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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | ix | ||
| Foreword | v | ||
| Acknowledgements | vii | ||
| Chapter 1 Before you Write | 1 | ||
| 1.1 Keeping Up-to-Date With the Literature | 2 | ||
| 1.2 As You Read, Understand the Levels of Scientific Evidence | 6 | ||
| 1.3 Understanding Your Own Research | 8 | ||
| 1.4 Some Notes on Ethical Conduct | 8 | ||
| 1.4.1 Conduct Your Research Ethically | 9 | ||
| 1.4.2 Write Your Paper Ethically | 9 | ||
| 1.4.3 Disclose All Possible Conflicts of Interest, Mostly Financial Ones | 10 | ||
| 1.5 Some Notes on Choosing Your Co-authors | 10 | ||
| Chapter 2 Choosing your Target Journal | 13 | ||
| 2.1 What Can We Learn from the Journal’s “Aims and Scope”? | 14 | ||
| 2.1.1 Topics, Article Types and Readership | 14 | ||
| 2.1.2 Mode of Access | 15 | ||
| 2.1.3 Editorial Board and Journal Metrics | 16 | ||
| 2.2 A Note on “Predatory Journals” | 16 | ||
| 2.3 Define Your Publication Goals and Prepare a Ranked List of Publication Targets | 18 | ||
| 2.3.1 Study Topic and Field of Research | 18 | ||
| 2.3.2 Online Journal-Selecting Search Engines | 19 | ||
| 2.3.3 Time to Publication | 19 | ||
| 2.4 Informed Reading of the Journal’s Guidelines for Authors | 21 | ||
| Chapter 3 The Methods Section | 25 | ||
| 3.1 How Much to Elaborate | 26 | ||
| 3.2 Writing Style for the Methods Section | 26 | ||
| 3.2.1 Sub-sections | 26 | ||
| 3.2.2 Tense and Voice | 26 | ||
| 3.2.3 Units | 27 | ||
| 3.2.4 Nomenclature | 27 | ||
| 3.3 Research Involving Animals | 28 | ||
| 3.4 Prospective Clinical Research | 30 | ||
| 3.4.1 Study Protocol | 30 | ||
| 3.4.2 Study Design and Population | 30 | ||
| 3.4.3 Procedures and Research Tools | 31 | ||
| 3.5 Retrospective Medical Record Studies | 32 | ||
| 3.5.1 Data Source | 32 | ||
| 3.5.2 Ethical Approval and Data Collection Procedure | 33 | ||
| 3.6 Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta Analyses | 33 | ||
| 3.7 Studies Involving Questionnaires | 34 | ||
| 3.8 Case Reports and Case Series | 36 | ||
| Chapter 4 The Results Section | 39 | ||
| 4.1 Reviewing Your Results, Are You There Yet? | 40 | ||
| 4.2 How Many Potential Papers Do You Have? | 41 | ||
| 4.3 Structure of the Results Section | 42 | ||
| 4.4 Visual Aids | 44 | ||
| 4.4.1 Cross-Referencing | 44 | ||
| 4.4.2 Visual Aid Structure | 44 | ||
| 4.4.3 Captions and Legends | 45 | ||
| 4.5 Instructions for Authors | 46 | ||
| 4.6 Writing Style | 47 | ||
| 4.7 Some Notes on Ethical Result Presentation | 49 | ||
| Chapter 5 The Introduction | 53 | ||
| 5.1 Search Engines for Biomedical Literature | 54 | ||
| 5.1.1 Availability | 54 | ||
| 5.1.2 Types of Literature | 54 | ||
| 5.1.3 Full Text of Articles | 56 | ||
| 5.2 Tips for Effective PubMed Searching | 57 | ||
| 5.2.1 Filtering Results | 57 | ||
| 5.2.2 Related Searches | 57 | ||
| 5.2.3 Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) | 57 | ||
