Publication Planning

In this video, Bruce Dancik reveals what journal editors actually look for in a manuscript. He provides useful tips on how an author can find out which journal would be interested to publish his/her research and explains some of the important factors that an author should consider while choosing a suitable journal. Donald Samulack, President, US Operations, Editage, Cactus Communications, speaks to Bruce P. Dancik, Editor-in-Chief, NRC Research Press/Canadian Science Publishing, and Professor...

Securing funding through grant proposals is indeed a difficult and tedious process, and what is most challenging about it is making a grant proposal convincing. Even if you have a path-breaking research idea, it might not get funded unless you can present your idea in a truly convincing manner to the grant committee. This SlideShare provides you useful tips to make your proposal persuasive.

The time taken from submission of a manuscript to acceptance for publication in a journal can vary considerably, ranging from a few months to 3-4 years. Why so long? Because manuscripts

Dear Dr. Eddy, I am an associate professor in Neurology at Zhejiang University. So far, I have published 90% of my papers in the high-impact-factor journal Stroke. But my Department Chair has requested me to start considering other journals. I would like your opinion on whether it is better to submit articles to only one journal or if I should consider many different journals.

In my earlier post on authorship, I had discussed ICME guidelines that help researchers in deciding whether a contributor qualifies to be an author or not.

I am going to submit my first paper for which I am the main contributor. During the course of this study, a senior post-doc in our lab helped me troubleshoot and suggested some key experiments. He even helped me analyze some data. I would like to include his name as a co-author on this paper. Also, my research advisor wants me to include the name of one of our collaborators who provided some cell lines that we used in this study, but I’m not sure about this. I would like to know whether there...

In statistics, “power” refers to the ability of your study to identify effects of substantial interest. Basically, at the time of designing your study, you need to consider four essential factors:1.      Sample size, i.e., the number of units

External funding is often essential for successful research. The importance of grant-writing skills is increasing, because the pressure to publish is putting a strain on resources and funding is now becoming more difficult to obtain.

A good research question is the most important element of any research paper. How can you come up with an interesting and meaningful research question? This SlideShare will give you step-by-step guidelines along with the explanation of some basic concepts you should consider while defining your research question. Moreover, it will hand you with some tests such as PICOT, PESICO, and FINER, which will give you a structured method to frame your question. Thus, you will be equipped to put your...