This presentation is about TIPS for writing a research paper, right from approach to execution .

1. Research Paper Writing &
Publishing
Dr.Nikhil Panse
Plastic & Reconstructive Micro surgeon
Pune,India.
Contact: drnikhilpanse@yahoo.co.in

2. Why to publish?
• Academic responsibility.
• Academic growth.
• Peer recognition.

3. How to publish?
• Know – what is published!
• Read literature, journals.
• Attend conferences, interact with peers and
faculty.
• Maintain records and clinical images.
• Review your records periodically.
• Develop a research plan.

4. Types of manuscripts
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Review article.
Invited CME.
Original article.
Case reports.
Brief communication.
Letter to the editor.

5. Writing for publication
• Write for a specific audience.
• Research the market.
• Target the Journal.
– Indexing-Pubmed.
– Impact factor.
– Subject specific.
• Different from Thesis writing.

6. Writing Tips
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Use journal checklist, instruction to authors.
Be simple and concise.
Do not write complex sentences.
Know your audience, know your subject, know
your purpose of writing.
• If your writing can be interpreted in more than
one ways, its wrong.
• Identify an ideal article from the selected journal.

7. Writing tips..
• Acknowledgement.
• Use credits – Statistician,Photographer,etc.

8. Title
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Identify main issue of paper.
Accurate, unambiguos,specific and complete.
Does not have abbreviations.
Attract readers.

9. Abstract
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Structured/Non-structured.
Background/Motivation.
Problem statement.
Approach.
Results.
Conclusion.

10. Key words
• Most relevant words must be used.

11. Introduction
• Make general statements about the subject.
• Present an overview of the current research
project.

12. Body
• How was the research question
addressed(Material & Methods)
• What was found(Results)

13. Discussion
• Comparison of results with previously
published studies.
• Conclusions from the result with summary of
evidence for each result.
• Proposed follow up research paper.

14. References
• Different systems define different formats of
citing text.

15. Images and Animation
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Good quality- are not pixilated.
Identity of patient not to be revealed.
Long term follow up.
Images /Videos showing function.
Video clips/animation images.

16. Identity not to be revealed when not necessary

18. Crop the unnecessary/unwanted backgrounds

19. Plagiarism.

21. Review process
• Common causes of rejection:
– Not adhering to journal formatting/word
count/other guidelines.
– Papers focus is not within the scope of the journal.

22. What does a reviewer look for?
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Journals have their guidelines.
Originality of work.
Novelty of the concept.
Coverage of relevant literature.
Clarity of writing- readability,
organisation,clarity of thoughts, technical
quality of the paper.
• Appropriate title and abstract.

23. • Sound conclusion and relevant discussion.
• Length of paper relative to its usefulness.
• Appropriate use of Clinical images.

24. Review process
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Accept.
Modify- Major changes.
Modify-Minor changes.
Reject.

25. Most of our barriers are more mental than physical…….