The American Chemical Society is publishing a series on "how-to" publish your results efficiently.

The Individual episodes:

1. How to Write a Paper to Communicate Your Research

   • Interview with George Whitesides
     • Episode 1 (8:40)
     • Improving your writing skills (3:56)
     • Writing so people will notice (4:08)
     • What have you done when your article is rejected? (2:56)
     • What are your favorite articles? (1:58)
     • The impact of technology on scientific articles (5:51)
     • Videos and scientific communication (6:05)
     • How do you choose your areas for research? (2:30)
     • Why did you do this video? (2:17)
     • Full interview, audio only (43:28)
   • G. M. Whitesides Writing a Scientific Paper: One Ideosyncratic View, Presentation
   • G. M. Whitesides Whitesides' Group: Writing a Paper, Advanced Materials, 16 (15), 1375-1377, August, 2004, DOI: 10.1002/adma.200400767
   • Strunk & White, The Elements of Style 4th edition (September 3, 1999) Available from Amazon

2. Writing Your Cover Letter

   • Interview with Richard Eisenberg, Timothy P. Lodge, Paula T. Hammond, Jason H. Hafner watch Video
   • Jason H. Hafner The Art of the Cover Letter, ACS Nano, 2010, 4 (5), p 2487 DOI: 10.1021/nn100907e

3. Selecting Peers to Suggest as Reviewers

   • Interview with Richard Eisenberg, Timothy P. Lodge, Paula T. Hammond, Jason H. Hafner watch Video

4. Submitting your manuscript

   • Interview with Sarah Tegen, Melissa Blickem watch Video

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