In October 2013, Donald Samulack, President, U.S. operations at Editage, attended the SciELO 15 Years Conference held to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the SciELO Network. The primary focus of the conference was on open access publishing and the challenges currently faced by journals. The panel of speakers at the conference included Donald Samulack.
Donald presented an interesting session titled Can an Author’s Editor Help Expedite Peer Review of the Manuscript They Edit? as part of the panel on “Experiences, Solutions, Products, and Services of Scientific Communication.” Editage was one of the sponsors of the event, which was held from October 22-25 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The conference attracted a daily visitors as 400 academicians, including editors, publishers, researchers, and authors.
Journal editors and peer reviewers represent the ultimate gatekeepers in the publication of high-quality scholarly works. Yet, for authors with English as a second language who are trying to get their research published in SCI-indexed, high-impact, English-language journals, there are many hurdles related to the basic structure of the manuscript that confront them. Journal editors are becoming burdened with an ever-increasing number of manuscript submissions from non-English speaking authors, worldwide. Reviewers do not wish to be burdened with papers that are poorly crafted. A good author’s editor, while working on behalf of the author, really manages the best interests of all stakeholders in balance (author, editor, peer reviewer). This presentation will explore these dynamics and highlight the value of various forms of editorial review prior to manuscript submission.
Editores de periódicos e revisores por pares representam os guardiões supremos na publicação de trabalhos científicos de alta qualidade. No entanto, para autores com o inglês como segunda língua, que estão tentando publicar nos periódicos indexados no Science Citation Index (SCI), de grande impacto, em língua inglesa, enfrentam muitas dificuldades relativas à estrutura básica do manuscrito. Os editores de periódicos estão ficando sobrecarregados com uma quantidade cada vez maior de submissões de manuscritos de autores não falantes de inglês, no mundo todo. Os revisores não gostam de ser encarregados de artigos mal-elaborados. Um bom editor, enquanto trabalha em benefício do autor, na verdade, conduz no melhor interesse de todos os envolvidos (autor, editor, revisor por pares). Esta apresentação explorará essas dinâmicas e realçará o valor de várias formas de revisão editorial anteriores à submissão do manuscrito.
Los editores de revistas y revisores representan los guardianes últimos en la publicación de trabajos académicos de alta calidad. Sin embargo, para los autores en que el inglés es su segunda lengua, que están tratando de conseguir que su investigación sea publicada en revistas indexadas en SCI, de alto impacto, en inglés, hay muchos obstáculos que enfrentan relacionados con la estructura básica del manuscrito. Los editores de revistas están siendo sobrecargados con un número cada vez mayor de comunicaciones manuscritas de autores de habla no inglesa, en todo el mundo. Los revisores no quieren hacerse cargo de trabajos que están mal diseñados. Un buen editor de autor, al mismo tiempo que trabaja en beneficio del autor, realmente gestiona los mejores intereses de todas las partes interesadas en equilibrio (autor, editor, revisor). Esta presentación explorará esta dinámica y pondrá de relieve el valor de distintas formas de revisión editorial antes de la presentación de manuscritos.
Scientific research and its publication
A process and the research process
Writing and submitting a paper to a journal
Other processes in research
Literagure review
Research design
Qualitative research
Conclusion
The review process
Seminar given on 20 June, 2012 within the course: La comunicación intercultural euroasiática en las condiciones del proceso de Bolonia from the University of Granada
Journal editors and peer reviewers represent the ultimate gatekeepers in the publication of high-quality scholarly works. Yet, for authors with English as a second language who are trying to get their research published in SCI-indexed, high-impact, English-language journals, there are many hurdles related to the basic structure of the manuscript that confront them. Journal editors are becoming burdened with an ever-increasing number of manuscript submissions from non-English speaking authors, worldwide. Reviewers do not wish to be burdened with papers that are poorly crafted. A good author’s editor, while working on behalf of the author, really manages the best interests of all stakeholders in balance (author, editor, peer reviewer). This presentation will explore these dynamics and highlight the value of various forms of editorial review prior to manuscript submission.
