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The way I write a paper for "curious, interested layman" is different than the way I write for experts. It's hard to keep both in mind when writing. Laymen, fo
by dalke 6y ago
The way I write a paper for "curious, interested layman" is different than the way I write for experts. It's hard to keep both in mind when writing.
Laymen, for example, might need some figures to help understand a topic that experts internalized years ago.
I prefer having occasional well-written review papers, meant for getting non-experts up to speed. Then the domain experts - who are often not experts at writing for laymen - can refer people to those review papers, possibly also with a history delta for what's new since the review.
"For a comprehensive review, see" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22for+a+comprehensive+review+see%22 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22for+a+comprehensive+...
- bumby 6y agoThere's an added difficulty of writing to "tangential experts". I've had papers in the past that were 'tweeners, between two related but different fields. Depending on the audience, background information was needed that may be tedious for the other group.
- pc86 6y agoDoes content like this ever get published in two different journals, for different audiences, with different intro/lit reviews?
- bumby 6y agoAs far as I know, not really. Most journals require you to not submit to another journal until they've made a decision to reject so you can't submit to multiple. Even though they may have different intros, they’re presenting the same data.