Ten simple rules for scientists: Improving your writing productivity

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
² Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
³ Stanford Biosciences Grant Writing Academy, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.

Editorial

Todd C Peterson et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 4;14(10):e1006379.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006379. eCollection 2018 Oct.

¹ Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
² Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.
³ Stanford Biosciences Grant Writing Academy, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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