1. How to be published a SCI paper
Dashlkhumbe Byamba, MD. PhD
Department of Dermatology
Yonsei University College of Medicine

2. From Research to Publication

3. The process of submitting a paper
Structure Write the
the paper paper clearly
Choose a
journal
Assemble the
manuscript
Revise and
resubmit
-Paper accepted Submit and
and published correspond with
the journal

4. Select possible journals
(ask yourself)
What type of article
How will the
information be used
What is your most
important message
Who is your audience (choose whether)
Match your intended audience, message, and use with those of the journals

5. Structure of the scientific paper
o Preliminary material
 Covering letter, title page, abstract, key words,
abbreviations disclosure
o Main text
 Body of paper, introduction, methods results
discussion, acknowledgement
o Supporting material
 Reference, figures, tables, images, supplementary
material

6. Part of the scientific paper
o The introduction
 Should be brief and concise background information on
the topic
o The result section
 should briefly present the experimental data in text
o The discussion
 should focus on the interpretation and significance of
the findings with concise objective comments that
describe their relation to other work in the area.
It should not repeat information in Results

7. Clear writing increases the chance your paper will
o Tips for writing clearly
o Keep sentence short
o Avoid wordiness
o Use abbreviation thoughtfully
o Write in the active voice
o Use “I” and “We” where appropriate
o Use positive wording
o Avoid weak words and heavy nouns
o Use modifiers logically

8. Tense in science writing
o Tips for writing the tense
 The introduction and discussion are written in the
present tense
 The methods and results are written in the past tense

9. Fundamentals
1. Accuracy ( 정확성 )
2. Objectivity ( 객관성타당성 )
3. Impartiality ( 공정성 )
4. Verifiability ( 추증성 )
5. Readability ( 평이성 )
6. Originality ( 창의성 )

10. Summary: Choosing an appropriate journal
Identify your Use available
audience and resources to find
most important possible journals
message
Match audience,
message, journal
scope, and article type
Select journal and Consider impact
write article as factor, acceptance
required by journal rate, timeline and
instruction other factors

11. Strategies for identifying potential journals
o Surf the net …
o Such as http://ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/-->Impact
factor
o Free english editing service
o http://www.eworldediting.com/
o http://www.biosciencewriters.com/

12. Journal impact factor
o Thompson Reuters ISI Web of knowledge
o A semiquantitative method to rank journals
o Based on 2 measurements
o Number of citations in the current year to items published
in the previous 2 years (numerator)
o Number of substantive articles and reviews published in
the same 2 years (denominator)
Useful for comparing within a field, but is inaccurate for
comparing between fields.

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14. Identify your audience
o Who would interest in your article?
o Basic scientists in your field
o Researchers in other fields
o Clinicians
o Pharmaceutical companies
o Public health organizations
o Government agencies

15. Identify your most important message
Does your work:
o Offer new data or a new perspective
o Describe new treatment or a variation
o Explain a biological process or a mechanism
that causes a disease
o Describe a new or different use of technology
o Confirm or contradict current thinking

16. How will the information in your article be used
o Clinical decision making
o Understanding mechanism of disease or
biological process
o Drug development
o Clinical trials
o Advances in technology
o Government or public health policy

17. When selecting a journal
o Once you identify possible journals, read their
journal instructions to see whether
o Your intended audience matches their audience
o Your planned manuscript fits a type of article
published by the journal
o The acceptance rate and impact factor are
relevant to you

18. Structure the abstract
o Introduction
o Methodology (referring to previous work )
o Result
o Discussion
o Supporting materials

19. 4 properties to consider when choosing a journal
1. Journal’s prestige of impact
2. “Fit” between your goals and the journal’s
objectives and scope
3. Journal’s visibility
4. Review cycle

20. Topics to be discussed
Choosing the most appropriate journals
Structure of a scientific paper
Protocol writing
Effective science writing
Assembling the manuscript for submission
Covering letter
The review process

21. Parts of the scientific papers
o Abstract (concise and specific)
o Introduction (clear rational and objective)
o Methodology (organized logically and written clearly)
o Result (data and comparisons explained clearly)
o Discussion (interpret the data and focus on
mechanisms)