| 课程号 |
04834160 |
学分 |
2 |
| 英文名称 |
Practical skills for frontier research |
| 先修课程 |
无 |
| 中文简介 |
本课程将由Nature出版集团资深编辑讲授，通过学习将帮助学生掌握高水平科技论文写作技巧，了解Nature等顶级学术期刊关心的科学问题等，从而为科研能力培养打下坚实的基础。 |
| 英文简介 |
一、基本目的
This course aims to equip students with the research and scientific writing skills to prepare high-quality research papers. The student will broadly understand the processes involved in scientific publishing and gain practical skills in manuscript preparation, cover letter writing, and handling peer review.
二、内容提要及学时分配
The course will cover three broad areas where students will learn: how to critically assess scientific literature, how to fluently communicate technical concepts (written and oral), and promote their research to a broad audience. The course content will be divided into six modules as follows:
1.Why publish?（1学时）
了解：brief history of publishing and future trends, appreciate the necessity of publishing good science and research.
2.How to critically assess a paper（5学时）
了解：reading technical manuscripts, building a comprehensive collection of research papers
掌握：the structure of a research paper, how to assess the importance of new research in the context of the state of the art
2.1 The anatomy of a research paper
2.2 How to assess a research field (+ workshop)
2.3 How to assess impact of a paper (+ workshop)
3.How to write a great paper（12学时）
了解：writing clearly and fluently, intuitive figure and graphic design, effective poster design, how to contextualise your new results against previous work
掌握：the importance of outlines to structure ideas, top-down and bottom-up communication, the importance of effective communication
3.1 Outlining your research (+ workshop)
3.2 Writing titles and abstracts (+ workshop)
3.3 Writing an introduction and conclusion (+ workshop)
3.4 How to prepare figures and graphics (+ workshop)
3.5 How to design a poster
4.How to publish a great paper (5学时）
了解：cover letter writing, how to prepare an effective response letter to reviewers
掌握：the publication process, ethics of publishing, the role of an editor, the peer review process, how to choose the right journal/outlet for your research
4.1 Why publish? (reminder from lecture 1)
4.2 What does an editor do?
4.3 Where to publish?
4.4 Preparing your paper for submission; cover letter, supplementary information (+ workshop; cover letter writing)
4.5 Peer review (+ workshop; preparing rebuttals)
4.6 Dealing with rejection
4.7 Ethics in publishing and research misconduct
5.How to promote your research（3学时）
了解：writing press releases, giving presentations
掌握：the role of the press/journalists, the importance of outreach and communicating to a broad audience,
5.1 Where to present your work?
5.2 Giving a talk
5.3 How to promote your work (+ workshop)
6.Student symposium（6学时）
了解：presenting an overview of research, presenting posters
掌握：the importance of networking, how to engage audiences
6.1 Oral presentations
6.2 Poster presentations
三、教学方式
The course will be made up of 26 hours of lectures and of practical writing workshops, and 6 hours dedicated to a student symposium of short talks (lightning talks) and a poster session.
四、学生成绩评定方法
attendance (30%), written reports (20%), written exam (50%) involving reading a paper and answering multiple choice questions about the paper- also some general questions about publishing. Semester score assessment will be based on: workshop and student symposium |
| 开课院系 |
信息科学技术学院 |
| 通选课领域 |
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| 是否属于艺术与美育 |
否 |
| 平台课性质 |
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| 平台课类型 |
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| 授课语言 |
英文 |
| 教材 |
无；
Do metrics matter,Alison Abbott,Nature,2010,A profusion of measures,Richard Van Noorden,Nature,2010,Writing well: lowering the barriers to success,Gould, J. C., Luna, R. E. & Vogel, D. L.,Nature Immunology,2014,Nature news feature on retractions,Van Noorden, R.,Nature,2011,Special issue in Science on communication in science,AAAS,2013,Plastic Fantastic,Reich, E. S.,Palgrave Macmillan,2009, |
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| 教学大纲 |
This course aims to equip students with the research and scientific writing skills to prepare high-quality research papers. The student will broadly understand the processes involved in scientific publishing and gain practical skills in manuscript preparation, cover letter writing, and handling peer review.
The course will cover three broad areas where students will learn: how to critically assess scientific literature, how to fluently communicate technical concepts (written and oral), and promote their research to a broad audience. The course content will be divided into six modules as follows:
1.Why publish?（1学时）
了解：brief history of publishing and future trends, appreciate the necessity of publishing good science and research.
2.How to critically assess a paper（5学时）
了解：reading technical manuscripts, building a comprehensive collection of research papers
掌握：the structure of a research paper, how to assess the importance of new research in the context of the state of the art
2.1 The anatomy of a research paper
2.2 How to assess a research field (+ workshop)
2.3 How to assess impact of a paper (+ workshop)
3.How to write a great paper（12学时）
了解：writing clearly and fluently, intuitive figure and graphic design, effective poster design, how to contextualise your new results against previous work
掌握：the importance of outlines to structure ideas, top-down and bottom-up communication, the importance of effective communication
3.1 Outlining your research (+ workshop)
3.2 Writing titles and abstracts (+ workshop)
3.3 Writing an introduction and conclusion (+ workshop)
3.4 How to prepare figures and graphics (+ workshop)
3.5 How to design a poster
4.How to publish a great paper (5学时）
了解：cover letter writing, how to prepare an effective response letter to reviewers
掌握：the publication process, ethics of publishing, the role of an editor, the peer review process, how to choose the right journal/outlet for your research
4.1 Why publish? (reminder from lecture 1)
4.2 What does an editor do?
4.3 Where to publish?
4.4 Preparing your paper for submission; cover letter, supplementary information (+ workshop; cover letter writing)
4.5 Peer review (+ workshop; preparing rebuttals)
4.6 Dealing with rejection
4.7 Ethics in publishing and research misconduct
5.How to promote your research（3学时）
了解：writing press releases, giving presentations
掌握：the role of the press/journalists, the importance of outreach and communicating to a broad audience,
5.1 Where to present your work?
5.2 Giving a talk
5.3 How to promote your work (+ workshop)
6.Student symposium（6学时）
了解：presenting an overview of research, presenting posters
掌握：the importance of networking, how to engage audiences
6.1 Oral presentations
6.2 Poster presentations
The course will be made up of 26 hours of lectures and of practical writing workshops, and 6 hours dedicated to a student symposium of short talks (lightning talks) and a poster session.
attendance (30%), written reports (20%), written exam (50%) involving reading a paper and answering multiple choice questions about the paper- also some general questions about publishing. Semester score assessment will be based on: workshop and student symposium
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| 教学评估 |
杨玉超：
学年度学期：18-19-3，课程班：前沿科学研究实用方法1，课程推荐得分：0.0，教师推荐得分：8.75，课程得分分数段：85-90；
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