded Bioscript, an editorial service for the biological and medical sciences.