Ten simple rules for structuring papers

Good scientific writing is essential to career development and to the progress of science. A well-structured manuscript allows readers and reviewers to get excited about the subject matter, to understand and verify the paper’s contributions, and to integrate these contributions into a broader context. However, many scientists struggle with producing high-quality manuscripts and typically get little training in paper writing. Focusing on how readers consume information, we present a set of 10 simple rules to help you get across the main idea of your paper. These rules are designed to make your paper more influential and the process of writing more efficient and pleasurable.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  bioRxiv

• Publication date

  2016-12-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Computer Science, Sociology, Education

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005619PMID 28957311PMCID 5619685
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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• No concepts are published for this paper.

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