Books on Scientific Writing

Alley, Michael. (1996). The craft of scientific writing (3rd edition). New York: Springer.

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
 
Bailey, Stephen. (2011). Academic writing: A handbook for international students (3rd edition). Oxford, UK: Routledge.
 
Belcher, Wendy L. (2009). Writing your journal article in 12 weeks: A guide to academic publishing success. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Booth, Vernon. (2006) Communicating in Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  [BIO 097/075]
Booth, Wayne C., Colomb, Gregory G. & Williams, Joseph M. (2008). The craft of research (3rd edition). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
 
Cargill, Margaret & O’Connor, Patrick. (2009). Writing scientific research articles: Strategy and steps. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
 
Day, Robert A. & Gastel, Barbara. (2006). How to write and publish a scientific paper (6th edition). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
 
Ebel, Hans F. (1987). The art of scientific writing. Weinheim: VCH
 
Glasman-Deal, Hilary. (2010). Science research writing for non-native speakers of English. London, UK: Imperial College Press.
 
Gopen, George. (2004). The sense of structure: Writing from the reader’s perspective. New York, NY: Longman.

Gross, Alan, Harmon, Joseph & Reidy, Michael. (2002). Communicating science: The scientific article from the 17th century to the present. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor.

Hrdina, Christian & Hrdina, Robert. (2009). Scientific English für Mediziner und Naturwissenschaftler. Munich: Langenscheidt.
 
Katz, Michael J. (2009). From research to manuscript: A guide to scientific writing (2nd edition). New York: Springer.
 
Lebrun, Jean-Luc. (2007). Scientific writing: A reader and writer’s guide. London, UK: World Scientific Publishing.
 
Lindsay, David. (2011). Scientific writing = thinking in words.
 
Matthews, Janice R. & Matthews, Robert W. (2008). Successful scientific writing: A step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences (3rd edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 
O’Connor, Maeve. (1975, 1976). Writing Scientific Papers in English. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Rogers, Silvia M. (2007). Mastering scientific and medical writing. Berlin: Springer.
(Online version)

Schimel, Joshua. (2012). Writing science: How to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded. New York: Oxford University Press.
 
Siepmann, Dirk, Gallagher, John, Hannay, Mike & Mackenzie, J. Lachlan. (2011). Writing in English: A guide for advanced learners. Tübingen & Basel: Francke Verlag.
(Online studi-book)

Silvia, Paul J. (2007). How to write a lot: A practical guide to productive academic writing. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
 
Skern, Tim. (2009). Writing scientific English: A workbook. Vienna: Facultas Verlag.
also online [http://utb-studi-e-book.de/viewer/main.php?isbn=9783838531120&page=1]

Swales, John. (1971). Writing scientific English. London, UK: Nelson.
 
Yang, Jen Tsi. (1995). An outline of scientific writing for researchers with English as a foreign language. Singapore: World Scientific.
 
Zobel, Justin. (2004). Writing for computer science (2nd edition). London, UK: Springer Verlag.
 

Books on Writing Dissertations

Bolker, Joan. (1998). Writing your dissertation in 15 minutes a day. New York, NY: Holt.
 
Dunleavy, Patrick. (2003). Authoring a PhD. Basingstoke, NH: Palgrave Macmillan.
 
Glatthorn, Allan A. & Joyner, Randy L. (2005). Writing the winning thesis or dissertation. Corwin: Thousand Oaks, CA.
 
Graustein, J.S. (2012). How to write an exceptional thesis or dissertation: A step-by-step guide from proposal to successful defense. Ocala, FL: Atlantic Publishing Company.


Articles on Scientific Writing

Morgan, Dennis R. (2005). Dos and don’ts of technical writing. IEEE Potentials 24(3): 22-25.

Munzner, Tamara. (No date). Process and pitfalls in writing information visualization research papers. Available at: www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/imager/tr/2008/pitfalls/pitfalls.pdf

Ushma, S. Neill. (2007). How to write a scientific masterpiece. Journal of Clinical Investigations 117: 3599-3602.

Wells, William. (2004). Me write pretty one days: How to write a good scientific paper. Journal of Cell Biology 165(6): 757-758.


Guides to Style and Writing in General

Council of Science Editors. (2006). Scientific style and format: The CSE guide for authors, editors and publishers (7th edition). Reston, VA: The Council.

Gopen, George. (2004). Expectations: Teaching writing from the reader’s perspective. New York, NY: Longman.

Harris, Joseph. (2006). Rewriting: How to do things with texts. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press.
 
Rabinowicz, Harold & Vogel, Suzanne. (2009). The manual of scientific style: A guide for authors, editors, and researchers. Amsterdam: Elsevier. [Online via www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123739803]

Strunk, William Jr. & White, E.B. (2000). The elements of style (4th edition). New York: Longman.
 

Books on Scientific Presentations

Alley, Michael. (2003). The craft of scientific presentations. New York: Springer.
 

Other Relevant Books and Articles

Fiebelman, Peter J. (1993). A PhD is not enough. New York, NY: Perseus Books.

Schwartz, Martin A. (2008). The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Journal of Cell Science 121: 1771.