Writing Publications by Prof Philip Baker

WRITING PUBLICATIONS                            by Prof Philip Baker             (26/4/2012)

• a manuscript that has been published is scholarly
• it establishes leadership and authority
• each journal has guidelines 
• find a gap who wants to read your work
• journal might hold back your manuscript to gather a few other manuscripts to categorize them according to themes, so don't get disheartened to wait but no longer than 6 months
• no hard or fast rules in how to write manuscripts, you may have your own style of writing..nevertheless keep in mind to have your thought flow systematically...some suggestions:-

1. objective
2. methodology
3. results
4. introduction / discussion 

should keep linking back the methods and results to the objective of the study..in that way you will not get the reader's thought to be deviated.. and your study makes sense too 

• state the benefits of your study design and compare it with other studies and state clearly why did u choose this particular protocol/method..is it beneficial? is it more accurate? etc...
• your  study may lead to other publications - methodology challenges and state clearly how effective methods are to the results
• You may email editors of other journals simultaneously while submitting your manuscript to a distinguished journal to be reviewed. do not send the entire manuscript to the editor just a brief email telling him/her about your study and whether he/she is interested to publish it?never send to more than one journal simultaneously as this is unethical and u must attache a cover letter when u submit your manuscript to a particular journal stating a declaration of not submitting to other journals.
• look for journals which has published work similar to your study...

(the author is an adjunct professor at the School of Public Health and Services, Queensland, Australia and is also a peer reviewer and an editor to the Cochrane collaboration)

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http://www.cochrane.org/search/site/philip%20baker ( on philip baker)