Science Writing Toolbox

Annotated bibliography

https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/44769

Data

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/lottery-powerball-winning-numbers-beginning-2010

Letters

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2410021121

Methodology or design paper 

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.04642

Opinion piece 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168945216308123

Peer-reviewed journal article

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79546-1   

Pre-print (not peer reviewed)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.00378

Technical manual

• Transportation Research Board publications are the gold standard for consensus technical reports

https://pubsindex.trb.org/index.aspx

White paper

https://science.nasa.gov/biological-physical/resources/whitepapers/

Building a Scientific Narrative 

• Excellent introduction to narrative structure and purpose

https://www.the-scientist.com/building-a-scientific-narrative-71780

Harvard Catalyst Writing and Communication Center

• Tools, trainings, and resources for research teams to better communicate their science

https://catalyst.harvard.edu/writing-communication-center/write-effectively/writing-tips/

ORCiD

• A free, unique, persistent identifier for researchers to organize and report their research, scholarship, and innovation activities; build c.v.; and verify works

https://orcid.org/

Purdue OWL 

• A globally renowned resource that supports writer development regardless of skill level

https://owl.purdue.edu/

Storytelling in Science Writing 

• Mixed media training module from the University of Guelph

https://writinginthesciences.uoguelph.ca/storytelling-in-science-writing/

Using AI in peer review and publishing

https://www.sagepub.com/journals/information-for-editors/editor-guide-to-sage-editorial-publishing-policies

Writing Results and Communicating Data

• Advice from medical researchers

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4548571/

Annotated bibliography

• https://libguides.csun.edu/sci100/annotated-bibliographies

• https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/documents/annotated-bibliography-samples.pdf

Data

https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish/research-data-management/publish-your-data

Journal article

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/research_papers/index.html

Meta analysis

• How to conduct a meta-analysis in eight steps: a practical guide

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11301-021-00247-4

Methodology or design paper 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/methodsx/publish/guide-for-authors

Opinion piece 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7498099/

Pre-print 

https://www.preprints.org/instructions-for-authors

Review article

• How to write a good scientific review article

https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/febs.16565

Technical manual

https://www.theiet.org/media/5182/technical-report-writing.pdf

White paper

https://writingcenter.gmu.edu/writing-resources/different-genres/white-papers

Center for Open Science

• Open source science resources and guidance produced by the Center for Open Science (COS)

https://www.cos.io/

• Register projects and publish preprints on the Open Science Framework (OSF) 

https://osf.io/

Harvard Library Open Science Framework Tool

• Guide for using OSF to collaborate, manage, and share your documents, datasets, and research projects

https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/open-science-framework

ScienceOpen

• Discovery platform with interactive features for open science scholars to enhance their research and receive credit for it

https://www.scienceopen.com/

Arxiv

• arXiv is a free distribution service and open-access archive for scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Materials on this site are not peer-reviewed by arXiv.

https://arxiv.org/

GitHub 

• Collaborative platform for open source assets popular with high tech researchers  

https://github.com/ 

Open Science Framework 

• Popular open source platform with resources, guidance, repositories, and registry service

https://osf.io/

SciFormat Publishing

• Guide to select collaborative tools and platforms for open science

https://sciformat.ca/blog/tools-and-platforms-for-open-science/