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Controlled Randomized Simple or comprehensive Observatory or mechanistic
How is a Manuscript Judged…
Conduction of experiment
Data recording and analysis Technology used in the experiment Reliability/reproducibility of data Completeness and comprehensive Statistical analysis Data supporting conclusions Figures/tables Discussion: relevant
What is a Reviewer Looking for?
The Reviewer knows the field very well who can hardly be fooled If the manuscript is exciting, the reviewer will try to help you by identifying problems for improvement If not interesting, the reviewer will find reasons to reject it
Determine Your Melody
What is your melody (major discovery)? Totally/partially new discovery More comprehensive/convincing discovery Little new This melody must be reflected in the title, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and references.
Be consistent with rare terminologies Be direct, precise and accurate Never use vague and non-scientific words
How to Choose Tense?
Basic 3 categories of sentences in a manuscript
Paragraph: majors followed with minor, points-bypoints Language: simple, clear, logical and easy to understand and compare Figures/tables: illustrate major findings
“Our class is international. There are 10 students from USA, 30 student from China and 40 students from European countries”
How to write a sentence?
“After being operated, we gave pain medications to rats”. “Ten rats were used to study the effect of this drug” “10 rats were used in this experiment and it contained 4 sessions” Construct a sentence:
Poorly prepared manuscript
How to Prepare a Manuscript?
How to write a paragraph?
Poor paragraph that may “kill” a reviewer “In our class, there are 10 students from USA. Thirty students are Chinese. Fifty percent of them are from European countries.”
Order of Preparation
Methods References
Results Results
Introduction Discussion Abstract
Presentation of Results
Itemize primary findings Itemize secondary findings (be comprehensive including non-significant data) Presentations
Outlines of Presentation
How is a Manuscript Judged? How to Prepare a Manuscript? How to Revise a Manuscript?
How is a Manuscript Judged?
What is the Editor Looking for?
How to choose correct words?
“The aim of this study was to investigate some effects of a new drug in animals. The experiment was performed in certain rats. The results were very promising. We are pleased to conclude that this drug can be used to treat many diseases” Choice of correct words
Presentation of data (Manuscript)
Well Organized
Reasons for Rejection…
Too simple, nothing new Lousy and careless writing
“Full” of grammar errors/typos Inconsistent formatting Lousy introduction/discussion Lack of details in the Methods Poorly presented results that are difficult for the reviewer to follow “Out of date” references
Common knowledge: present tense Findings of your data: past tense Previous findings: ?
Cite previous findings
Present tense: It has been reported that SK-01 is effective in improving stomach emptying. “SK-01 has been reported to improve stomach emptying” Past tense: It was reported that SK-01 was effective in improving stomach emptying Do NOT use: SK-01 is effective in improving stomach emptying (meaning: universal truth)
How to Publish English Papers in International Journals
Jiande Chen, PhD
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Jiande.Chen@UTMB.edu
Why Do I Choose This Topic
Choose a correct SUBJECT (most important element) Matching: Subject, verb and object Whenever possible, use simple sentence instead of complex sentence. Do not start a sentence with a number
Standard deviation or standard error Parameteric/nonparametric ANOVA or T-test
Introduction
Why this study should be performed/published? Introduce the problem and its significance Briefly tell what has been done Explicitly indicate what is the gap and unknown Introduce what you are going to talk in the manuscript and the importance of your study. Aims of the study Do not introduce anything that you are not going to be addressed in the manuscript
Байду номын сангаас
English University Entrance Exam (1978): 40% Published Peer-reviewed SCI Papers: 296 Published papers: 20-30/year Citations of papers: about 300-500/year Revision of own manuscripts: >250 Review of manuscripts: >300
High quality, legibility, consistency
Methods
“It is written in such a way that others could easily duplicate your experiment”
Subjects or animal preparation Experimental protocol/design: a line graph is helpful Specific measurements: descript one by one Data analysis (major items and references) Statistical analysis
Suggested paragraph Put relevant information in one paragraph 1st sentence is a summarizing sentence Do not boast the ability of your language
How to Choose Tense…
Aims: Past tense Introduction: Can be any tense Methods: Past tense Results: Past or present tense Discussion: Can be any tense Conclusions: Present tense
Relevance to the Journal
Clinical vs. Basic General vs. Specialty Impact factor vs. Quality of Data
Will this paper increase the impact factor?
Good topic New findings Excellent presentation
How a Manuscript is Judged?
