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A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper

  1. Marco Rolandi1,*,
  2. Karen Cheng2,
  3. Sarah Pérez-Kriz3

Article first published online: 26 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201102518

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 23, Issue 38, pages 4343–4346, October 11, 2011

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Rolandi, M., Cheng, K. and Pérez-Kriz, S. (2011), A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper. Adv. Mater., 23: 4343–4346. doi: 10.1002/adma.201102518

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  1. 1

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

  2. 2

    Division of Design, Visual Communication Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

*Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 SEP 2011
  2. Article first published online: 26 AUG 2011
  3. Manuscript Received: 1 JUL 2011

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Figures are an essential part of the scientific paper. Scientists often learn how to create figures by trial and error. A scientist, a graphic designer, and a cognitive psychologist have teamed up to write a brief guide to ease this process. This guide, aimed at researchers in scientific fields, provides an easy-to-follow set of instructions to design effective figures.

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