Editores de periódicos e revisores por pares representam os guardiões supremos na publicação de trabalhos científicos de alta qualidade. No entanto, para autores com o inglês como segunda língua, que estão tentando publicar nos periódicos indexados no Science Citation Index (SCI), de grande impacto, em língua inglesa, enfrentam muitas dificuldades relativas à estrutura básica do manuscrito. Os editores de periódicos estão ficando sobrecarregados com uma quantidade cada vez maior de submissões de manuscritos de autores não falantes de inglês, no mundo todo. Os revisores não gostam de ser encarregados de artigos mal-elaborados. Um bom editor, enquanto trabalha em benefício do autor, na verdade, conduz no melhor interesse de todos os envolvidos (autor, editor, revisor por pares). Esta apresentação explorará essas dinâmicas e realçará o valor de várias formas de revisão editorial anteriores à submissão do manuscrito.
Los editores de revistas y revisores representan los guardianes últimos en la publicación de trabajos académicos de alta calidad. Sin embargo, para los autores en que el inglés es su segunda lengua, que están tratando de conseguir que su investigación sea publicada en revistas indexadas en SCI, de alto impacto, en inglés, hay muchos obstáculos que enfrentan relacionados con la estructura básica del manuscrito. Los editores de revistas están siendo sobrecargados con un número cada vez mayor de comunicaciones manuscritas de autores de habla no inglesa, en todo el mundo. Los revisores no quieren hacerse cargo de trabajos que están mal diseñados. Un buen editor de autor, al mismo tiempo que trabaja en beneficio del autor, realmente gestiona los mejores intereses de todas las partes interesadas en equilibrio (autor, editor, revisor). Esta presentación explorará esta dinámica y pondrá de relieve el valor de distintas formas de revisión editorial antes de la presentación de manuscritos.
Scientific research and its publication
A process and the research process
Writing and submitting a paper to a journal
Other processes in research
Literagure review
Research design
Qualitative research
Conclusion
The review process
Seminar given on 20 June, 2012 within the course: La comunicación intercultural euroasiática en las condiciones del proceso de Bolonia from the University of Granada
'Understanding and benefiting from the publishing process'
Publishing Connect workshop Lancaster delivered by Anthony Newman, Senior Publisher, Elsevier.
Types of scientific publications
The different types of research papers published
Considerations before writing
Choosing the right journal
Writing using correct language
The structure of the manuscript
The submission and review procedure
Author responsibilities: publishing ethics and plagiarism
How to use information resources as a tool for authors (Scopus)
Slides shared with the permission of the speaker.
Through the course of your research, right until you get your your paper published, there will be several individuals who have contributed to your research project in different ways. However, not all of these individuals can be considered as authors of your paper. So who qualifies as an author on your manuscript?
This slide deck will clarify who is an author, who does not qualify as an author of your paper and also three unethical authorship-related practices that you must avoid.
I present an insider’s view on peer review drawing from my experience at the journals of the American Physical Society (Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, and Physical Review X) where I have worked since 2003. First, I discuss the basic elements of peer review (editorial screening, rejection without external review, referee selection, consultation with Editorial Board Members, assessment of referee reports, handling of conflicting referee recommendations, selection of a subset of accepted papers for highlighting). In the process, I present some commonly used arguments by authors that can actually backfire, and some anecdotal excerpts of correspondence. Second, I discuss some recent trends in science publishing, from launching new journals to providing new services to authors. I focus on one recent trend, the highlighting of select sets of papers by publishers. Third, I discuss citation impact metrics for journals (Impact Factor, EigenFactor, h5 index) and for subsets of journals (e.g., Editors’ Suggestions, papers highlighted in APS Physics, etc.). This leads naturally to the questions (a) whether editors and referees can pick out, at the time of acceptance, the papers destined to be highly cited or otherwise influential; and (b) whether such papers tend to be controversial at the time of publication and after. I present some data on these questions. Overall, my aim is for the audience to appreciate the imperfect and imprecise nature of editorial decision-making that is sometimes unappreciated by a community trained in the hard sciences. Finally, for the benefit of the younger audience, I present a brief outline of the editorial job and career prospects of editors.
