Lecture, two sessions of peer instruction type. The course ends with hand in homework and a written exam.
Time required for course: 3 h lecture, 6 h peer instruction, 30 h homework for INL1 and TEN1.
The course teaches how to write a scientific paper and publication of scientific papers and which criteria are used in referee-judgement of scientific papers.
the course is given if needed.
Lecture, two sessions of peer instruction type. The course ends with hand in homework and a written exam.
Time required for course: 3 h lecture, 6 h peer instruction, 30 h homework for INL1 and TEN1.
Historical review of scientific publishing with a special emphasis on the IMRAD structure and with focus on writing articles within the scientific areas chemistry and materials science. The students will work with some more practical questions:
After completion of the course the doctoral student should have
Eligible for studies at the third-cycle level and Master exam in Chemistry.
Day, R.A. How to Writ and Publish a Scientific Paper, Oryx Press, USA (ISBN 1573561657)
The ACS style guide: Effective communication of scientific information. 3rd Edition, Anne Cagel and Lorrin R. Garson, 2006.
How to write a paper, Mike Ashby, 2005.
The elements of style, Strunk, W. and White, J. B.Whitesides Group: How to write a paper, Advanced Materials, 16, 1375 (2004).
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Comments to examination
Approved TEN1 and INL1; the latter will be presented both in written form and orally.
If the examination form is changed, the student will be examined according to the examination form that applied when the student was admitted to the course. If the course is completed, the student is given the opportunity to be examined on the course for another two academic years.