by Thomas Mejtoft, PhD
This page contains resources I’ve created for students to use during and after their studies at Umeå University, Sweden. All resources are freely available under a Creative Commons license. You’re very welcome to create derivatives, share them, or link to these pages.
Since I began publishing these notes and resources a few years ago, they’ve been used by students, teachers, researchers, and others around the world. It’s a true honor to see this material being helpful, and I encourage you to continue using and sharing it as you wish.
I chose to publish these resources openly rather than behind a closed educational platform because I believe they can support students, PhD candidates, and early career researchers through various stages of the writing process.
If you have feedback or would like to get in touch, please don’t hesitate to send me a message.
Notes on (scientific) writing
Some notes offering recommendations for overcoming common obstacles in the scientific writing process.
References and in-text citing
No 1: How to use figures from other sources
No 3: How to cite screenshots
No 2: References to secondary sources and review articles
No 4: Writing references to personal communication
No 5: Writing references to programming code
No 6: Citing content created by generative AI
Working with quotes in your writings
No 8: Master quotes in writing (with examples)
Crafting visual representations of your data
No 7: Designing understandable and honest data visualizations (with examples)
Feel free to send suggestions for changes or additions, or report errors in the notes above.
General material
Free stuff you might find handy from time to time.
Guidelines for discussion
These guidelines are based on 20 years of experience in running workshops and creating discussions within both industry and academia.
Illustration of the Design Thinking Development process (CC license)
Feel free to create derivatives and share them!
LaTeX and BibTeX
Some tips and tricks for using LaTeX in writing, along with guidance on the structure and use of BibTeX.
LaTeX writing tips
References using BibTeX
Feel free to send suggestions for changes or additions, or report errors in the documents above.
Review forms
Forms (in .docx format) for providing feed-forward during the review of draft papers, as well as final papers, theses, and reports.
Draft review form (for review during draft stage)
Paper review form (for review of submitted papers)
Feel free to create derivatives and share them!
Online lecture series
Writing academic papers
A series of lectures on how to write reports and academic papers. Originally created for engineering students, but is for everyone interested in shaping their writing skills.
Writing reports and academic papers
Classical mechanics
A series of video lectures on classical mechanics, tailored for students in computer engineering, recorded at the Interactive Recording Studio (IReS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Prototyping
A series of video lectures on prototyping, created at Umeå University and recorded at the Interactive Recording Studio (IReS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Research papers
A complete list of publications I have contributed to over the years.
Many research papers are available Open Access (freely accessible). If you are unable to access a paper, feel free to contact me for a free copy.
(First published by Thomas Mejtoft: 2019-06-14; Revised: 2022-05-10; Last updated: 2025-09-15)