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Writing a strong scientific paper in medicine and the biomedical sciences: a checklist and recommendations for early career researchers. Payam BEHZADI. Biologia Futura. Scientific writing is an important skill in both academia and clinical practice.
- Payam BEHZADI
Jun 14, 2018 · Abstract and Figures. Scientific writing and publication are essential to advancing knowledge and practice in public health, but prospective authors face substantial challenges. Authors can...
- Title
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion and Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Conflict of Interest
- References
As the title is the first section of your paper which is seen by the readers, it is important for the authors to take time on appropriately formulating it. The nature of title may attract or dismiss the readers (Tullu and Karande 2017). In this regard, a title should be the mirror of the paper’s content; hence, a proper title should be attractive, ...
The abstract is the vitrine of a manuscript, which should be sequential, arranged, structured and summarized with great effort and special care. This section is the second most important part of a manuscript after title (Behzadi and Gajdács 2020). The abstract should be written very carefully, deliberately and comprehensively in perfect English, be...
Keywords are the key point words and terms of the manuscript which come right after abstract section. The keywords are used for searching papers in the related fields by internet search engines. It is recommended to employ 3 to 10 keywords in this section. The keywords should be selected from the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) service, NCBI (https...
Introduction section should be framed up to four paragraphs (up to 15% of the paper’s content). This section should be progressed gradually from general to specific information and gaps (in a funnel-formed fashion). In another words, the current condition of the problem and the previous studies should be briefly presented in the first paragraph. Mo...
As the materials and methods section constitutes the skeleton of a paper (being indicative of the quality of the data), this section is known as the keystone of the research. A poor, flawed or incorrect methodology may result in the direct rejection of manuscripts, especially in high IF journals, because it cannot link the introduction section into...
The results including negative and positive outcomes should be reported clearly in this section with no interpretation (Audisio et al. 2009; Behzadi et al. 2013). The most original information of an IMRAD paper originates from the results section. Indeed, the reported findings are the main core of the study which answers to the research question (h...
This section represents the interpretations of results. In other words, discussion describes what these results do mean by the help of mechanistic interpretations of causes and effects. This argument should be achieved sharp and strong in a logical manner (Gajdács 2020; Rasko et al. 2016). The interpretations should be supported by relevant referen...
This section is placed right after discussion and/or conclusion section. The unsaid contributors with pale activities who cannot be recognized as the manuscripts’ authors should be mentioned in acknowledgement section. Financial sponsors, coordinators, colleagues, laboratory staff and technical supporters, scientific writing proof readers, institut...
If the authors have any concerns regarding moral or financial interests, they should declare it unambiguously, because the related interests may lead to biases and suspicions of misconducts (Ahlstrom 2017; Behzadi 2021; Lilleyman 1995; Tahaei et al. 2021). This section usually comes right after acknowledgements and before references.
Application of relevant and pertinent references supports the manuscript’s scientific documentary. Moreover, utilization of related references with high citation helps the quality of the manuscript. For searching references, it is recommended to use search engines like Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/), databases such as MEDLINE (https:/...
- Payam Behzadi, Márió Gajdács, Márió Gajdács
- 2021
Writing a strong scientific paper in medicine and the biomedical sciences: a checklist and recommendations for early career researchers. Payam Behzadi1 · Márió Gajdács2,3. Received: 8 April 2021 / Accepted: 16 July 2021 / Published online: 28 July 2021 The Author(s) 2021. Abstract.
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- Payam Behzadi, Márió Gajdács, Márió Gajdács
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- 2021
Jul 28, 2021 · The skills for writing a strong scientific paper are necessary for researchers (comprising academic staff and health-care professionals).
Core guidance on writing papers. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors recommendations for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/manuscript-preparation/preparing-for-submission.html. Reporting guidelines for research, at the EQUATOR network. http://www.equator-network.org/.
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Format • Consult and apply the list of guidelines in the “GUIDE FOR AUTHORS” • Ensure that you use the correct: – Layout – Section lengths (stick to word limits) – Nomenclature, abbreviations and spellings (British vs. American) – Reference format – Number/type of figures and tables – Statistics
