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9 th Annual Conference Association of Physiologist of Tamil Nadu 2015

9 th Annual Conference Association of Physiologist of Tamil Nadu 2015. The General Structure Of A Full Article. Make them easy for indexing and searching! (informative, attractive, effective). Title Authors Abstract Keywords Main text (IMRAD) I ntroduction M ethods R esults A nd

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9 th Annual Conference Association of Physiologist of Tamil Nadu 2015

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  1. 9th Annual Conference Association of Physiologist of Tamil Nadu 2015

  2. The General Structure Of A Full Article Make them easy for indexing and searching! (informative, attractive, effective) • Title • Authors • Abstract • Keywords • Main text (IMRAD) • Introduction • Methods • Results • And • Discussion (Conclusions) • Acknowledgements • References • Supplementary material Each has a distinct function

  3. Questions to answer in choosing a journal 1. National or international audience? 2. Language? 3. Disciplinary or addiction specialty journals? 4. The journal’s content area/culture? 5. Exposure opportunities? 6. Chances of acceptance? 7. What about the impact factor? 8. Practical matters (time to publication, etc.) Publishing Addiction Science

  4. The Journal Impact Factor • The average citation frequency for articles published in a journal, or how many times, on average, during the study year the articles that appeared the 2 preceding years of that journal received citations in other (ISI) indexed journals • Publishing Addiction Science

  5. Structure of Original Scientific Paper

  6. Top 10 Reasons Manuscripts Rejected • Wrong journal, format, preparation • Disorganized study design • Defective tables, figures • Poor organization throughout, writing, spelling • No hypothesis or problem statement • No or insufficient conclusion • Over interpretation of results • Article unfocused, too verbose and long • Inappropriate statistical methods; methods not sufficient to repeat study • Poorly written abstract/title Marshal GS. “Writing a peer reviewed article.” http://dor.umc.edu/ARCHIVES/GMarshallPublishingarticle.ppt Hall, JE. “Writing research papers (and getting them published)” http://dor.umc.edu/ARCHIVES/GMarshallPublishingarticle.ppt

  7. Publication Ethics

  8. Publication Ethics - Why we should be concerned? • Ethical violations affect the quality and integrity of science, research and clinical practice • Patients put at risk by flawed research • Damages public trust in research/science • Waste of resources, human and financial • Retracted work goes on being cited

  9. Reasons for increase in the incidence of research & publication misconduct ? • Lack of knowledge about research & publication ethics • Increasing pressure on researchers to publish (Career prospects) • Financial inducements compromising integrity (South Korea - US$3,000, Pakistan – US$1,000-20,000, China – up to US$50,000 for high-impact papers)

  10. Ethical Issues: Authors’ Seven Deadly Sins

  11. Prevention of research/publication misconduct • Better education on publication guidelines and ethics. • Establish a norm of transparency for the authorship process • Conduct an inventory of contributions at beginning, middle and end of process • Develop institutional policies • Change criteria from quantity to quality when papers are used for assessment of posts or grants. • COPE provides advice and resources to editors and publishers on all aspects of publication ethics • For more details - http://www.publicationethics.org/

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