Robert A. Day is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Delaware, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in scientific writing from 1986 through 1999. He was previously Director of ISI Press, and served as Managing Editor of the Journal of Bacteriology and other journals published by the American Society for Microbiology. He is the author of Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and Other Professionals, second edition (Greenwood, 1995).
Barbara Gastel is Associate Professor of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Humanities in Medicine, and Biotechnology at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Presenting Science to the Public, Teaching Science: A Guide for College and Professional School Instructors, and Health Writer's Handbook. She is editor of Science Editor, the periodical of the Council of Science Editors.
"[I]f you know someone who is a scientist and who has to write and
publish papers, recommend this book to them. It provides the kind
of advice that scientists/authors need when preparing a paper." -
Technical Communication
"Dr. Gastel addresses questions on a range of issues impacting
today's scientific publishing world, including writing clearly
across cultures and media; writing science in English as a foreign
language; providing peer review; and how to work with the
media....Academics and researchers, as well as authors, editors,
and publishers of scientific papers, should gain a wealth of
insights from one of the industry's leading thinkers." -
Beyondthebook.com
"The book is an excellent self-help reference for researchers who
write, and could be used as a course book or as a supplementary
text for doctoral programmes that aim to train researchers in basic
publication skills. It is also worth consulting by
scientific-technical-medical translators and editors-in-training,
because it provides and efficient, solid introduction to science
'genres', and contains useful guidance on scientific writing and
style....[h]ighly recommended." - The Journal of the European
Medical Writers Association
"If you're looking to welcome postdocs into a company or lab, a
copy of the sixth edition of How to Write and Publish a Scientific
Paper is a good place to start. It acknowledges two ongoing and
mutually supporting trends in science--broadening internationalism
and digitizing of publishing--while delivering the basics to give a
leg up for getting a paper published. It may even help new recruits
become better scientists." - The Scientist
"[D]ay and Gastel concisely provide valuable, accurate, and
up-to-date information. They focus on providing practical advice to
readers, while still recognizing the difficulty and ambiguity of
some aspects of the scientific writing and publishing process. No
other available publication provides both the quality and quantity
of information as this work which builds on the previous five
editions....[t]he comprehensiveness of coverage regarding writing
and publishing scientific papers by Day and Gastel ensure its
appeal to academic and science audiences." - Issues in Science and
Technology Librarianship
"Day and Gastel describe the basic practical principles of
scientific writing that are accepted in most disciplines in a
straightforward how-to or cookbook format. After dealing with
preliminaries, they present sections on preparing the text,
preparing tables and figures, publishing the paper, doing other
writings for publication (such as book reviews or editorials),
conference communication, scientific style, and other topics in
scientific communication." - SciTech Book News
"This updated book provides advice for anyone working in a
scientific discipline who needs to communicate his or her work
effectively to others. The book's core consists of a how-to guide
to writing and publishing research articles for scientific
journals. It explains the steps of the process, from choosing a
suitable journal for an author's work to presenting the results and
citing references." -
"A scientific experiment, Day and Gastel explain, is not complete
until its results are published. To that end, they provide this
guide to writing scientific papers that are clear and effective,
publishing those papers, and communicating as a science
professional....This edition includes new chapters on writing a
grant proposal, communicating science to the public, and providing
peer review of another scientist's paper." - Nuclear News
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