HomeWriting for Research Publications
Understanding the Publication Process
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (Consensus standards by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors – for editors, authors, and publishers of biomedical journals.)
- Review Criteria for Research Reports (Task Force report that presents and explains standards for research articles–for reviewers and authors.)
- Publish, Not Perish: Art & Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals (A first-rate online tutorial, including developing a publishing plan, from the University of Colorado Libraries.)
- Selected resources on peer review–annotated
- Peer–to–Peer: for peer reviewers and the peer review process. (This blog, operated by Nature, contains not only comments and discussion but also organizes them into collections by topic.)
- Authors & Referees @ NPG (The site gives information and maintains two blogs on authorship and peer review.)
- Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (Links to over 3,500 health and life sciences publishers and organizations)
- Seminar #1: Overview and Journals and Peer Review, SOM Faculty Development Series on Writing and Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Research Journals – item forthcoming
Creating Your Abstract
- How to Write an Abstract Suitable for Publication (Resource for writing structured abstracts from the Society of Critical Care Medicine)
- Current Findings from Research on Structured Abstracts, Hartley, J. J Med Lib Assoc, 2004, 92(2, July):368-372. (Findings on the effect of introducing structured abstracts in the past 15+ years.)
- ANSI/NISO Standards for Abstracts (The appendix has many examples of different kinds of abstracts in various fields.)
- Seminar #2: Abstracts, SOM Faculty Development Series on Writing and Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Research Journals – item forthcoming
Building Better Papers
- OWL (Purdue Writing Center)
- George Mason Writing Center
- Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
- Style Guides (APA, etc)
- RefWorks (Use Web-based software to manage your references and format bibliographies)
- Landmark Project's Citation Machine
Understanding Ethics in Publishing
- Copyright Basics
- UVa Copyright Policy
- Know Your Copy Rights – Resources for Teaching Faculty
- CSE?s White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications (Discusses ethical publishing practices for those involved in the editorial process)
Finding Journals in Your Research Area
- How Do I...find the impact factor for a journal? (See the impact factors for an entire category)
- History and Meaning of the Impact Factor , Eugene Garfield [creator of IF], JAMA 2006; 295(1): 90–93. (Garfield conceived the idea of an impact factor and created a system to measure it.)
- Impact factors: “The Number That's Devouring Science,” Chronicle of Higher Education (Includes a table showing how it is calculated and a list of journals with the highest IFs.)
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
- List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
Additional Resources
- Information for Grant Seekers (How to find funding sources and tips for grant writing)
- Resources for Scholarly Publishing (Learn about new publishing models)