---+ Barrick Lab Style Guide ---++ Writing a Scientific Paper * [[http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/cgi-bin/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1176][Twenty Steps to Writing a Research Article]] (Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List Archive #1176) ---++ Citations * Use [[http://www.mendeley.com/download-mendeley-desktop/][Mendeley]] to organize your citations and insert them into word processing documents. * If you aren't formatting for submission to a specific journal, use the __Nature Reviews Genetics__ style. * To add italics to species names in downloaded citations, add HTML italics tags around them. * e.g. Escherichia coli to <i>Escherichia coli</i> * You will generally need to manually correct the journal names from downloaded paper to their standard abbreviations. * e.g. _Journal of Bacteriology_ to _J. Bact._ * Find the standard abbreviation using [[http://cassi.cas.org][CAS]] or [[http://www.library.illinois.edu/biotech/j-abbrev.html][other resources]]. ---++ Figures and Graphs * Create Figures in a vector graphics program (e.g., Adobe Illustrator). * Always include a legend for symbols within a figure, NOT just in the figure caption. * Unlike the defaults in Microsoft Excel: * Enclose the data frame of a graph in a full box. * Generally, do not include any grid lines on graphs. * Do not use shadow effects. * Use 95% confidence intervals, rather than standard deviations for error bars. ---++ Symbols Use Unicode symbols instead of symbol font. They work much better cross-platform. You can generally copy-paste from this website. Main: [[http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/][Unicode Website]] | [[http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/search.html][Search]] %BR% Groups of symbols: [[http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/general_punctuation.html][Punctuation]] | [[http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/arrows.html][Arrows]] | [[http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/miscellaneous_mathematical_symbols_a.html][Math]]
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