Presentation and publication skills: Publication governance and pitfalls to avoid

Dileep N Lobo; George Grimble; Nathalie Delzenne; Nicolaas E Deutz

doi:10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.06.010

Presentation and publication skills: Publication governance and pitfalls to avoid

Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2023 Oct:57:5-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.06.010. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Authors

Dileep N Lobo¹, George Grimble², Nathalie Delzenne³, Nicolaas E Deutz⁴

Affiliations

¹ Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK; MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: dileep.lobo@nottingham.ac.uk.
² Division of Medicine, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: g.grimble@ucl.ac.uk.
³ University of Louvain, Avenue Mounier, 73 B-1200, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: Nathalie.delzenne@ulcouvain.be.
⁴ Editor-in-Chief Clinical Nutrition, USA; Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-4253, USA. Electronic address: nep.deutz@ctral.org.

PMID: 37739698
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.06.010

Abstract

There are several pitfalls in the publication process that researchers can fall victim to, and these can occur knowingly or unknowingly. Although some of these errors may have occurred in good faith, disregard of publication governance is a dangerous practice and could bring authors and their co-authors into disrepute. We highlight some of these potential pitfalls, acquaint the reader with some rules that need to be adhered to in research and publishing, and help the reader learn how to avoid tripping-up on the road to publication.

Keywords: Checklists; Errors; Fraud; Pitfalls; Publication; Retraction; Spin.