https://class.stanford.edu/courses/Medicine/SciWrite/Fall2013/about

I did this course this last term, it was really good and is free. You could ask when it will start again.

Maybe you should ask at a university. In Germany students sometimes get such courses. So I be part of a scientific writing and also a scientific presentation course.

Refer to attachment dear ; i hope it be useful for you

Regards

https://class.stanford.edu/courses/Medicine/SciWrite/Fall2013/about

I did this course this last term, it was really good and is free. You could ask when it will start again.

I also did the online course Stanford offered and it helped me a lot in terms of writing and editing scientific papers. You should try to give it a go if another opportunity comes up.

There are plenty of books on the issue that you should consider consulting. Additionally, if you are a student, you should discuss this matter with your advisor; he or she may be able for find a tutor for you.

Oh good issue,,,,,,,Actually paper writing can be learn only by reading the journal articles after that if you feel any problem then consult your guide or supervisor.Although now days it is included in Phd Courses,,,,

These tips might help you

http://liston.vib.be/blog/2013/12/17/scientific-writing-for-the-biomedical-sciences.html

Paper writing is a art. It is not require any training. Researcher should read interesting manuscripts of their subject, and try to find some new things which must be useful for the research community. Selection of research journal is also important. Reading of guide lines of journal is must. Before communication,send the manuscript for comments to experts of the subject ,is a good practice, This help to improve the quality of the paper.

Try this MOOC, it may be useful for you:

https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeleyx/uc-berkeleyx-colwri2-2x-principles-1348

An introduction to academic writing.

Brahim,

Are you just looking for some training in scientific writing for yourself, or are you wanting to put together a course in scientific writing to give to others? Your original post was not clear on this. If it is the former, which has been assumed by all respondents so far, then maybe looking at the similar discussion thread https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_and_where_do_authors_fail_the_most may give you some answers. I gave a detailed response to this in early December.

Writing a scientific paper has to overcome many challenges; one of the biggest being the quality of the research itself. It is difficult (quite rightly) to publish poor quality research! Therefore, the research itself is an integral part of any scientific paper presenting new knowledge. Many sources of advice on scientific writing focus only on the nuts and bolts of the text itself. You can follow that advice to the letter and still get your manuscript rejected because of poor quality research. So, as well as following the advice given by posters above, make sure you also look at the quality of your research to ensure it reaches the standards expected by good-quality peer-reviewed international journals.

All the best,

Steve

Wooooow - thanks for the links - actually for me it was the guidance given by my managers in my previous job, and my supervisors ... however, I believe no matter how many courses you would do, these might give you the principles but practice what makes a good writer - the more you practice the better...

Regards

Theodora Issa

yes, kristin sainani's course is really great! highly recommended.. this video contains some key insights from the course: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipk3HIIG9-o

a very good book on the topic - especially for social scientists - is howard s. becker's "writing for social scientists" (http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Social-Scientists-Article-Publishing/dp/0226041328)

and for non-native speakers (like me :) i recommend the books by adrian wallwork: "english for research" or "english for writing research papers" (http://www.amazon.com/English-Writing-Research-Papers-Wallwork/dp/1441979212/ref=pd_sim_b_1)

Thanks for answers and links.

Actually, I submitted my first paper but it was rejected so I am thinking to establish a journal club with a group of biologists from different majors and levels and in different places in the world to get more learning and training on how to write a high impact paper, to learn more about methods and how to do high quality research. But I want to with skilled writers that can offer a web course to my group.

Books on Research Methodology usually include a chapter on article writing.

Dear Brahim, there are several things you can do. Your idea of creating a writing club/group is very good. Try to bring together colleagues, students and faculty and develop some strategies to train the group. You can also contact people you might know in your field from professional associations or conferences and ask for help (even though people tend to be very busy).

I work with a company called TotalEdit.com that helps authors to improve their academic papers by editing them and providing feedback. We help to have perfectly written documents. Our company also offers courses on academic writing for institutions.

However, there are other factors to consider to be published. The first one is the scope of a target journal. The second one is the political aspect of publishing; it relates to how closed a specific area of knowledge is. I mean, how easy or difficult is to be accepted in certain academic communities. Sometimes (often in the biomedical sciences) it is important to start publishing with somebody who has some prestige in a field and has been published in a specific journal.

When an article involves research, you need have a clean and coherent methodology. However, you do not learn that just from the books, as some colleagues have suggested. If you are a student, look for help from your professors. If you are a professor with not much research experience, try to make connections with colleagues worldwide.

Here are some additional helpful links on scientific writing collected in a single post:

http://aclinks.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/how-to-write-a-really-good-research-paper/

I have used Prof. Mike Ashby's notes very useful when I gave lectures on writing engineering papers. All students in our engineering programs are advised to refer to these notes.

http://www-mech.eng.cam.ac.uk/mmd/ashby-paper-V6.pdf

Here is a very short presentation on the 'golden nuggets' of scientific writing and communication.

http://fr.slideshare.net/lichtfouse/scientific-writing-for-impact-factor-journals

Years ago my research methods instructor assigned us this paper http://scientificexploration.org/documents/instructions_for_authors.pdf and now I use it often.  

And this one is good and funny 

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15674.x/asset/j.0030-1299.2007.15674.x.pdf;jsessionid=AB95900AF33D864BA638CDC0D356BF75.f02t02?v=1&t=hznkrwtr&s=ba5973275dd48e143411253cfa54f73d02c15dab

Happy writing, 

Chris

Hello Brahim,

You can write to me if you're still looking for someone to organize a training / workshop.

Thanks,

Zuheb

after completing my master degree and joining for Ph.D courses. My supervisor asked me for literature survey and accordingly select and make aim to extend the work which must be globally interesting and attract masses. Perfection is also important. Further more, work presentation must be brief and easily understandable with great conclusions. mostly international journals demand some thing new, interesting and attractive. Every journal wants to publish extra ordinary work fast.

The best training to develop scientific writing is reading articles, reading more articles make writing skills very well.

Regards,

I recommend

Writing in the Sciences

https://online.stanford.edu/courses/som-y0010-writing-sciences

Best wishes,