By failing to plan the dissertation, one is instead planning to fail it. Learn about the steps in planning the dissertation project from creating an outline, calendar timeline, and forming a committee.
Lecture by Professor Simon Haslett at the University of Wales Student Research Conference, Cardiff, on Friday 13th May 2011. Simon Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography and Dean of the School of STEM at the University of Wales.
ICES ASC 2016, Riga.
Howard Browman, Editor-in-Chief, ICES Journal of Mrine Science
Skills workshop on the process of scientific article writing and submitting to relevant journals.
While writing your research paper, you might often refer to existing work published by other researchers in your field. However, it is extremely important to acknowledge all such sources clearly and completely. Attempting to use the ideas, words, or work of another person, without giving them due credit, is considered extremely unethical and is termed plagiarism.
This slide deck briefly explains 4 common types of plagiarism in academic publishing, how journals detect plagiarism in research papers, and the consequences of plagiarism.
'Understanding and benefiting from the publishing process'
Publishing Connect workshop Lancaster delivered by Anthony Newman, Senior Publisher, Elsevier.
Types of scientific publications
The different types of research papers published
Considerations before writing
Choosing the right journal
Writing using correct language
The structure of the manuscript
The submission and review procedure
Author responsibilities: publishing ethics and plagiarism
How to use information resources as a tool for authors (Scopus)
Slides shared with the permission of the speaker.
Through the course of your research, right until you get your your paper published, there will be several individuals who have contributed to your research project in different ways. However, not all of these individuals can be considered as authors of your paper. So who qualifies as an author on your manuscript?
This slide deck will clarify who is an author, who does not qualify as an author of your paper and also three unethical authorship-related practices that you must avoid.
I present an insider’s view on peer review drawing from my experience at the journals of the American Physical Society (Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters, and Physical Review X) where I have worked since 2003. First, I discuss the basic elements of peer review (editorial screening, rejection without external review, referee selection, consultation with Editorial Board Members, assessment of referee reports, handling of conflicting referee recommendations, selection of a subset of accepted papers for highlighting). In the process, I present some commonly used arguments by authors that can actually backfire, and some anecdotal excerpts of correspondence. Second, I discuss some recent trends in science publishing, from launching new journals to providing new services to authors. I focus on one recent trend, the highlighting of select sets of papers by publishers. Third, I discuss citation impact metrics for journals (Impact Factor, EigenFactor, h5 index) and for subsets of journals (e.g., Editors’ Suggestions, papers highlighted in APS Physics, etc.). This leads naturally to the questions (a) whether editors and referees can pick out, at the time of acceptance, the papers destined to be highly cited or otherwise influential; and (b) whether such papers tend to be controversial at the time of publication and after. I present some data on these questions. Overall, my aim is for the audience to appreciate the imperfect and imprecise nature of editorial decision-making that is sometimes unappreciated by a community trained in the hard sciences. Finally, for the benefit of the younger audience, I present a brief outline of the editorial job and career prospects of editors.
By failing to plan the dissertation, one is instead planning to fail it. Learn about the steps in planning the dissertation project from creating an outline, calendar timeline, and forming a committee.
Lecture by Professor Simon Haslett at the University of Wales Student Research Conference, Cardiff, on Friday 13th May 2011. Simon Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography and Dean of the School of STEM at the University of Wales.
ICES ASC 2016, Riga.
Howard Browman, Editor-in-Chief, ICES Journal of Mrine Science
Skills workshop on the process of scientific article writing and submitting to relevant journals.
While writing your research paper, you might often refer to existing work published by other researchers in your field. However, it is extremely important to acknowledge all such sources clearly and completely. Attempting to use the ideas, words, or work of another person, without giving them due credit, is considered extremely unethical and is termed plagiarism.
