What Is Scientific Writing and How to Be Proficient in It?

Scientific writing does not limit itself to just writing about science, but, it’s a form of technical writing that scientists practice to communicate their research to other scientists. The aspects of the writing may vary such as the target audience, the purpose or the organization, depending on the specific scientific genre.

Journal articles, research proposals, scientific poster, etc. are some of the scientific writing documents. Scientific writing is based on scientific inquiries and extensive scientific research so the same level of precision is required to be maintained in the writing as that of the research.

The choice of words and clarity should be kept in mind as the person writing is technical but the people to whom it would be exposed might not be as informed as the writer.

Mentioned below are some prominent features of good scientific writing:

• The main audience is the scientist lobby: As stated earlier, scientific writing is used to communicate the research results to other scientists so the language must be professional. It shouldn’t be wordy or too distracted from the main objective.
• It's to-the-point and specific: The main objective of scientific writing is to communicate scientific information clearly and precisely. Making it too loud, wordy or casual fails the purpose.
• It should be organized within the framework of other published work: Dynamism is the key to science. Science keeps updating and reinventing itself, thus, it should be set into the backdrop of the previous related findings and work. This serves as a motivation for the new paper or research being conducted in a specific area.

Golden rules for scientific writing:

• Appeal, inform & influence the reader/audience
• Be clear with your language and stay reader-oriented
• Ward off any deviations
• Do not explain overly & avert overstatement
• Try to avoid futile redundancy
• Avert irrelevant attributes
• Use explicit words
• Be persistent with the usage of tenses
• Don't use too difficult terms and keep it rather simple with solid examples
• Use simple sentences over the complex ones
• An agreement between subject and verb is required
• Use conversions
• Proper citation of sources and findings
• Avoid using ‘this’
• Conduct proper proofreading

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• Importance and types of publication documents
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• Ethical considerations in scientific/publication writing
• Selecting the target journal
• Submitting procedure of manuscript, post-submission work and peer-review process follow-up

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