Interesting article studying writing journal articles

Last fall I looked at methods for improving the efficiency of MC simulations, and was pointed to the article, Efficient Monte Carlo methods for the computer simulation of biological molecules by Djamal Bouzida, Shankar Kumar, and Robert Swendsen.

A search of the author's names on Yahoo turned up a fascinating article by Ann Beakeslee, who studied the process of writing this paper. The article examines the interaction of the graduate student (Bouzida) and the advisor (Swendsen), covers the process of learning to write scientific papers, and looks at difficulties Bouzida faced as a novice.