This slide deck briefly explains 4 common types of plagiarism in academic publishing, how journals detect plagiarism in research papers, and the consequences of plagiarism.
Taylor & Francis: Author and Researcher WorkshopSIBiUSP
Workshop para Autores e Pesquisadores 2015
Data: 08 de outubro de 2015
Horário: 10:30 - 14:30
Local: Auditório do INRAD - Instituto de Radiologia do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP - Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, s/nº – Rua 1 – Cerqueira César – São Paulo, SP.
My presentation slides during the 1st National Symposium in Emergency and Acute Care (S.E.M.A.C). I presented some of the obstacles and challenges in scientific writing in emergency medicine within the Malaysia context as academic emergency medicine is still progressing in Malaysia,
Presented by the UT student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, this 3-hour workshop featured a presentation by D-STOP’s Dr. Stephen Boyles.
How to publish in an isi journal حنان القرشيvdsr_ksu
محاضرة How to publish in an ISI Journal إعداد الدكتورة حنان عبدالله القرشي
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A Beginners Guide to Getting Published (for HSS Authors)Lucy Montgomery
This presentation provides a basic introduction to the sometimes daunting world of scholarly publishing. It explores why publishing is considered so important for people hoping to develop and academic career; how the publishing landscape is changing; the best places to publish; and practical strategies for publishing both books and journal articles. Important developments in Open Access policy such as the Australian Research Council’s 2013 Open Access Mandate, which requires all ARC funded research outputs to be made available in ‘Open Access’, are also touched upon.
The presentation will be especially interesting for Doctoral Candidates and Early Career Researchers, as well as anyone interested in understanding how the scholarly publishing landscape is changing and what they should do about it.
A presentation from the joint CILIP Information Literacy Group and Library and Information Research Group's Writing Research Proposals and Publication event.
One of the graduation requirements: Having a research paper based on dissertation published or have obtained an acceptance of publication by a peer reviewed journal or conference proceeding
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Real-life examples of manuscript reviews Comparison and contrast of useful ...OARSI
Aileen Davis, PhD
Senior Scientist and Division Head,
Health Care and Outcomes Research,Krembil Research Institute,
University Health Network and
Professor, University of Toronto
Responding to peer reviewer comments can be a daunting task for most researchers. After spending months on your research project and preparing your manuscript, it is only natural that you will want to avoid making further changes to your paper. However, comments by peer reviewers and are meant to help you improve the qaulity of your manuscript. And the journal will only accept your paper for publication after you have addressed all of the reviewer comments.
This slide deck has 14 tips that will help you confidently and thoroughly address peer reviewers comments.
In order for your manuscript to stand out from the other submissions you need to make sure you have everything right. Make sure the IMRaD structure as well as the submission requirements are fulfilled. Follow this checklist to make sure you have everything in place before you submit your paper.
In Part 1 of the Authorship series, we discussed criteria that will help you determine whether a particular contributor qualifies to be an author of your research paper. If you are submitting a multi-author paper, once you have ascertained the authors of your paper, how should you decide on the order in which these author names should be included? In this slide deck, we will discuss the basis on which you should list authors on your paper, who qualifies to be the first author, and how the remaining authors of your paper should be listed.
Clinical trials constitute a critical stage of clinical research and it is important to understand what clinical trials are and what forms they take. In this slide deck, we will tell you more about the types and phases of clinical trials.
2017 was a very eventful year for everyone in the academic publishing industry. The year witnessed many significant trend-setting changes and new practices, keeping many of us on our toes.
we interviewed many thought leaders in the scholarly industry to get a sense of their views on these trends and changes. In this SlideShare presentation, we bring you extracts from their interviews and advice that they shared to help you.
Many researchers hesitate to publish open access (OA) for a variety of reasons. This reluctance to submit to OA journals and make research freely accessible could be triggered by several existing misconceptions about OA. In order to choose a legitimate OA journal, authors must be able to differentiate between reliable OA journals and the predatory ones.
