There is probably no other section in a scientific manuscript that is more overlooked than the Keywords section. After all of your work to do the research, a...

Bar graphs are probably the most common type of graph in the biological sciences, and are excellent for representing data in an easily comparable way. Howeve...

One of the most common difficulties for people writing manuscripts in the biological sciences is knowing how to properly format gene/protein/mRNA symbols for...

Hyphens (-) are commonplace in scientific writing. However, they are one of the most misused punctuation marks, and often, they are the source of much angst ...

An all-too-common scenario in science occurs when you've submitted your manuscript, got it sent out for review, and it comes back, rejected and with a slew o...

Tables are obviously a common way to impart data to your readers when you are constructing a scientific manuscript. However, in our experience, there is a su...

A common conversation that occurs between editor and author, is how the author might increase his/her academic vocabulary. Often authors can get repetitive w...

One of the key aspects to writing a great manuscript is creating figures that will capture your audience and convey your desired message. Sometimes this can ...

Whether you are writing or editing a scientific manuscript, there is one thing that you should always try to do, and that is remain consistent. This is mainl...

Keyboard shortcuts can be major time savers and can keep you in the flow of your writing/editing a manuscript. We polled out editors to find out what they fo...

When googling something it can be useful to use the tilde (~) in order to search for the word that you've entered as well as the synonyms for that word. Goog...

The most common downfall for a great figure is a bad figure caption. However, how to construct a figure caption is not something that is commonly taught by s...

Getting grants can sometimes feel like an impossible task. We all know how many researchers are vying for the same pool of money and the number of applicatio...

Selecting a journal is a critical part of the publication process that can be somewhat overwhelming given the hundreds and even thousands of journals that ar...

One of the most common issues for new, and sometimes seasoned, researchers is how to construct a scientific manuscript. Of course, it is not the actual struc...