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P. R. Naren
School of Chemical & Biotechnology (SCBT)
SASTRA University
Thanjavur, Tamilnadu 613 401 INDIA
Best Practices in Communication of Science
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What we will learn today
• Communication
• Science
• Practices
• Best
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Objective of Communication
• Purpose or message• Clarity• Sequential arrangement or information flow• Reader should be able to decipher the information
Communicating Science• Translating principles, theories and mathematical
connotations into prose • Documentation
– The story of
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Focus
Consistency is the key
One can offer to be wrong but not inconsistent
Standards and Conventions
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Manifestations
• Written– Reports– Thesis– Dissertation– Abstracts– Journal article– Journal paper– Manuscripts– Progress reports– Proposals– Posters– Presentations
Anything we write and wish someone to read
• Oral– Lectures– Talks – Speech– Oration
and so forth
Anything we write with an objective and wish
someone to read and understand
Comprehend
So doAnswer Scripts
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Attributes of Written Communication
• Reader should be able to comprehend the purpose
• Reproducibility
– Give all necessary and sufficient details to the minute
detail to be able to reproduce results !
– All information required for reproduction of data should be
available with the author !!!!
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Typical Format
• Title • Table of contents• List of Figures• List of Tables• Abstract• Introduction• Motivation !!!• Objective !!!• Methodology• Literature survey / Previous
study
• Experimental setup• Materials and Methods• Mathematical Model• Operating procedure• Results and discussion• Conclusion• Nomenclature• References• Annexure / Supplementary
material• Acknowledgements
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Writing Style
• Different sections are written in different styles– Literature survey / Previous studies Past tense– Global facts Present tense– Experimental, materials, methods, Results and discussion
Past tense Note we are writing after we have done the work !!
– Proposals Present tense / future tense
– Active voice and Passive voice conflicts
Past tense is easy to handle
If in doubt, maintain same tense in all sections (consistency !!)
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Formulae and Equations
• Use standard notations and symbols • Don’t develop YOUR own SI system !!!
• “Kg”, “KJ” A blunder !!!! Its “kg”, “kJ”• sec • Co and CO are different
• H2O does not exists !!!! All that exists is H2O
• Refer http://www.bipm.org/en/si/
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More on Formulae and Equations
• H2 + 1/2O2 does not give H2O
• H2 + ½ O2 H2O
• Expressions, Formulae, Equations are not sentences !!! So write equations with their mathematical integrity and readability
• dC/dt = k C^2• dC/dt = k * C
2dCk C
dtdC
k Cdt
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Least Count
• Decimal places
• Least count• Accuracy• Truncation error
– When to truncate
• Round off the answer and not each and every step of your calculation !!
• Use parametric sensitivity analysis in regression
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Experimental data
• Indicate least count of the measuring instrument• Error bars
An experiment data without error bars is unfit and totally absurd
• Convention– Experimental data Symbols or points– Simulated or model data, regression Lines
Why so?
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Graphs
• Graphical representation of data– Effective means of science communication– Helps to comprehend the theory better– Figure caption should be comprehensive and be a
standalone title
Data represented poorly
Information lost !!
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Graphical Representation
Experimental data are discrete information
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Error Bars Illustration
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More on Regression
• Which is a good fit ? And why??
y = 0.4822x3 - 4.2524x2 + 11.065x - 6.452R² = 0.9453
y = 0.2107x + 1.036R² = 0.1076
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Citations
• Cite whatever is not YOUR own !!!– Practitioners of science should also practice honesty !– We are not honouring the author – It is our DUTY to cite the author !!!!
• Standards– Author followed by year of publication– Serial number of the quoted publication in the reference list
• Author – Date format– For single author publication
Last name (family name) followed by year
– For two authors Last name (family name) of both the authors followed by year
– More than two authors Last name (family name) of the first author, followed by “et al.” and then year
– Never include initials, first name (given name)
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Examples for Citations
• Sharma (1978) investigated the effect of surfactants on gas holdup.
• The increase in interfacial area was found to be 10% (Carberry and Varma, 1982).
