The document provides guidance on writing and publishing research articles, emphasizing the importance of selecting an appropriate journal and following its specific author guidelines. It also discusses authorship criteria and the significance of citation metrics for assessing research impact. Key resources and links for further reading and tools are included to assist authors in the writing process.

1. Vinod B. Shidham , MD, FRCPath, FIAC Vice-chair & Professor Director of Cytopathology, Cytotechnology School, Cytopathology fellowship Dept of Pathology, Wayne State University Medical School Detroit, MI 48201, USA Co-editor-in-chief & Executive editor, CytoJournal (www.cytojournal.com ) [email_address] How to write article? 24 SEPTEMBER 2011, Saturday (15.30-17.00) Hall 3 (‹nönü Hall) Symposium 9 CytoJournal perspective!!

2. From Hypothesis which should be • Relevant. • Measurable. • Comparable.

3. Conclusion of the project

4. Next important and rewarding phase after completion of the project / research is publishing the findings and sharing with peers and public

5. This leads to the next phase writing a publishable manuscript

6. Writing a publishable manuscript How to write article?

8. How to decide authorship?

9. http://www.icmje.org/ethical_1author.html Authorship ICMJE criteria for authorship

11. General basic guidelines are same for most of the articles How to write article?

12. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/report/reportform.html

13. http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~bios311/bios311/sciarticle.html

14. http://www.icmje.org/manuscript_1prepare.html

15. Specific guidelines are based on the Instructions to authors by particular journal chosen.

16. How to chose the journal

17. The Audience (Scope of the journal) How to chose the journal ( contd )

18. Retention of the Copyright & Intellectual property by authors How to chose the journal ( contd )

19. © 2011 Khazai et al; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

20. How to chose the journal ( contd )

21. Ease of Dissemination of published research- Online services such as eCytoJournal How to chose the journal ( contd )

22. How to chose the journal ( contd )

23. How to chose the journal ( contd )

24. How to chose the journal ( contd )

25. How to chose the journal ( contd )

26. Long term availability in public domain- Open Access Journals How to chose the journal ( contd )

27. http://www.doaj.org/

29. Quick search ability- PubMed, Google scholar How to chose the journal ( contd )

30. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

31. http://scholar.google.com/,

32. Author Goal Maximum impact Mostly judged by citation frequency by other researchers

33. The impact measured by variety of methods- Although ‘ Impact Factor ’ is widely known In the current IT era with Internet, there are many more matrices- Most of which are available FREE on web in real time- From many resources. A few examples are Google scholar http://scholar.google.com/, Harzing.com http://www.harzing.com/, SCImago http://www.scimagojr.com/

34. http://scholar.google.com/,

36. http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm Citation metrics analyzed by Publish or perish Free download of ‘Publish or perish’ software is available from- http://www.harzing.com/resources.htm

41. Citation metrics analysis- http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm XXXXXX XXXXXX

43. About SJR (SCImago Journal Rank Indicator) http://www.scimagojr.com/aboutus.php As of Jan 18, 2008

44. www.cytojournal.com

45. Website statistics from Google

46. Once the journal is selected Follow the instructions to authors

47. http://www.cytojournal.com/contributors.asp

53. References / Bibliography Citing the literature is important part Follow the guidelines of specific journal

54. http://www.cytojournal.com/contributors.asp

55. How to write references while submitting manuscripts Ravi Kanojia Editorial Secretary JIAPS http://www.medknow.com/rdppt.asp

57. Successful completion of the manuscript Ready to be submitted to the journal and Peer reviewed by the journal

60. Perseverance, Patience, Perfection

61. McMillan, V.E. (2001) Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences, Third Edition, Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, MA Davis, M. (1997) Scientific Papers and Presentations, Academic Press, San Diego, CA Day, R.A. (1994) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Fourth Edition, Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ Medawar, P. B. (1979) Advice to a young scientist , Harper and Row Publishers. New York Reading material

62. Resource with many pictures, In open access, Peer-review option, Hard copy and online availability. Opportunity for frequent updates

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