Publish or Perish: Five Steps to Navigating a Less Painful Peer Review

Carol A Lange; Stephen R Hammes

doi:10.1210/endocr/bqaa225

Publish or Perish: Five Steps to Navigating a Less Painful Peer Review

Endocrinology. 2021 Mar 1;162(3):bqaa225. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa225.

Authors

Carol A Lange¹, Stephen R Hammes²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
² Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.

PMID: 33516156
DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa225

Abstract

This Perspective presents comments intended for junior researchers by Carol A. Lange, Editor-in-Chief, Endocrinology, and Stephen R. Hammes, former Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Endocrinology, and former co-Editor-in-Chief, Endocrinology.

Principal points: 1. Know when you are ready and identify your target audience.2. Select an appropriate journal.3. Craft your title and abstract to capture your key words and deliver your message.4. Tell a clear and impactful story.5. Review, polish, and perfect your manuscript.

Keywords: abstract; editing; impact factor; manuscript; peer-review; publish; title.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society 2021.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / methods
Biomedical Research / standards
Editorial Policies
Humans
Journal Impact Factor
Peer Review / methods
Peer Review / standards
Peer Review, Research* / standards
Publishing* / standards
Vocabulary, Controlled
Writing* / standards