This presentation will list a set of questions that authors can ask themselves before choosing an OA journal to submit their papers. These questions will indicate the authenticity of the concerned journal.
A cover letter is the first point of contact between you and the target journal's editors. As such, your cover letter functions as a sales pitch to the journal editors. In other words, you cover letter needs to sell the notion of why your manuscript deserves to be published in and how it matches the scope of the target journal.
This presentation will tell you everything you need to know to write a great cover letter for your submission. This includes:
1. What is a cover letter?
2. Differences between a cover letter and a title page
3. Why are cover letters important?
4. Basic information a cover letter should contain
5. Additional details you could include
6. References for further reading
Presenting at an academic conference is an essential and inevitable part of a researcher's life. In order to make a successful and effective conference presentation, knowing your research paper in its entirety is not enough. You must also be well-prepared in terms of of public speaking factors such as observing time limits, making eye contact, engaging the audience, etc. This Slideshare will equip you with 9 tips to help you effectively communicate your research at your next academic conference.
Traditional Medicine (TM) has been subject to substantial debate with regard to the ethics governing research in this area. The controversies have generally revolved around the unreasonable harvesting of medicinal plants, ethical accountability of researchers towards local knowledge holders and the credibility of TM as a complementary and alternative mode of treatment.
This presentation stresses the importance of understanding the 6 ethical principles governing publication in TM journals:-
1. Sustenance
2. Scientific validation
3. Informed consent
4. Reporting standards
5. Proprietary issues
6. Ethical policies and declarations
The theme of Peer Review Week 2016 was Recognize Review, and the global scholarly publishing community got together to talk about recognizing or incentivizing peer reviewers. Celebrating the theme, we asked our authors to share small notes of appreciation for reviewers. This flip book compiles some of the responses we received, which show the important role peer review and reviewers play in the academic publishing system.
What do you need to know before and while working on a clinical trial? This slide deck tells you more about the things you need to remember when preparing to publish your clinical trial, from developing a research protocol and getting informed consent from study participants to registering your trial and preparing a clinical trial manuscript.
Clinical trials constitute a critical stage of clinical research and it is important for you to understand what clinical trials are and what forms they take. In this slide deck, we will tell you more about the types and phases of clinical trials. The idea is to help you form a basic understanding of clinical trials. This is a two-part series and the next segment will focus on the things you must remember when preparing to publish a clinical trial manuscript.
Coming soon - Part 2: Things to remember when preparing a clinical trial manuscript
As an author, it is quite difficult to write concisely. After all, you have so much to say! But when submitting your manuscript to a journal, you must ensure that you meet the required word count. Let us look at some areas you can focus on to keep your manuscript concise.
A literature review is a critical summary of all the published works on a particular topic. Most research papers include a section on literature review as part of the introduction. However, a literature review can also be published as a standalone article. These slides will help you grasp the basics of writing a literature review.
2015 was a busy year for the academic publishing world, with many trend-setting practices, significant discoveries, and innovations. Editage Insights spoke to several experts from the publishing industry to know their thoughts about these trends. Here, we bring you extracts of the knowledge they shared to help you get first-hand advice on academic publication.
Original research articles constitute a major portion of academic journal publishing. These slides will help you with four important steps to of writing an original research article: choosing a research question, doing a literature search, structuring a manuscript, and formatting a research paper.
In academia, the pressure to publish is high and the competition intense. This can lead authors to follow unethical publication practices, such as salami slicing, duplicate publication, and simultaneous submission. This slide deck explains these malpractices and shares tips on how authors can avoid them.
As a researcher, you are expected to start publishing early in your career. But original research could take years to complete! This does not mean you that you cannot publish a paper until you complete your research. You can disseminate your research in many other ways. These slides will help you learn more about the different types of scholarly literature so that you are able to choose the most suitable format for publishing your study.
