NAR Paper

Overivew

The Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) paper in the annual database issue presents to the world our latest data and software developments. There is a long history of different authors and this page provides a place to find resources regarding the process.

NAR provides many instructions for writing the paper, important to review. A template is provided at this [link https://static.primary.prod.gcms.the-infra.com/static/site/nar/document/NAR-word-template.doc?node=26e3c0d5c8107f294d16&version=88906:481708ceb2b546dcfffa].

Presentations

• Cath wrote the paper in 2017 and put together a "Reflections: Writing the NAR" presentation with slides available here.
• Jairo wrote the paper in 2020 and put together a "Writing the NAR Update" presentation with slides available here.
• BrianL wrote the paper in 2021 and put together a "Writing the NAR Paper" slide deck available here.

Tips

Cath's 2017 tips seem pretty timeless for any potential NAR author.

Schedule

Here is a model reverse timeline schedule from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Note how it takes into account planned vacations to frame things in a realistic context.

Week end 9/Z: (9/15 Due)
Week end 9/Z:  (Labor Day Holiday)
Week end 9/Z:
Week end 8/Y: FINALIZED DRAFT TO ENTIRE TEAM
Week end 8/Y: 
Week end 8/Y:  DRAFT2  REVIEW TEAM_2
Week end 8/Y:  (Vacation_2 if planned 8/A-8/B)
Week end 7/X:  DRAFT1    REVIEW TEAM_1
Week end 7/X:  
Week end 7/X: (Vacation_1 if planned 7/A-7/B)
Week end 7/X:  (4th of July Holiday)
Week end 7/X:  (Week of Memorial Day Holiday)

Outline

Here is a conceptual skeleton outline to help launch things.

ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
NEW DATA IN THE GENOME BROWSER
-subsection 1
-subsection 2 
-subsection 3 - as makes sense
NEW SOFTWARE FEATURES IN THE GENOME BROWSER
-subsection 1
-subsection 2
-subsection 3 - as makes sense
FUTURE PLANS
OUTREACH AND CONTACT INFORMATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FUNDING
REFERENCES

References

There is an internal wikipage about using Zotero that can be helpful for references.