Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research

Univ. of California, San Francisco. Text for new and experienced investigators on getting work published. Topics include: title and abstract, introduction, methods, results, tables, figures, discussion, references, authorship, posters, oral presentation, choosing a journal, and more. Softcover. DNLM: Publishing. Added to the Brandon-Hill Medical List in April of 2001.

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1 Overview

1

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Who Should Use This Book

1

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When Will This Book Be Useful

1

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How to Use This Book

2

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2 Title and Abstract

3

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The Title

3

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Abstracts

5

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Getting Started

8

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The Abstract Review Process

9

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Why Abstracts Are Rejected

11

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Fitting an Abstract into Its Blue Box

12

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Abstracts for Manuscripts

15

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3 Introduction

19

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The Background of the Research Question

19

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Previous Research in the Area

20

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Problems with Past Research

21

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What You Did to Fix Those Problems

23

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4 Methods

25

(16)

Design

25

(3)

Subject and Setting

28

(3)

Measurements

31

(3)

Analysis

34

(3)

Special Situations

37

(2)

Miscellaneous Points

39

(2)

5 Results

41

(30)

Descriptive and Analytic Results

42

(13)

Statistics

55

(8)

What Readers Will Expect to Find

63

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Getting Started

65

(6)

6 Tables

71

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Table Components

71

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Types of Tables

74

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Tables of Lists

75

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Tables of Subject Characteristics

76

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Tables That Tell What Happened

78

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Tables That Compare Groups

78

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Tables with Many Rows and Columns

82

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Tables of Multivariable Results

83

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When to Combine Tables

85

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What Should Be Left Out of a Table?

86

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Preparing the Table in Your Manuscript

86

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A Final Test

87

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7 Figures

89

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Photographs as Figures

89

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Diagrams or Cartoons as Figures

90

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Figures That Present Numerical Data

90

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Figure Legends and Text

104

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Submitting Figures With a Manuscript

105

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8 Discussion

107

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Structure

108

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What You Found

108

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What You Think the Results Mean and How Strongly You Believe Them

108

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Secondary Results

113

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How Do Your Results Compare with Prior Knowledge?

114

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Limitations of the Study

114

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Conclusions and Implications

116

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Putting It All Together

117

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9 References and Electronic Publishing

119

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References

119

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Electronic Publishing

121

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10 Authorship

125

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The Practicalities

126

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How Does One Tell Nonauthors Their Fate?

128

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Order of Authorship

129

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How and When Do You Move Yourself Up or Down on the List?

129

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What Constitutes a Paper?

130

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Acknowledgments

131

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A Special Plea to Senior Investigators

132

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11 Posters

133

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The Basics

133

(2)

Getting Started

135

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General Advice About Panels

135

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Example: A Multiple-Panel Poster

136

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Getting the Most Out of a Poster Session

138

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12 Oral Presentations

141

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The Basic Order of a Presentation

141

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Making Your Slides

146

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Slide Format

147

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Timing Your Talk

148

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What to Say

148

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Practicing Your Talk

149

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Dealing with Anxiety

149

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The Talk Itself

150

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Answering Questions

150

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Some Final Thoughts

152

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13 Choosing a Journal and Responding to Reviewers' Comments

153

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Choosing a Journal

153

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What to Put in the Cover Letter

154

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Suggesting Reviewers

155

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The Manuscript Itself

156

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The Response to Your Manuscript

156

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Responding to Comments

158

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Other Changes in a Revised Manuscript

159

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Editorial Changes

159

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Dealing with Rejection

159

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Submitting to Another Journal

162

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14 Suggestions for Writing Well

165

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Aiming for Clarity

166

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Achieving Brevity

170

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Developing a Style

170

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Writing Numbers and Formulas

174

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Overcoming Writer's Block

175

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Appendixes

177

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A Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Publications

177

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B A List of Resources

197

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INDEX

199

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