How to Publish in Biomedicine: 500 Tips for Success

Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
About the author......Page 8
About this book......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
1 What do you want to write?......Page 14
2 Understanding the publishing process......Page 18
3 Original research – what can be published?......Page 26
4 Selecting the right journal......Page 30
5 Planning your writing......Page 38
6 Research papers and reviews: titles......Page 44
7 Research papers: abstract......Page 48
8 Conference abstracts......Page 54
9 Research papers: introduction......Page 58
10 Research papers: methods......Page 64
11 Research papers: results......Page 70
12 Research papers: figures......Page 76
13 Research papers: tables......Page 82
14 Research papers: photographs......Page 90
15 Research papers: discussion and conclusions......Page 94
16 References......Page 100
17 Checking your manuscript......Page 104
18 Research papers and reviews: writing a covering letter and submitting your manuscript......Page 108
19 Dealing with the editor\'s and reviewers\' comments......Page 116
20 Review articles and book chapters......Page 120
21 Theses and dissertations......Page 128
22 How to write a book......Page 134
23 Informal science writing......Page 138
24 Clear writing: sentences......Page 146
25 Clear writing: words......Page 152
26 Clear writing: paragraphs, headings and lists......Page 158
27 Correct writing: common errors of grammar and idiom......Page 164
28 Overcoming writer\'s block......Page 170
29 Managing your time for writing and revising......Page 176
30 Using your word processor more effectively......Page 180
31 Useful software and hardware for writers......Page 186
32 Writers\' resources on the World Wide Web......Page 192
33 Selected further reading......Page 196
Appendix 1: Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals......Page 198
Appendix 2: Manuscript checklist......Page 214
B......Page 218
C......Page 219
E......Page 220
I......Page 221
L......Page 222
N......Page 223
P......Page 224
R......Page 225
T......Page 227
U......Page 228
Y......Page 229