Science is ever evolving, and replication studies and negative findings play a major role in helping science grow. But journals are not always open to publishing these. What role do replication studies play in scientific discovery? And how does publishing negative results help further the cause of science? View this presentation to learn more.
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Can Authors Editor’s Help Expedite Peer Review of the Manuscripts They Edit?
1. Can Authors Editor’s Help
Expedite Peer Review of the
Manuscripts They Edit?
Presented by:
Donald Samulack, PhD
President, U.S. Operations
Cactus Communications / Editage
3. Survival of the Fittest
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• Territory size shows the proportion of all scientific papers published in 2001 written by authors living there.
• The number of scientific papers published by researchers in the United States was more than three times as
many as were published by the second highest-publishing population, Japan.
Source: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=205 (April 15, 2013)
Science Research
4. Survival of the Fittest
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Science Growth
• This map shows the growth in scientific research of territories between 1990 and 2001. If there was no increase in scientific
publications that territory has no area on the map.
• In 1990, 80 scientific papers were published per million people living in the world, this increased to 106 per million by 2001.
This increase was experienced primarily in territories with strong existing scientific research. However, the United States,
with the highest total publications in 2001, experienced a smaller increase since 1990 than that in Japan, China, Germany and
the Republic of Korea. Singapore had the greatest per person increase in scientific publications.
Source: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=206 (April 15, 2013)
5. There Is a Tsunami Coming
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Current and projected publication trends
Source: Royal Society of London, Knowledge, Networks, and Nations, 2011
6. There is a Tsunami Coming
6 Source: http://sciencewatch.com/grr/building-bricks (April 15, 2013)
7. “Unfortunately, neither the researcher’s fascination with their
work, nor their desire for a clear-cut recipe for success in
publishing is of much help in actually getting published.”
—Benson and Silver, 2013 (What Editors Want)
The Research Dilemma
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8. Anything you do that makes the job of the Journal Editor or
the Peer Reviewer easier, makes the manuscript more
attractive!
Success = Pleasing the Gatekeepers
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9. • By-line bias
• Institutional bias
• Geographic bias
• Language bias
• Research integrity and ethics bias
• Methodology bias
• By the time the journal editor and/or the reviewer has read the
title and the abstract, bias has set in!
• Bias is unfortunately a by-product of scientific scrutiny.
Journal Editor and Reviewer Bias
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10. Q: How do East-Asian submissions compare with those
from other non-English speaking countries?
– In terms of compliance with ethical guidelines –
Bias Surrounding Research Integrity
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1.9%
44.4%
35.2%
18.5%
East Asian submissions better
East Asian submissions worse
Submissions from all non-English-speaking countries similar
I don't know
A survey of 54 journal editors of
English-language US and European journals
11. Quirks of the English Language
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You don’t have to be really smart to read this. In the
English language it doesn't matter in what order the
letters are in a word. The only important thing is that
the first and last letters are positioned in the right
place. The rest of the letters can be jumbled and you
can still read it without problem. This is because the
human brain does not read every letter by itself, but
looks for sentence and language patterns.
You dno’t have to be raelly smrat to raed tihs. In the
Elgnsih lugnagae it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers are in a wrod. The olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht
the frist and lsat ltteers are pneiostiod in the rghit
pclae. The rset of the lrtetes can be jmulebd and you
can sitll raed it wiuthot porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the
huamn barin deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
lokos for sncetnene and luganage petatnrs.
12. Common Reviewer’s Criticisms
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Importance of the Topic
• Rehash of established facts
• Insignificant research question
• Irrelevant or unimportant topic
• Low reader interest
• Little clinical relevance
• Not generalizable
Study Design
• Poor experimental design
• Vague/inadequate method description
• Methods lack sufficient rigor
• Failure to account for confounders
• No control or improper control
• No hypothesis
• Biased protocol
• Small sample size
• Inappropriate statistical methods,
or statistics not applied properly
Adapted from: Byrne DW. Publishing your medical research paper. What they don’t teach in medical
school. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1998.
