The Art and Science of Scientific Writing, 5.0 credits

Vetenskaplig text, 5.0 hp

8FO0073

Course level

Third-cycle Education

Description

The course deals with issues concerning the structure and content of the scientific article, principles for effective academic writing, the publishing process and editorial work of scientific journals. Scientific writing requires both factual knowledge (propositional or declarative knowledge) and practical skills ("know-how", procedural knowledge). Great emphasis is therefore placed not only on the “theory” of writing, but also on the actual craft of writing scientific texts, e.g. through concrete writing exercises in workshops and communication of hands-on advice, as well as discussions based on the participants' perceived writing challenges.

To participate you must first complete the Scientific Communication and Information Retrieval (SCAIR) course or the FORSS course.

The course will be held weeks 36-49 2024.

Registration open until 15th April.

Application

https://www.lyyti.in/Application_form_Scientific_writing_Autumn_2024_1400

Contact

Entry requirements

You must first complete the SCAIR course before you can register for this course.

Eligibility: admitted to postgraduate education.

Doctoral students are admitted according to the following order of priority:

1. Doctoral students registered at the medical faculty of Linköping University or doctoral students strongly associated with the medical faculty of Linköping University who are registered at other faculties within Linköping University

2. Doctoral students registered at other faculties within Linköping University

3. Doctoral students registered at other universities

Participation of students other than above is only possible if there are fewer applicants from the above groups than the number of places available.

Specific information

The course contains seven course days, spread over the spring semester 2024 (preliminary plan). More information will be provided when a course coordinator has been recruited.

The course will take place on-site, at Campus US, Linköping University

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the students will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

  • Demonstrate familiarity with the structure of the scientific article and criteria for assessing scientific articles

Competence and Abilities

  • Apply principles for structuring scientific articles in your own text
  • Apply principles for effective academic writing in your own text

Judgement and approach

  • Critically review scientific articles with regard to their structure
  • Reflect on common challenges in the writing and publishing process of scientific articles

Contents

  • The structure of the scientific article
  • Principles for effective academic writing
  • Assessment of articles with respect to their form
  • Criteria for reviewing scientific articles
  • Practical work with own scientific texts in workshops
  • The publishing process
  • The editorial work of scientific journals and peer reviewing of scientific articles
  • Discussions about practical experiences of different aspects of the writing and publishing process.

Examination

Examination takes place through submission of written assignments and texts as well as through active efforts at the seminars in accordance with the learning outcomes. Absence from seminars is supplemented with various written assignments.

Grading

One-grade scale

Course literature

The course organizer will provide the participants with a list of relevant literature prior to the start of the course.