Writing readable prose: When planning a scientific manuscript, following a few simple rules has a large impact

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 846-849

  Bredan, Amin S ^a   van Roy, Frans ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SELF ESTEEM; WRITING;

GUIDELINES; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 33749527550     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400800     Document Type: Review

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