Biomolecular Sciences

Here are some useful articles for graduate students in the sciences:

• Gopen, George D., and Judith A. Swan. “The Science of Scientific Writing.” American Scientist, vol. 78, no. 6, 1990, pp. 550–558. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/29774235.
• Crawford, Emily. "Tips for Writing Your First Scientific Literature Review Article." ASBMB Today, Dec. 2011. http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/201112/Features/Crawford/
• Barres, Ben A. "How to Pick a Graduate Advisor."  Neuron, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 275-279, Oct. 2013. https://www.cell.com/neuron/comments/S0896-6273(13)00907-0
• Campanario, Juan Miguel. "Rejecting and Resisting Nobel Class Discoveries: Accounts by Nobel Laureates." Scientometrics, vol. 81, no. 2, 2009, pp. 549-565. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-2141-5 
  • A discussion of "instances in which 19 future Nobel Laureates encountered resistance on the part of the scientific community towards their discoveries, and instances in which 24 future Nobel Laureates encountered resistance on the part of scientific journal editors or referees to manuscripts that dealt with discoveries that later would earn them the Nobel Prize."
• Schwartz, Martin A. "The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research." Journal of Cell Science, vol. 121, no. 11, 2008, pp. 1771. http://jcs.biologists.org/content/121/11/1771.article-info
• Lowndes, Julia S. Stewart, et al. "Our Path to Better Science in Less Time Using Open Data Science Tools." Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 1, 2017. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0160
• Toth-Czifra, Erzsebet and Jon Tennant. "A Number of Freely Available Tools Can Help You Improve Your Literature Review Routine and Stay On Top of Published Research." LSE Impact Blog. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2017/05/24/a-number-of-freely-available-tools-can-help-you-improve-your-literature-review-routine-and-stay-on-top-of-published-research/
• Sherry, T.W. "Leading Discussion of a Scientific Journal Article." Tulane University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. http://www2.tulane.edu/sse/eebio/academics/graduate/scientific-journal.cfm
• Nevins, Clayton J. "Engaging with Science Policy as a Grad Student." CSA News Magazine, Vol. 63, No. 9, pp. 39-41. https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/csa/articles/63/9/39
• Shiffman, David. "10 Tips for Grad Students to Make the Most of a Scientific Conference." Southern Fried Science, Aug. 2013. http://www.southernfriedscience.com/10-tips-for-grad-students-to-make-the-most-of-a-scientific-conference/

• Stearns, Stephen C. "Some Modest Advice for Graduate Students." https://stearnslab.yale.edu/some-modest-advice-graduate-students
• Huey, Raymond B. "Reply to Stearns: Some Acynical Advice for Graduate Students." https://faculty.washington.edu/hueyrb/pdfs/reply.pdf

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