
Quick (and easy) ideas to improve your writing
Recently, an investigator came to me frustrated with the quality of scientific writing that was being produced by his laboratory members. At least a few

Recently, an investigator came to me frustrated with the quality of scientific writing that was being produced by his laboratory members. At least a few

In the last few months, a variety of new and updated resources on scientific publication were released. Some of the resources are geared more toward

Medical writers assist authors with writing, editing, and searching the literature when preparing scientific manuscripts. For authors who are under a time crunch to publish

With all the money invested in obtaining research funding, universities should invest more in the end product of that research, namely the publications. That is

Open access publishing offers readers free access to articles published online, in contrast to a model where articles are available through an individual or institutional

Psychology and psychiatry often study phenomena that are “open concepts,” which necessitates precision in the language used to describe the phenomena. This is the argument

Companies that sponsor medical research should pay attention to an updated guideline that was recently released. The document, Good Publication Practice for Communicating Company-Sponsored Medical

The most widely referenced and followed guideline for authorship of scientific publications is that issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). In

Recently, I gave a webinar on publishing a scientific manuscript for the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). [An archived version of the webinar is located

You may be wondering what the CMPP designation means in my professional title. It stands for “Certified Medical Publication Professional” and is implemented by the