The Five Most Common Problems with Introductions

Source: https://scribemedia.com/write-book-introduction/The introduction is often the toughest part of a scientific paper to write. Authors looking for good role models in the published literature are often seduced by less-than-ideal examples that look superficially good and easy to emulate, but are not as effective as they could be. Here, I indicate five of the most common […]

Should you cite operational numerical weather prediction models?

A colleague asked me a question about whether it was necessary to cite any published literature on numerical weather prediction models in your scientific papers. My response follows. I don’t have a rule, and the American Meteorological Society doesn’t either. I’ve seen papers with these models cited and other papers where they are not. My […]

Why do good papers get few citations?

Have you ever looked at Google Scholar or your ISI Web of Science scores and wondered who was citing your papers and why were they citing them? After thinking a bit more about why certain papers on my CV have received as much or as little attention through citation, I decided it was time to […]

Will asking a question get your science paper cited more?

My friend Jim Steenburgh over at Wasatch Weather Weenies alerted me to this column in the Guardian newspaper. The column points out something that we scientists may know but forget from time to time: factors other than the quality of the science determine whether and how often our articles get cited by others. Among the […]