How to write any scientific text

https://weitzlab.seas.harvard.edu/files/weitzlab/files/131.5_weitzlab_guide_to_good_paper_writing_10-2012.pdf

Latex madlips article template: https://www.overleaf.com/read/kmvdcphrtfjy


How to make figures

http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003833

• Use this colormap for lines: first colors Blue, Blueish green and Vermillon (=blue-green-red) and avoid yellow

http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/image/pallete.jpg

• maximize new data per ink ratio (every drop of ink tells something new, do not repeat unnecessary colors or elements)
• Labels: variables are with italics, then two spaces and then units in square brackets (standard in physics)
• Minimize white area in plots by adjusting axis range
  • lower left corner is origin (0,0) if possible
  • 0 is marked as 0 not as 0.0 or 0.00
• In multiple curves, mark curve labels above each curve with the curve color
  • avoid legends as they are not intuitive
  • with multiple panels (a,b,c) do NOT repeat labels or legends
• if there is a parameter sweep, mark the increase of parameter with an arrow over the curves
• aspect ratio of axis = golden ratio
• figure width = 88 mm (width of PRL two column format)
  • text size 11 or 12 points (this is about 4 mm)
  • in powerpoint: 24pt with standard slide size (10″ by 7.5″)
• show all four axis (left right top bottom)
• label panels in top right corner with bold face a, b, c, d, etc…
  • or a) or (a)