Can anyone recommend a good book or resource for styles and techniques of research writing? Thanks :D :D :D

One book I have on my desk is the first edition of The Craft of Research (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0125893760/sr=8-1/qid=1144852139/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9403544-3440705?%5Fencoding=UTF8).

I also would never stray too far from Strunk and White.

Another is

The ACS Style Guide
A Manual for Authors and Editors
Second Edition
Janet S. Dodd
$34.50
May 1997 ISBN13: 9780841234628 ISBN10: 0841234620

The definitive reference for all chemists writing for publication, but good reference for general scholarly science writing.

Can anyone recommend a good book or resource for styles and techniques of research writing? Thanks :D :D :D


The good old Strunk and White manual is great.

Also, read journals that have high quality writing. Cell, Nature, ect are generally top notch in writing style (as well as the science impact of course). Clinically, New England Journal has great writing. I'm leaving out a ton, but that's a start.

Lastly, my PI at Memorial Sloan-Kettering gave me a copy of "How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper" by Robert A. Day. Great book with funny anecdotes.