Academic writing: 14 useful tips

Tips for writing papers

Tips for Writing Readable Articles

s are best written after the facts, once you actually have something to abstract: write down the key points (for example by listing each paragraph’s first sentence), tie them together, add an opening sentence, then edit drastically. Sometimes, though, you may have to write and submit an abstract to a conference long before the paper is written or the research even carried out. Such promissory a...

Tips on Writing and Presentation

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Useful Tips for Skin Grafts

Skin grafting is a common operative procedure that is widely used in plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery. Beyond mere graft survival, however, the goals of surgery include good matching of texture and color and minimizing donor morbidity. These factors and optimal donor sites require careful consideration in each patient. We have found that the recommen‐ dations offered below can hel...

Exercises in Academic Writing

Research papers are a fundamental means to share and archive research results within the scientific community. The aim of this nano-course is to learn how to write a (good) mathematical paper. In particular, we will highlight some peculiarities that are specific for mathematical writing. As writing is not a spectator sport, these notes also contain a series of exercises.