Originality/novelty
New discovery/technology Enhanced/comprehensive findings More convincing findings
Experimental design
How is a Manuscript Judged…
Conduction of experiment
Data recording and analysis Technology used in the experiment Reliability/reproducibility of data Completeness and comprehensive Statistical analysis Data supporting conclusions Figures/tables Discussion: relevant
What is a Reviewer Looking for?
The Reviewer knows the field very well who can hardly be fooled If the manuscript is exciting, the reviewer will try to help you by identifying problems for improvement If not interesting, the reviewer will find reasons to reject it
Determine Your Melody
What is your melody (major discovery)? Totally/partially new discovery More comprehensive/convincing discovery Little new This melody must be reflected in the title, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and references.
Be consistent with rare terminologies Be direct, precise and accurate Never use vague and non-scientific words
How to Choose Tense?
Basic 3 categories of sentences in a manuscript
Paragraph: majors followed with minor, points-bypoints Language: simple, clear, logical and easy to understand and compare Figures/tables: illustrate major findings
“Our class is international. There are 10 students from USA, 30 student from China and 40 students from European countries”
How to write a sentence?
“After being operated, we gave pain medications to rats”. “Ten rats were used to study the effect of this drug” “10 rats were used in this experiment and it contained 4 sessions” Construct a sentence:
Poorly prepared manuscript
How to Prepare a Manuscript?
How to write a paragraph?
Poor paragraph that may “kill” a reviewer “In our class, there are 10 students from USA. Thirty students are Chinese. Fifty percent of them are from European countries.”
Order of Preparation
Methods References
Results Results
Introduction Discussion Abstract
Presentation of Results
Itemize primary findings Itemize secondary findings (be comprehensive including non-significant data) Presentations
Outlines of Presentation
How is a Manuscript Judged? How to Prepare a Manuscript? How to Revise a Manuscript?
How is a Manuscript Judged?
What is the Editor Looking for?
How to choose correct words?
“The aim of this study was to investigate some effects of a new drug in animals. The experiment was performed in certain rats. The results were very promising. We are pleased to conclude that this drug can be used to treat many diseases” Choice of correct words
Presentation of data (Manuscript)
Well Organized
Reasons for Rejection…
Too simple, nothing new Lousy and careless writing
“Full” of grammar errors/typos Inconsistent formatting Lousy introduction/discussion Lack of details in the Methods Poorly presented results that are difficult for the reviewer to follow “Out of date” references
Common knowledge: present tense Findings of your data: past tense Previous findings: ?
Cite previous findings
Present tense: It has been reported that SK-01 is effective in improving stomach emptying. “SK-01 has been reported to improve stomach emptying” Past tense: It was reported that SK-01 was effective in improving stomach emptying Do NOT use: SK-01 is effective in improving stomach emptying (meaning: universal truth)
How to Publish English Papers in International Journals
Jiande Chen, PhD
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Jiande.Chen@UTMB.edu
Why Do I Choose This Topic
Choose a correct SUBJECT (most important element) Matching: Subject, verb and object Whenever possible, use simple sentence instead of complex sentence. Do not start a sentence with a number
Standard deviation or standard error Parameteric/nonparametric ANOVA or T-test
Introduction
Why this study should be performed/published? Introduce the problem and its significance Briefly tell what has been done Explicitly indicate what is the gap and unknown Introduce what you are going to talk in the manuscript and the importance of your study. Aims of the study Do not introduce anything that you are not going to be addressed in the manuscript
Байду номын сангаас
English University Entrance Exam (1978): 40% Published Peer-reviewed SCI Papers: 296 Published papers: 20-30/year Citations of papers: about 300-500/year Revision of own manuscripts: >250 Review of manuscripts: >300
High quality, legibility, consistency
Methods
“It is written in such a way that others could easily duplicate your experiment”
Subjects or animal preparation Experimental protocol/design: a line graph is helpful Specific measurements: descript one by one Data analysis (major items and references) Statistical analysis
Suggested paragraph Put relevant information in one paragraph 1st sentence is a summarizing sentence Do not boast the ability of your language
How to Choose Tense…
Aims: Past tense Introduction: Can be any tense Methods: Past tense Results: Past or present tense Discussion: Can be any tense Conclusions: Present tense
Relevance to the Journal
Clinical vs. Basic General vs. Specialty Impact factor vs. Quality of Data
Will this paper increase the impact factor?
Good topic New findings Excellent presentation
How a Manuscript is Judged?
Originality/novelty
New discovery/technology Enhanced/comprehensive findings More convincing findings
Experimental design