Here is a very good guide on scientific wirting from Bates College

How to Write A Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format

http://abacus.bates.edu/~ganderso/biology/...ing/HTWtoc.html

Should know this too

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication


http://www.icmje.org/

Somebody else just posted this link on another list I belong to:

http://www.akademisyen.com/author/

Instruction to Authors For + 15.000 Journals

cheers,

Marj