{"id":18798,"date":"2014-02-05T05:49:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T05:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/video\/the-essentials-of-a-good-manuscript\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:10:30","slug":"the-essentials-of-a-good-manuscript","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-essentials-of-a-good-manuscript","title":{"rendered":"The essentials of a good manuscript"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">In this video interview, Dr. Bruce P. Dancik\u2014 Editor-in-Chief of NRC Research Press\/Canadian Science Publishing, and Professor Emeritus of the Dept. of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta\u2014explains which parts of the manuscript the author should pay special attention to when aiming to get published in an international English-language journal. He provides useful tips on writing an effective research paper title, explains how to write a research paper abstract, and provides some insights on manuscript organization and structure.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">This video is part of an interview series in which Dr. Bruce P. Dancik speaks to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Donald Samulack, President, US Operations, Editage, Cactus Communications, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">at the 54<\/span><\/span><sup style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">th<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"> Annual Meet of the Council of Science Editors, held in Maryland, Baltimore, from April 29 through May 3, 2011.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\">To learn more about how to frame your manuscript title and abstract, read the following articles:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/3-basic-tips-on-writing-a-good-research-paper-title\">3\u00a0basic tips on writing a good research paper title<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-can-i-make-my-abstract-more-effective\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">How can I make my abstract more effective?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">3.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999618530273px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-an-effective-title-and-abstract-and-choose-appropriate-keywords\">How to write an effective title and abstract and choose appropriate keywords<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":33313,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[2837],"class_list":["post-18798","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-interview-with-dr-bruce-dancik"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The essentials of a good manuscript | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this video interview, Dr. Bruce P. 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