Introductory course – Scientific writing
Trainers: Isabelle Ortigues-Marty & Isabelle Veissier
Audience: PhD students, junior/senior researchers, any other public aiming to write a scientific paper
Number of participants: min 4, max 12
Duration: 1.5 day = 1 full day + ½ day + personal work before start and between Day 1 & 2
Objectives: To get ready to write of a scientific paper.
More specifically:
– To know better what distinguishes a scientific article from another piece of information
– To acquire the good reflexes in terms of publication deontology (authorship, choice of the journal, reporting honestly,…),
– To understand what should be reported in each section of a scientific article,
– To identify the central message of a planned publication and articulate the reasoning around the message,
– To draft an article outline,
– To write efficiently.
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Prerequisite: The participants must have a publication project. They must be prepared to
work on it and share it during the course. It can be an article or an abstract for a conference.
At least, they must have collected data from which knowledge can be built (e.g. from a
Master report). Before the course, each participant must think about:
– the story he/she wants to tell in the paper,
– the authors of the paper,
– the possible journal or conference targeted.
PROGRAMME
Day 1 – April 23 2021
08:30 – 12:00 France ; 9 :30 – 13:00 Bulgaria
Activity |
Content |
Approx.duration (min) |
| Tour de table | Each participant reports on his/her experience in publishing and on potential problems regarding publishing | 15 |
| Presentation | What is a scientific article? | 45 |
| Tour de table | – Who are co-authors of your paper and why? – Have you chosen the journal / the conference? How? |
30 |
| Break | 30 | |
| Presentation | The central message central of an article | 30 |
| Exercise |
What message do you want to convey in your manuscript? |
15/participant + 30 for the whole group |
13:00 – 16:30 France ; 14:00 – 17:30 Bulgaria
Activity |
Content |
Approx.duration (min) |
| Presentation | The sections of a scientific article – Although much shorter than an article, an abstract must also contain an introduction, information on materials and methods, some results, and a conclusion, and should present a clear message | 45 |
| Exercise | Clarify the objectives of your work and possibly the hypotheses to be tested | 15/participant + 30 for the whole group |
| Break | 30 | |
| Presentation |
Building the outline of a manuscript Presentation of home work |
60 |
| Tour de table | Wrap-up: What have you learned today? | 30 |
Homework:
– If your central message was not finalised on Day 1, then finalise it before Day 2.
– If your central message was finalised on Day 1, then prepare the outline before Day 2
– Outside the 2 days of workshop, meet two by two (or more) to discuss your central message
or your outline: Make sure that your colleagues understand your message / outline; be
critical to your colleagues, this will help them!
Day 2 – May 28 2021
13:00 – 16:30 France ; 14:00 – 17:30 Bulgaria
Activity |
Content |
Approx.duration (min) |
| Exercise | Each participant presents his/her central message / outline | 90 |
| Break | 30 | |
| Presentation | Writing efficiently Deontology in scientific writing |
60 |
| Tour de table | Wrap-up: What have you learned today? What do you plan to do after the training? | 30 |