13. Common Reviewer’s Criticisms
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Overall Presentation of
Study and Findings
• Poor organization
• Too long and verbose
• Failure to communicate clearly
• Poor grammar, syntax, or spelling
• Excessively self-promotional
• Poorly written abstract
Interpretation of the Findings
• Erroneous or unsupported conclusions
• Conclusions disproportionate to results
• Study design does not support inferences
made
• Inadequate link of findings to practice
• Uncritical acceptance of statistical results
• Failure to consider alternative
explanations
• Unexplained inconsistencies
• Inflation of the importance of the findings
• Interpretation not concordant with the
data
• Inadequate discussion
Adapted from: Byrne DW. Publishing your medical research paper. What they don’t teach in medical
school. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1998.
14. • The pending impact of the publication
tsunami, administrative challenges of manuscript
triage, growing burden of peer review, and inefficiencies in
journal production processes necessitate studies on how to
make the process more efficient.
• While we can’t “fix” the tsunami – and we are probably
only experiencing the first swell – we can look up-stream
to build efficiencies in pre-submission and pre-peer review
processes.
Looking for Solutions
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15. • What is the role of professional editing services (author’s
editors) in helping non-native English-speaking (NNES)
authors get their work published?
• Is there a place for manuscript screening services?
• Is there a rationale for commercialization of peer review?
• Where should efforts be placed?
Looking for Solutions
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16. • First, we looked for weaknesses in how journals structure their
“Instructions for Authors” in an attempt to identify how journals
should communicate these instructions more effectively.
— Best Poster at the Council for Science Editors meeting in Montreal, Canada
in May, 2013 (a copy of the poster can be found at our booth)
• More recently, we asked whether there were any specific errors peer
reviewers most frequently point out in manuscripts of non-native
English-speaking (NNES) authors that an author’s editor could/should
fix before manuscript submission; the premise being that if these
could be fixed before submission, then the burden on the peer
reviewer would be lessened, and the process expedited.
Research by Editage
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17. Study Design
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Study design and execution by Shazia Khanam and Clarinda Cerejo at Editage; accepted for publication in
Learned Publishing (ALPSP).
Awarded “Best Poster” at the ISMTE/EASE conference in Brussels, Belgium in September, 2013.
18. Study Results (Slide 1 of 3)
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Study design and execution by Shazia Khanam and Clarinda Cerejo at Editage; accepted for publication in
Learned Publishing (ALPSP).
Awarded “Best Poster” at the ISMTE/EASE conference in Brussels, Belgium in September, 2013.
19. Study Results (Slide 2 of 3)
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Study design and execution by Shazia Khanam and Clarinda Cerejo at Editage; accepted for publication in
Learned Publishing (ALPSP).
Awarded “Best Poster” at the ISMTE/EASE conference in Brussels, Belgium in September, 2013.
20. Study Results (Slide 3 of 3)
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Study design and execution by Shazia Khanam and Clarinda Cerejo at Editage; accepted for publication in
Learned Publishing (ALPSP).
Awarded “Best Poster” at the ISMTE/EASE conference in Brussels, Belgium in September, 2013.
21. • An author’s editor, in addition to checking the grammar, writing
quality, and style of manuscripts they edit, should point out
instances of incomplete and unclear reporting, especially in the
Methods and Results sections. This is crucial for the study to be
able to be replicated by other research groups.
• Special attention should also be paid to ensure that figures and
tables are consistent with (but not redundant to) the
information presented in the text.
Study Conclusions (1 of 2)
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22. • Further, an author’s editor should provide the author tips to
improve the overall structural organization of the Results and
Discussions sections.
• A qualified author’s editor helping an author address these
aspects before submission will allow the peer reviewer to focus
on the validity of the science and novelty of the study.
• Thus, an author’s editor can indirectly help expedite the peer
review process.
Study Conclusions (2 of 2)
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