
6 Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists
These kinds of technical publications vary widely in authority and in rapid-
ity of publication. Authority refers to the reliability of the scientic content,
which tends to be much higher if manuscripts submitted for publication
are reviewed by technical peers and tends to be much lower if the writing
is not peer reviewed. The speed with which material gets published is an
important consideration of the timeliness of its content (Figure1.3).
Peer review takes many months, often a year or more for very complex
technical material. Therefore, any research ndings must be ...