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Questions tagged [graphics]

Queries related to graphical representations in academic publications, documents, or websites.

Illustrations, visualizations, graphs, etc. play a major role in academic publications. This tag addresses queries related to proper use, format, and suitability of graphical representations in academic publications.

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Why am I requested to compile my figure files with 300 DPI?

I will submit an article to Geoscientific Model Development, and the submission instructions requests that I ensure that my figure files are "compiled as *.pdf, *.ps, *.eps, *.jpg, *.png, or *.tif files with a resolution of 300 dpi" before I submit…
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What can I do to make figures I've created generally available so others can use them?

I have spend over a day making beautiful figures in Tikz for project proposal seminar. The figure are beautiful (the code is not). These figures are to an extent reusable, since they are about existing well known methods. I didn't use the diagrams…
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How much time should I spend on illustrations?

I am in the process of publishing my first paper in geosciences. I have developed a model for the paper and now I want to create 8 figures. However, already I've been working on it for 2-3 weeks (for 4 figures) and can't get anything else done. How…
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Commission an animation to explain a scientific concept?

I have a particularly difficult scientific concept, which, with the use of an animation, I think I could make very clear. I have some experience making little movies from piecing together figure snapshots, but in this case I lack the skills (and…
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Is a graphic that shows mainly code a listing or a figure?

I am using the following (graphical) element in a document to introduce the concept of a linear revision control history: Once printed, it is, by definition, a listing ("a printed list of lines of computer code") . Actually, three listings. But…
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Should I insert a colour bar if arbitrary units are used?

In a journal article, is it advisable to insert a colour bar (i.e. an explication of the colour scale) in a figure if arbitrary units are used? If the colour order is already stated in the legend, does a colour bar add additional information in this…
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Should I add a color calibration target to some figures in a scientific paper?

I have to say first that I am not very familiar with the world of color rendering in computer graphics, I am more closer to a physical approach of the phenomenon. My problem is that I am writing a scientific paper in which we are recreating the…
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Duke University Library Logo

I am not sure if this question is within the scope of this community, but I am rather dumbfounded by the logo of Duke University Libraries, which can be found near the bottom left corner of its homepage. To me, this looks like the profile of a…
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Question on Figures in PhD Dissertations

I am in the early stages of thinking how to structure and write my dissertation. In the course of doing so, I have been spending a lot of time reviewing unpublished dissertations via my universities library service. One thing I have noticed is that…
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How do you adjust the size of figures for a journal paper?

As you know figures in a journal paper must have a specific width (e.g. column width or full paper width), however, adjusting the figure size after plotting it changes the resolution and makes the font sizes non-uniform and often inappropriate…
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Is it common practice to insert images at the top of a page?

This is not a question about how to insert images at the top, but rather asking whether or not this is common practice. The template I've received from my university automatically inserts figures at the top of a page if no other flags are given…
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Computer science framework software

Is there some standard software for creating framework diagrams for computer science such as this or this. I know powerpoint can do some things like this, and I have been using illustrator. However, I was wondering if there was something like the…
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