The Nature Network journal club for well written papers, called the good paper journal club, has received seven nominations of papers in its first three weeks. The papers are each listed at the Nature Network group’s forum, so you can comment on each one and how well or badly you feel it succeeds in conveying its message. In addition, the papers are collected as Connotea online bookmarks, using the tag “good paper journal club”. We welcome your own nominations, both at Connotea and at the Nature Network journal club. Here’s an example:
Functional genomic Analysis of C. elegans Molting
“I like both the Introduction and Discussion of this paper because they lead the reader logically through several facets of the study – in the Introduction, moving from general information to specific finding, and in the Discussion, moving from important finding to the new significance of the study. (While closer editing would sharpen the sentences, on the structural level I think that the paper works well.)”
Connotea tag for good paper journal club is here. Please add your own examples of well-written papers as online bookmarks, so others can access and read them.
Time for a Change blog is here, containing examples of good and poor writing style, and related discussion.