Manuscript writing

Acta Med Indones, 2007

2017

Medical researchers work hard to perform high-quality research to generate and share knowledge for the betterment of humanity and advancement of science. For any credible research, it is essential that the research must be based upon the innovative hypothesis, robust methodology and appropriate statistical methods. The researcher then compiles the data and discusses its practical and theoretical implications in the manuscript, which is then shaped according to certain peer-reviewed medical journal’s guidelines and submitted for publication. However, for many medical researchers manuscript preparation and submission are the most difficult parts of the research. Several deficiencies have been increasingly observed by the medical journal editors in the preparation of the manuscripts submitted by the researchers. The poor quality of the research manuscript not only leads to its rejection by the journals but also makes editor’s job extremely difficult. An innovative study with a...

International Journal on Biomedicine and Healthcare, 2022

Background: Scientific research is the only real way and method for the proliferation of true knowledge in all spheres of science, but also in academic institutions. Medical, and in a broader sense biomedical scientific research, is a process

Archive of Oncology, 2003

The author maintains that a physician must publish because the knowledge is property of the entire mankind, because scientific journals offer the most reliable (medical) information, and because the process of publishing serves also as a final education of true experts. Publishing can become relatively easy if the investigation is properly planned and the report is adequately written. Both should be a joint effort of all authors of the study. It is easier to publish in clinical than in preclinical research field for at least seven reasons: 1) in clinical work the variety of patients stimulate formulation of hypothesis, 2) the spectrum of possible and desirable research themes is rather wide, researchers can make use of hospital routine laboratories, and even individual cases are acceptable as research reports 3) it is acceptable, even desirable, to repeat already published studies, 4) multicentric studies enable weaker institutions to join strong and more experienced ones and thus p...

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2018

"Reviewing manuscript itself is a great learning that tells you what’s going on in the minds of the authors. Going through the process of writing a manuscript myself as well reviewing the manuscripts by different authors was stimulating me to write these few lines since long. These reflections shall be of great help, I suppose, to the biomedical authors to leave their own box and come on the other side to see how the work looks through the vision of a reviewer. Clarity and simplicity of language, linguistic and grammatical accuracy, awareness of the length, and maintaining interest of a common reader are some of the strengths of a good manuscript."

Journal of Vascular Access Devices, 2000

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine, 2012

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014

Publishing manuscripts is the only way by which scientists communicate with each other. In recent times, there is an increasing desire to publish manuscripts from the developing world for a variety of reasons. Though, performing a research study is challenging in itself, writing it for publication is the final frontier that can be daunting, especially for the novice. Work that remains unpublished in one form or the other is essentially incomplete or undone. Hence, it is critically important for one to publish one's findings in a reputed journal. The purpose of this paper is to alleviate the mystique involved in manuscript writing and provide a blueprint where the subheadings given under each of the sections of introduction, methods, results and discussion can be expanded as per the particular study and the manuscript can be constructed in a stepwise manner. We hope that by following this approach, potential researchers and practicing ophthalmologists will develop the skill and aptitude for medical writing, and that the developing world shall do justice to its tremendous intellectual capital by making meaningful contributions to global scientific literature.

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2016

Publication has become a burning issue among Indian medical fraternity owing to certain academic and professional necessities. The large number of submissions to the anaesthesia journals has resulted in accumulation of too much below average scientific material. A properly written manuscript is the dream of every editor and reviewer. The art of preparing a manuscript can be acquired only by following certain basic rules and technical aspects, besides knowledge and skills. Before preparing the manuscript, a target journal should be considered. All the instructions to the authors pertaining to that particular journal should be followed meticulously before preparing the manuscript for submission. The basic structure of the manuscript to be followed can be summarised by the acronym IMRaD (introduction, methods, results and discussion). The current review article aims to highlight all those mandatory and desirable features which should be kept in consideration while preparing a scientific manuscript for publication.