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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Writing in the Sciences by Stanford University

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About the Course

This course teaches scientists to become more effective writers, using practical examples and exercises. Topics include: principles of good writing, tricks for writing faster and with less anxiety, the format of a scientific manuscript, peer review, grant writing, ethical issues in scientific publication, and writing for general audiences....

Top reviews

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Jan 11, 2023

The best course I attain in Coursera. I struggled a lot to write my first manuscript and it took a lot of time. This course is beneficial for all scientific students. I highly recommended this course.

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Aug 25, 2020

A very helpful course. My writing has improved significantly in these 8 weeks. I highly recommend this course to everyone. Thank you Dr. Kristin Sainani and Coursera for bringing this course together.

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By Ebtihal M

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Jan 10, 2023

Amazing course with a very creative and great instructor. Helped me so much in my master's thesis.

By Margareth G

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Jan 10, 2022

I really enjoyed participating in the course! It is already helping me to write an article better.

By Jonathan C

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Mar 4, 2021

Great course! I have greater confidence writing scientific papers. Thank you for a great course!

By Taghreed F M A

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Mar 3, 2021

This is a very creative and helpful course. I am very happy take part in this course. Thanks alot.

By Sirajuddin A

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Jan 3, 2021

The instructional videos were quite engaging and taught the best methods to write in the sciences.

By Amanda H

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Jul 31, 2020

Very useful to me as a DNP student, especially the first several sessions, as I write my proposal.

By Shuja A

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Jul 15, 2020

This course must be made compulsory for anyone who want to pursue career in research and academia.

By melanie t

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Jan 1, 2020

This course was good and a great refresher for someone who has been out of the field for sometime.

By Fatma M M

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Dec 23, 2019

This course was excellent and explain all important information that needed in writing in science.

By Anthony A

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Feb 17, 2024

I am an academic copy editor with many years' experience and even I found this course worthwhile.

By Verónica S

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Feb 27, 2023

An incredible experience and opportunity. I learned a lot, it is not wasted, thank you very much.

By Milad K

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Dec 31, 2022

That's a wonderful course. I wish I had taken this course in the first semester of my MSc degree.

By Sabine T

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Jun 2, 2022

Excellent course which teaches the essentials of scientific writing. I enjoyed this course a lot.

By Lavanaya N

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Sep 3, 2021

I liked the course. All the classes provided me agreat idea about editing for clarity and brevity

By Shagun S

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Sep 3, 2021

It is great start for beginners for writing. I learned a lot and Kristin is an excellent speaker.

By Abu B P

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Sep 20, 2020

It's been an excellent experience going through this course. Absolutely loved it and learnt alot.

By Ahmed E

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Jun 16, 2020

It is amazing course and must for everyone who want to start, improve on his scientific writings.

By Carlos S

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Jun 8, 2020

Excellent! Very well organizes. I recommend this course to every student, postdoc in the academy.

By Elisa B

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May 9, 2020

This course was very interesting and full of great tips. it really helped me write better! thanks

By Paris M

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Aug 28, 2018

Incredibly informative and concise. The tools and guidance from this course will help my writing.

By Suellen D

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Nov 10, 2024

This was a challenging course that allowed be to make improvements in the content that I create.

By Jigme T

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Nov 16, 2022

I found this very informative. I recommend to anyone looking to polish their scientific writing.

By Shiny L

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Oct 9, 2022

Thank You so much Kristin for this amazing course. Lots of Love and All the best for your life!

By Dasari A

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Apr 22, 2022

Excellent course. Which will cover all essential information on scientific writing and much more

By Fatemeh G

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Apr 22, 2022

Best course ever! The instructor throughly explained everything, and I enjoyed the whole course!