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Occasionally people send me books they have published - mostly they are pretty average, but this one was delightful and useful. Recommended! www.amazon.com/Pocket-Guide...

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"This is the book we need to give every single new PhD student in our labs."
I love reading comments on the book
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Your book is exactly what I needed! Thank you very much for dedicating time to share many helpful advices :)

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“A high-quality paper should embody logic, conciseness, and novelty” Start with a conceptual framework → state testable hypotheses → design/analysis follow

Cut irrelevant data and avoid over-interpretation.
Essay by Nianxun Xi from China

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take a look at my book, Jacquelyn:)
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It is a simple book with an ambitious goal: to make scientific writing and publishing more accessible to all!

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"Writing isn’t a gift—it’s a skill.” In my book, ecologist Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal (EIC @biolinvasions.bsky.social ) shows why writing early/often sharpens your thinking and your science. Great text! mybook.to/ScienceGuide #SciWriting #ECR

This is a helpful guide for students new to the publishing game. A step-by-step guide to getting your manuscript across the finish line, from start to finish.

I appreciate how it doesn't assume hidden curriculum and is informed by the author's experience with English not being his first language.

Bought a copy and read already half if it. I enjoyed every word so far. Very helpful for my own learning and teaching! Thanks!

Practical tools:
✦ Write as if to a smart colleague outside your field.
✦ Reverse outline your draft—if paragraph points don’t flow, fix them.
✦ Focus on your core message, not on sounding fancy.

Too many early-career researchers think they must sound “academic”
Result: jargon, passive voice, long sentences.
Science is already hard—don’t make your reader fight your writing.

You don’t need perfect English or “great writer” skills. You need clarity, honesty, and persistence. Writing is a craft—you get better with practice
Read Claudia Ratti’s full essay in A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing 👉https://mybook.to/ScienceGuide

Clarity ≠ dumbing down.
It means being generous to your reader: plain, well-structured writing gives your work the best chance to be understood, appreciated, and cited.

text by claudia ratti

“Clarity is kindness.” – Physicist @claudiaratti.bsky.social
in A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing.

Here are her top tips for clearer, kinder scientific writing 🧵👇

While I was waiting for my nephews to take photos with the dinosaur exhibits at the Natural History Museum London, I flicked through @martin-nunez.bsky.social book on scientific never late for some good advice on scientific writing even if you feel like a dinosaur!

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Best present for the students in the lab❤️

A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing was written for them!

I finally got this amazing book by @Martin_A_Nunez I love everything about it! As a non-native English speaker, I wish I had it a decade ago. I am so excited to use it in my Science Communication class.

Congratulations! great reviews!!

“Other books teach you how to write beautiful sentences and paragraphs; Nunez tells you how to get your imperfect writing submitted and published.”

“Other books teach you how to write beautiful sentences and paragraphs; Nunez tells you how to get your imperfect writing submitted and published.”

Just bought the Kindle version of this fantastic book!
First impressions:
- great, practical and relatable info on the writing process
- nice illustrations
- helpful tips and useful reminders
- nice "editor viewpoint" to publishing
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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The "Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing" is now available as an eBook 🎉

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🚨Big news🚨

A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉

This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published

I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide

book cover of the book "A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing" by Martin A. Nunez

Just got the final proofs of my book💓

Available on Amazon worldwide next week
Very exciting!

I’ve packed into it everything I’ve learned about writing and publishing over the past 20 years

I really hope it helps many jump over the writing and publishing barriers💪

senior female scientist saying "you don't need more time. you need a deadline"

Pro tip for writers:

Motivation and inspiration are a bit overrated—fear of a deadline works much better :)

No real deadline? Make one.
Tell your PI the draft will be on their desk in two weeks. Now it’s real.

a computer reading a page

Pro tip for writers:
Read your text out loud when you're done with your paper. you'll catch lots of errors.

Even better (updated 2025!): Use your computer 🖥️ to read it to you, and you sit and take notes. You'll catch even more🔥

10 best Books for Writing & Publishing Scientific Papers (Updated 2025)
www.mnrdpublishing.com/blog-1-1

“To THE EDITOR OF SCIENCE: I am reluctant to intrude in a discussion concerning matters of which I have no expert knowledge,”

Quiz of the day:
Which highly influential paper (main finding discussed in every single Intro Biology class on the planet) starts like this:

Very important paper!! #onebiosecurity #onehealth

I want to see it:) Looks spectacular.