Manuscript Structure

I am writing an article about improved port facilities. I need an appropriate title for my paper. Can you help?

Clinical trials are an important research tool for advancing medical knowledge and healthcare. This article aims to guide you through all the different aspects of a clinical trial: from the types and phases of a clinical trial to designing a protocol, registration of trials, the ethical issues involved, and finally the elements of a clinical trial manuscript. Since clinical trials involve research conducted on humans, it follows a rigorous procedure to ensure the safety and protect the rights...

A clinical case report or case study is a means of disseminating new knowledge gained from clinical practice. Clinical case reports are the first-line evidence in medical literature as they present original observations. This article provides detailed guidance on how to identify, write, and publish a case report.

For submitting manuscripts to international journals, in general, how many reference citations are considered acceptable? Are there any general stats on the number of citations to be used? Also, are conferences often used as citations? And what’s the exact meaning of ‘conference proceedings’? I am looking forward to getting your answers.

In my current research paper that I plan to submit to PLOS ONE, I have used lots of references from research papers published in domestic journals. I have to say the references from domestic published researches have been used much more than internationally published ones. Is any possibility that y paper might get rejected for this reason?

Take this quiz to find out how much you know about academic writing and publication. If you get all questions right, you get the right to brag about it to your colleagues. Answers to all questions are in the series: A guide for early career researchers.

Systematic reviews are regarded as the best source of research evidence. A systematic review is a rigorous review of existing literature that addresses a clearly formulated question. This article aims to guide you on the different kinds of systematic review, the standard procedures to be followed, and the best approach to conducting and writing a systematic review.

I got an invitation from a journal to submit a review article on a particular topic. I have some published papers on this topic. Can I cite most of my published content in this review article? (I wrote those content, and some discussions are relevant to this review article. But will there be any problem?)

Many journals publish literature reviews as standalone articles. Literature reviews, along with systematic reviews and meta-analyses come under the broad category of review articles. This article deals with literature review as an article type, exlaining the different approaches to a literature review and providing basic guidelines on its structure and organization.

My research is almost done and I want to start writing the research paper now. However, I don't know where to begin. As a result, I find myself procrastinating every time I plan to start writing. Please help.