Scientific writing

Petr Karlovsky

Resources labeled (Restricted access) can be accessed from the university network or via GWDG proxy but not from your home!

Open Access initiatives

• DFG: Open Access Guidelines
• Open Access Germany mit DFG-Unterstützung
• Washington D.C. Principles For Free Access to Science
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access
• Budapest Open Access Initiative
• Open Access-Politik der Universität Göttingen (pdf)

Coverage in databases

• PubMed
• ISI Web of Knowledge/Web of Science  (Restricted access)
• AGRICOLA
• Google scholar - advanced search

Impact of scientific journals

• ISI Impact Factor (Journal Citation Report) (Restricted access)
• Effect of Open Access on journal impact
• Most viewed articles on BioMed Central
  (or just type "BMC Your Name" in Google")

Recommended open source software

• ISIS Draw or ChemSketch for chemical formulas
• GIMP: high-end image processing
• LibreOffice: one of the best office suits available
• BioEdit: low-end sequence analysis and presentation
• Zotero: powerful open-source bibliographic system

Further material

Traditional scientific publishing

  ... Copyright
        ... Can I put a reprint of my paper on my website?
              ... Elsevier forced to allow self-archiving

        ... Creative Commons