3. How to publish?
• Know – what is published!
• Read literature, journals.
• Attend conferences, interact with peers and
faculty.
• Maintain records and clinical images.
• Review your records periodically.
• Develop a research plan.
5. Writing for publication
• Write for a specific audience.
• Research the market.
• Target the Journal.
– Indexing-Pubmed.
– Impact factor.
– Subject specific.
• Different from Thesis writing.
6. Writing Tips
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Use journal checklist, instruction to authors.
Be simple and concise.
Do not write complex sentences.
Know your audience, know your subject, know
your purpose of writing.
• If your writing can be interpreted in more than
one ways, its wrong.
• Identify an ideal article from the selected journal.
11. Introduction
• Make general statements about the subject.
• Present an overview of the current research
project.
12. Body
• How was the research question
addressed(Material & Methods)
• What was found(Results)
13. Discussion
• Comparison of results with previously
published studies.
• Conclusions from the result with summary of
evidence for each result.
• Proposed follow up research paper.
15. Images and Animation
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Good quality- are not pixilated.
Identity of patient not to be revealed.
Long term follow up.
Images /Videos showing function.
Video clips/animation images.
21. Review process
• Common causes of rejection:
– Not adhering to journal formatting/word
count/other guidelines.
– Papers focus is not within the scope of the journal.
22. What does a reviewer look for?
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Journals have their guidelines.
Originality of work.
Novelty of the concept.
Coverage of relevant literature.
Clarity of writing- readability,
organisation,clarity of thoughts, technical
quality of the paper.
• Appropriate title and abstract.
23. • Sound conclusion and relevant discussion.
• Length of paper relative to its usefulness.
• Appropriate use of Clinical images.
