Good practices for making effective scientific figures

科学绘图技巧

This is a presentation I gave in the department in March 2014 and again in February 2016, intending to help our students improve their skills in scientific illustration. The presentation is a work in progress. Your suggestions are welcome.

Good (and bad) practices for effective scientific illustration (Last updated Feb 24, 2016)

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• David Schultz’s book Eloquent science and his blog
• Karlin’s Guidelines for preparing effective scientific graphs
• Buckingham (2008), Effective scientific illustrations
• Rolandi et al. (2011), A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper
• PSU College of Earth & Mineral Sciences, Style for students
• Color Brewer v2.0