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Understanding Manuscript Types and Structures in Scientific Communication

Explore different types of manuscripts, journals, and submissions in scientific communication. Learn about manuscript structures, types of studies, and essential elements in research papers.

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Understanding Manuscript Types and Structures in Scientific Communication

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  1. Types & Structure of Manuscripts Scientific Communication, Week 2

  2. Manuscripts & typewriters: One size / model for all?

  3. Types of Manuscripts Types of Journals: General or Specialty Clinical, Basic Science, Lay Press; Peer-reviewed or Paid-invited contributor; Academic, Society, Conference, or Industry-sponsored; Types of Manuscript submissions: General: original research, letters to the editor, short communication, editorials, reviews, case reports. Special: technical briefs, methodological papers, application of information technology, research letters, blogs, poetry, cartoons, photographs.

  4. Types of Manuscripts: Examples JAMIA thru 2010JAMIA after 2010 Position Papers Research and Applications White Papers Reviews Viewpoint Papers Brief Communications Forum Papers Case Reports Historical Perspective papers Perspectives Papers on Careers in Medical Informatics Correspondence Review Papers Editorials Brief Reviews Highlights Synthesis of Research Papers Application of Information Technology Papers Implementation Briefs Technical Briefs Technology Evaluation Papers Research Papers Model Formulation Papers Methods Papers Case Reports Special Focus Papers Editorial Comments Letters to the Editor

  5. Types of Studies in Manuscripts Primary Research: Experiments Clinical trials Surveys Qualitative studies Secondary or Derivative: Overviews: reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis Guidelines Decision analyses Economic analyses

  6. Structure of Research Papers • Introduction: • - High level problem statement • mid-level problem statement • “research gap” • goal of this study “Sandwich technology” Methods: - setting, population, procedures/ statistical analyses, etc. - reproducible Results: - Data (without interpretation) • Discussion: • Interpretation of data • put in context with existing research • limitations • summary statement

  7. IMRAD: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion Title Author information Acknowledgments Abstract References (what, how many, self-citation, journal self-citation; in-press, in-print; forthcoming; theses, personal comm., ) Tables Figures Legends Word count Keywords Author contribution (what qualifies, ghost authors, honorary authors) Conflict of interest (sponsors, agency information) Trials registration, statements such as the CONSORT Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication http://www.icmje.org/

  8. Additional manuscript structure related considerations: • Acknowledgments • Trials registration, statements such as CONSORT • Sponsorship • Disclosure of (non)Conflicts of Interest • Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication • http://www.icmje.org/ • Electronic publication  in-print • Pre-publication – allowed or not? • Paper  Conference proceedings

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