Effective Strategies for Writing a Physical Review Letter

1. Gavin W Morley Department of Physics University of Warwick Diamond Science & Technology Centre for Doctoral Training, MSc course One way to write a paper

2. Writing a Physical Review Letter • Word • Use MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor • Use Endnote for references • LaTeX • Use REVTeX • Use BibTeX for references

3. Web of Science • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

4. Web of Science • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

5. Web of Science • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

6. Web of Science • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

7. Web of Science • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

8. MS Word • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

9. MS Word • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

10. MS Word • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

11. MS Word • Word (with MathType, not Word’s built-in equation editor) or LaTeX (using REVTeX)

12. Writing a Physical Review Letter • Figures and captions • Descriptive text • First 1-2 paragraphs of background • Abstract • Title

13. Writing a Physical Review Letter • Figures and captions • Descriptive text • First 1-2 paragraphs of background • Abstract • Title

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18. Writing a Physical Review Letter • Figures and captions • Descriptive text • First 1-2 paragraphs of background • Abstract • Title

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20. Writing a Physical Review Letter • Figures and captions • Descriptive text • First 1-2 paragraphs of background • Abstract • Title

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22. Writing a Physical Review Letter • Figures and captions • Descriptive text • First 1-2 paragraphs of background • Abstract • Title

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24. PRL word limit 3500 words including any text in the body of the article or a figure caption or a table caption. More details here: http://journals.aps.org/authors/length-guide

25. Writing a Physical Review Letter • Figures and captions • Descriptive text • First 1-2 paragraphs of background • Abstract • Title • Iterate!