• Kinetics of agglomeration in sugar solution was reported by Shah et al. (1990).
• Effect of surfactant on viscosity is widely reported (Sharma, 1978; Carberry and Varma, 1982; Shah et al. 1990)
• Effect of surfactant on viscosity is widely reported (Shah et al. 1990; Carberry and Varma, 1982; Sharma, 1978)
– Follow the timeline while quoting multiple references !!
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Reference List
• All works/publications cited in the text/report should be included in the reference list
• The purpose of reference list is to make the reader LOCATE the cited work
• All required and sufficient information to locate the cited work should be provided– Author name, title of work/paper, source of publication or journal, volume no,
issue no, page no
• Follow the standard– Author – date, arranged in alphabetical order
– Serial no
• Journal abbreviations– Refer http://www.cas.org/expertise/cascontent/caplus/corejournals.html
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Examples for Reference List
• Chilton, T. H. and Colburn, A. P. (1931). Pressure drop in packed tubes.
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 23, 913 – 919.
• Treybal, R. E. (1957). Liquid extraction. Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry, 49, 514 – 526.
• Liu, Z., Shi,S. and Li, Y. (2010). Coal liquefaction technologies –
Development in China and challenges in chemical reaction engineering.
Chemical Engineering Science, 65, 12 – 17.
• Froment G. F. and Bischoff, K. B. (1979). Chemical reactor analysis and
design. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Something is wrong here !!!
Alphabetical arrangement
Indent from second line
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Revised Reference List
• Chilton, T. H. and Colburn, A. P. (1931). Pressure drop in packed tubes.
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 23, 913 – 919.
• Froment G. F. and Bischoff, K. B. (1979). Chemical reactor analysis and
design. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
• Liu, Z., Shi,S. and Li, Y. (2010). Coal liquefaction technologies –
Development in China and challenges in chemical reaction
engineering. Chemical Engineering Science, 65, 12 – 17.
• Treybal, R. E. (1957). Liquid extraction. Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry, 49, 514 – 526.
What the purpose ???
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Journal Papers
http://journalseek.net/
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For Web References
• Provide complete URL and specify the date
– Web content is dynamic !!!
• URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_flow_reactor_model, 26 August
2011
• Web references are not primary references
– They can supportive but cannot stand alone !!!!
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The Golden Principle
• Cite only those references which you can trace yourself
first !!!
• You should have access to every cited text/work/journal
publication– Hard copy
Library
In your personal repository
– Soft copy
– Bare minimum, should know in which library it is available and you
should have atleast “seen” it before you “cite it”
If NOT then please DON’T CITE
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Documentation
• Store all documents in a proper organized fashion• Retrievable at any point in time !!!
– 1 year, 10 years or 100 years !!!– By the creator and by the user as well !!
• Develop your own format for data storage and stick to it !!!– Follow – Segregate files into different groups
• Naming of documents– Should reflect version change– Don’t replace
best-practice-v1-25Aug11.ppt, best-practice-v2-25Aug11.ppt best-practice-01-25Aug.doc, best-practice-02-25Aug.doc
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Naming Convention..
• Untitled1.doc, new-microsoft-word.doc, new-microsoft-word-
copy.doc, Untitled(1).doc, 2.pdf are totally ABSURD
• Avoid underscore, document name starting with numbers,
blank space in names
– Use hypen “-” as separators
• Avoid long file names
Idea is to enable easy and efficient tracking !!
You can be creative but not irrational
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In Conclusion
A poorly written document
– Does not signify poor command on English
– It reflects ambiguity in our understanding of the content
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What we did today
The Experience - blunders, mistake and learning !!
Smart !!! Advantage !!!
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THANK YOU
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
- Albert Einstein - 1879 -1955
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Acknowledgements
• Dr. Vivek V. Ranade, NCL, Pune
• iFMg Members (My friends and colleagues)
• ICT (formerly UDCT) Mumbai, fraternity
THANKS and GRATITUDE
And many others who enriched my science communication skills