| 5.2.4 Related Articles | 58 | ||
| 5.2.5 Cited By | 58 | ||
| 5.3 The Structure of the Introduction Section | 59 | ||
| 5.3.1 Context | 59 | ||
| 5.3.2 Need | 59 | ||
| 5.3.3 Task | 60 | ||
| 5.3.4 Preparation for the Text Body | 60 | ||
| 5.4 Style | 61 | ||
| 5.5 References | 61 | ||
| Chapter 6 The Discussion | 65 | ||
| 6.1 Give an Overview of your Main Results | 66 | ||
| 6.2 Interpret your Results | 66 | ||
| 6.3 Compare your Findings to Those of Others | 67 | ||
| 6.4 Limitations | 67 | ||
| 6.5 The Conclusion | 68 | ||
| 6.6 Future Directions | 68 | ||
| Chapter 7 The Abstract and Title | 71 | ||
| 7.1 Writing Your Abstract | 72 | ||
| 7.2 The Content of the Abstract | 73 | ||
| 7.2.1 The Results Sub-Section | 73 | ||
| 7.2.2 The Methods Sub-Section | 74 | ||
| 7.2.3 The Background Sub-Section | 75 | ||
| 7.2.4 The Conclusion | 76 | ||
| 7.3 Writing Style for the Abstract | 76 | ||
| 7.4 The Title of the Article | 77 | ||
| Chapter 8 When you have a Full Draft | 79 | ||
| 8.1 The Two Types of Pre-submission Review: Scientific Review and Editorial Review | 80 | ||
| 8.2 Notes on Writing a Scientific Paper With Multiple Co-authors\r | 82 | ||
| 8.2.1 The Owner of the Article | 82 | ||
| 8.2.2 Areas of Responsibility | 83 | ||
| 8.2.3 Work Process Including Timelines | 83 | ||
| 8.3 Finalizing your Paper and Preparing it for Submission | 84 | ||
| 8.3.1 Proofreading | 84 | ||
| 8.3.2 Ensuring Adherence to Instructions for Authors | 87 | ||
| 8.4 The Title Page | 89 | ||
| 8.5 The Letter to the Editor | 91 | ||
| 8.6 Suggesting Potential Reviewers | 91 | ||
| 8.7 The Online-submission Process | 92 | ||
| 8.7.1 An Important Note on Author Identification | 94 | ||
| Chapter 9 Following Submission | 97 | ||
| 9.1 The Decision-Making Process in a Scientific Journal\r | 98 | ||
| 9.2 Peer Review\r | 99 | ||
| 9.3 The Different Types of Reviewer Responses | 102 | ||
| 9.3.1 Accept as Submitted | 102 | ||
| 9.3.2 Reject | 102 | ||
| 9.3.3 Minor or Major Corrections Needed | 103 | ||
| 9.4 Revising Your Paper | 104 | ||
| 9.4.1 Comment: Missing Information in the Article | 104 | ||
| 9.4.2 Comment: The Sample Size is Too Small | 105 | ||
| 9.4.3 Comments: Missing Important References, Stylistic or Grammatical Errors in the Article, Graphs / Images are not Clear | 106 | ||
| 9.4.4 Comment: Results are not In-line with the Reviewer’s Own Knowledge and Background Information\r | 106 | ||
| 9.4.5 Comment: There are Flaws in the Design or Performance of the Study | 107 | ||
| 9.5 Revising Your Paper in Case of Submission to an Alternative Target Journal | 107 | ||
| 9.6 After Acceptance | 108 | ||
| 9.6.1 Fees | 108 | ||
| 9.6.2 Publishing Agreement | 108 | ||
| 9.6.3 Approving Proofs | 109 | ||
| 9.6.4 Online Publication and Increasing Your Paper’s Visibility | 110 | ||
| Chapter 10 Abbreviations and Terms | 113 | ||
| 10.1 Glossary of Abbreviations | 113 | ||
| 10.2 Index of Terms | 115 | ||
| References | 117 |