How to Submit a Clinical Paper: Basics, Tips and Traps - Part III

Chirurgia (Bucur). 2020 Sept-Oct;115(5):554-562. doi: 10.21614/chirurgia.115.5.554.

Abstract

One of the main goals of clinicians is to constantly improve the healthcare by spreading their expertise and by introducing innovations in medical science. Therefore, publishing is of utmost importance. Moreover, publishing helps authors in developing their academic carrier. Learning how to properly write and submit a manuscript should be a goal for all medical students, residents, clinicians and researchers. Everyone, from students to senior physicians and surgeons, advance in their carrier by publishing papers and by getting their work cited by others. The aim of this paper, published in three parts, is to enable the readers to write and publish their work effectively; the current part is addressing the actual writing workflow of a clinical paper and its submission process to a journal.

Keywords: clinicalpaper; scientificarticle; writingskills.

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Research / methods*
  • Biomedical Research / standards
  • Education, Medical* / methods
  • Education, Medical* / organization & administration
  • Education, Medical* / standards
  • Humans
  • Manuscripts, Medical as Topic
  • Publishing*
  • Scholarly Communication / standards*
  • Writing*