Lecture Notes 2017
Lecture Notes 2017
Lecture Notes 2017
Prepared by
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How to write and publish a biomedical research paper Ahmed Negida
Research Experience
▪ >4 years of diverse clinical research experience
▪ >40 international research publications
▪ Collaborator with many researchers in Egypt worldwide (UK, USA,
Australia, Iran, KSA, and Japan)
▪ Reviewer and editor in many international peer-reviewed journals
▪ Clinical research advisor for some hospitals and health companies
▪ Biostatistician for some CROs within and outside Egypt
▪ National Clinical Research Coordinator of GlobalSurg-1 project
(2014-2015), Research department, Royal College of Surgeons, UK
▪ Founder and chairman of Medical Research Group of Egypt
Teaching experience
In his spare time, he gives research workshops to researchers and
doctors. Since 2014, he has taught >400 researcher through his workshops
in different Egyptian governorates and universities. He is widely involved
in clinical research designing, medical statistics, scientific writing, and
evidence synthesis.
Contact Information
▪ Personal website: www.ahmed-negida.net
▪ Email: ahmed01251@medicine.zu.edu.eg
▪ Tel: +201125549087
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1 Manuscript components
Title page
Abstract page
Manuscript TEXT
References
Appendices
2 Title page
❖ Criteria of good titles
• identify the main issue of your paper
• begin with the subject of your paper
• are accurate, unambiguous, specific, and complete
• do not contain abbreviations
• attract readers
❖ Types of titles
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3 Writing an abstract
It is a summary of the research paper in about 200-400 words (according to
journal/conference instructions). The abstract may be structured (Introduction,
Methods, Results, and Conclusion) and may be unstructured (one paragraph). The
importance of the abstract is that it helps the readers understand the general outline
about your paper. Also, the abstract is used in the meta-data for indexing purpose in
search databases and is made freely available by subscription journals (readers do
not need to pay money to read abstracts in subscription journals). The abstract can
be submitted to a conference and be presented in scientific meetings.
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❖ Introduction
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❖ Results
❖ Discussion
5 Appendices
• Acknowledgement ………..?
• Funding source ………..?
• Conflict of interest ………..?
• Tables ………..?
• Figures and Figures' legends ………..?
• References ………..?
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Make sure you have read the instructions to authors carefully before submitting to
the journal. If you did not comply to these instructions, your submission will be returned
back to the author by the editorial assistant. Non-complying to the journal
requirements makes a bad impression in the editorial office.
10 Authorship
ICMJEs criteria of authorship (Vancouver criteria)
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13 Upload files
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14 Suggesting reviewers
1. Asking a colleague with expertise in the topic
2. Suggest people with significant contribution to the topic
3. Search PubMed and suggest authors of previous work
16 Peer-review process
The process of peer review guarantees that submitted manuscripts are revised be
experts and peers in the field who submit their review report to the editor. The
editor can select one, two, three, or more reviewers to revise your manuscript;
sometimes one of the selected reviewers is from the suggested reviewers by the
authors during the submission. Each reviewer is asked to submit his report within 2-
3 weeks from accepting the invitation to review the manuscript. The peer review
process can take from few weeks up to several months (average 2-3 months).
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18 Editorial decisions
- Acceptance
- Conditional acceptance (accepted following revisions)
- Might be considered for publication after minor/major revisions
- Considered for publication as a short communication or letter
- Rejected
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23 Additional links
Equator network: http://www.equator-network.org/
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