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HowtogetpublishedinaWesternJournalProf.Dr.MalcolmW.KennedyInstituteofBiomedicalandLifeSciencesUniversityofGlasgowUK-Glasgow,Scottland,G128QQUnitedKingdomImmunisationagainstsmallpoxMoveabletypeprintingCircumnavigatingtheworldScienceanddiscoveryinChinaChinesesciencein‘Nature’PalaeontologyVirusevolutionFoodplantgenomicsAnthropology–HanmigrationsScienceinChina“TheannualNationalGeographicSurveydiscoveredthesadfactthatonly23outof56youngA*******sknewthewhereaboutsofthePacificOcean”Whatyouareupagainst…IgnazSemmelweis(1818–1865)1847–discoveredcontagiousnatureofpuerperalfeveranduseofantiseptic1850–lecturesonthediscovery1861–book&polemicalresponse1865–nervousbreakdownanddeathChoosingajournalLanguage–doesithavetobeinEnglish?Appropriatetoyourfield–doesitmatter?Impactfactors–whocares?Whowillfindmyarticle?GettingpublishedDosomethingnewandinterestingDosomethingchallenging–getnoticed!Ifyouthinksome(Western?!)ideasarewrong–don’tbeafraidtodotheexperimentstoshowit!DesignandanalyseexperimentsrigorouslyDothepropercontrolsRemember,technologyisatool,notscienceitselfFirst,dogoodscience!ChoosingajournalWhoareyourintendedaudience?Multidisciplinaryjournal?Specialist?Relatedfieldwithmorewidelyreadjournals?Besafe–butwhowillreadit?Bebrave–youmightgetlucky,youwilllearnsomething,andwillmakeyourselfwritebetter.Balancetimeexpendedwiththepotentialreward.Choosingajournal-Willitbefoundandreadwidely?Whatinstitutionswillhaveitintheirlibraries?-Paper-OnlineWillelectronicdatabaseslistit?-ISI-selective-Medline,etc.?-GoogleMultidisciplinaryImpactImmediacyCitedJournalFactorIndexHalf-lifeNature 30.979 6.679 7.0Science 29.162 5.589 6.8PNAS(USA) 10.272 1.935 6.6Theimpactfactoriscalculatedbydividingthenumberofcurrentcitationstoarticlespublishedinthetwopreviousyearsbythetotalnumberofarticlespublishedinthetwopreviousyears.ISIScienceCitationIndexOnly~2000journalsselectedperyearforcitationanalysis.Choosingajournal–impactfactors-multidisciplinaryParasitologyImpactImmediacyCitedJournalFactorIndexHalf-lifeTrendsinParasitology 6.788 0.611 2.1AdvancesinParasitology 3.900 0.333 8.6MolecularandBiochemicalParasitology 2.882 0.584 6.8InternationalJournalofParasitology 2.881 0.377 5.0ParasiteImmunology 1.956 0.148 7.3Parasitology 1.821 0.312 8.4VeterinaryParasitology 1.583 0.291 5.5ActaTropica 1.336 0.490 6.5ParasitologyInternational 1.205 0.133 3.2JournalofParasitology 1.137 0.237 10.0ExperimentalParasitology 1.119 0.038 9.6Choosingajournal–impactfactors-specialistWritingthepaperMakeyourselffamiliarwiththetargetjournalFollowthesubmissionguidelinesprecisely-manuscriptformat-goodqualityfigures-cleartables-correctreferencestyleanduse-electronicsubmissionrequirementsWritingthepaper–theusualstructureAuthorshiplistTheconvention–whodidthework,whohasoverallresponsibility,whoelsewasinvolved,whoisanswerable?TitleBriefandtothepointSummaryClear,concise,informativeIntroductionWhyistheworkimportant?BackgroundfocusstateimportancehypothesisundertesthowtestedsummariseachievementMaterialandMethodsRepeatablebyreasonablyinformedresearchers.Sections.Useofreferencescarefully.Writingthepaper–theusualstructureResultsBreakintosections.Logicalflow–explainthereasonsfordoingthenextexperiment.Makeclearwhatcontrolsweredone.DiscussionBriefstatementofachievementdiscussionoftheimplicationsoftheresultspeculation(butnottoomuch)andhypothesisfinalconcludingshortparagraphandkillersentence.AcknowledgementsWhoelsehelped?Whoprovidedspecialfacilities?Whopaid?ReferencesCorrectformat.EndNote/ReferenceManagerSupportingmaterial–Tables,figuresandfigurelegendsCoveringletterLanguageproblems.Notfollowingsubmissionguidelines.Confusingtechnologywithscience.Repeatedornorealadvanceonpreviouspublishedwork.Titles,summaries,orabstractsthatmakenosenseorfailtorepresentthesubjectmatteradequately.Introductionsthatgiveinadequatebackgroundordonotsaywhythepaperisworthreading.Repeatingdataintablesandfigures/graphs.ReiteratingresultsinDiscussion.Referenceswronglyformatted,incorrectortooold.Figuresandtableswithoutsupportinglegendsornotcitedintext.Seeingthesamefailingstwice–refereesmostlywishtohelp.ThingsthatrefereesandeditorslovetohateSeekinghelpFornow…Askcolleagues(firstlanguageorfluent)topre-review.Asksomeoneyounger!Createawritingandcheckingteam.Askyourinstitutetoemployawriter-helper.Makefriendsabroadwhowillhelpcorrectmanuscripts.Forthefuture–thenextgeneration…ScientificwritinginEnglishcoursesinundergraduatedegrees.Dissertationsand(some?)examinationsinEnglish.Lectures(some?)andtutorialsinEnglish.EnglishspeakingguestlecturersandtutorsGoodluck!