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Publication Planning

Find tips and resources that help authors plan their publication journey from research publication planning to creating a publication schedule. This begins with finding the right research question and progresses to understanding the different types of articles, selecting a journal, ensuring compliance to guidelines, and creating a publication schedule. The excellent textual and multimedia content in this section makes publication planning a breeze for authors.
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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...
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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.
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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
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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...
  • Anonymous
  • Oct 16, 2013
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Deciding the order of authors on a paper
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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.
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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.
  • Anonymous
  • Oct 31, 2013
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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
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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.
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Can I redo research done earlier by somebody else and publish a paper based on the results?
  • Anonymous
  • Apr 24, 2014
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I have a question regarding a researcher’s practice in writing. Let me give you some background about this issue. Here’s what this researcher does when writing introductions and literature reviews. He makes certain speculations first and then proceeds to making claims based on those initial speculations. It is worth noting that the claims he makes are sometimes too specific. Following that, he starts looking for evidence to support his claims. I have tried many times to convince him and have...
  • Anonymous
  • Jun 18, 2014
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Structuring a scientific manuscript: Perspective of a managing editor