Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research

by Browner, Warren S., M.D.; Hiscock, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780683307450
• ISBN10: 0683307452
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Williams & Wilkins

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
1 Overview	1	(2)
Who Should Use This Book	1	(1)
When Will This Book Be Useful	1	(1)
How to Use This Book	2	(1)
2 Title and Abstract	3	(16)
The Title	3	(2)
Abstracts	5	(3)
Getting Started	8	(1)
The Abstract Review Process	9	(2)
Why Abstracts Are Rejected	11	(1)
Fitting an Abstract into Its Blue Box	12	(3)
Abstracts for Manuscripts	15	(4)
3 Introduction	19	(6)
The Background of the Research Question	19	(1)
Previous Research in the Area	20	(1)
Problems with Past Research	21	(2)
What You Did to Fix Those Problems	23	(2)
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	(2)
Getting Started	65	(6)
6 Tables	71	(18)
Table Components	71	(3)
Types of Tables	74	(1)
Tables of Lists	75	(1)
Tables of Subject Characteristics	76	(2)
Tables That Tell What Happened	78	(1)
Tables That Compare Groups	78	(4)
Tables with Many Rows and Columns	82	(1)
Tables of Multivariable Results	83	(2)
When to Combine Tables	85	(1)
What Should Be Left Out of a Table?	86	(1)
Preparing the Table in Your Manuscript	86	(1)
A Final Test	87	(2)
7 Figures	89	(18)
Photographs as Figures	89	(1)
Diagrams or Cartoons as Figures	90	(1)
Figures That Present Numerical Data	90	(14)
Figure Legends and Text	104	(1)
Submitting Figures With a Manuscript	105	(2)
8 Discussion	107	(12)
Structure	108	(1)
What You Found	108	(1)
What You Think the Results Mean and How Strongly You Believe Them	108	(5)
Secondary Results	113	(1)
How Do Your Results Compare with Prior Knowledge?	114	(1)
Limitations of the Study	114	(2)
Conclusions and Implications	116	(1)
Putting It All Together	117	(2)
9 References and Electronic Publishing	119	(6)
References	119	(2)
Electronic Publishing	121	(4)
10 Authorship	125	(8)
The Practicalities	126	(2)
How Does One Tell Nonauthors Their Fate?	128	(1)
Order of Authorship	129	(1)
How and When Do You Move Yourself Up or Down on the List?	129	(1)
What Constitutes a Paper?	130	(1)
Acknowledgments	131	(1)
A Special Plea to Senior Investigators	132	(1)
11 Posters	133	(8)
The Basics	133	(2)
Getting Started	135	(1)
General Advice About Panels	135	(1)
Example: A Multiple-Panel Poster	136	(2)
Getting the Most Out of a Poster Session	138	(3)
12 Oral Presentations	141	(12)
The Basic Order of a Presentation	141	(5)
Making Your Slides	146	(1)
Slide Format	147	(1)
Timing Your Talk	148	(1)
What to Say	148	(1)
Practicing Your Talk	149	(1)
Dealing with Anxiety	149	(1)
The Talk Itself	150	(1)
Answering Questions	150	(2)
Some Final Thoughts	152	(1)
13 Choosing a Journal and Responding to Reviewers' Comments	153	(12)
Choosing a Journal	153	(1)
What to Put in the Cover Letter	154	(1)
Suggesting Reviewers	155	(1)
The Manuscript Itself	156	(1)
The Response to Your Manuscript	156	(2)
Responding to Comments	158	(1)
Other Changes in a Revised Manuscript	159	(1)
Editorial Changes	159	(1)
Dealing with Rejection	159	(3)
Submitting to Another Journal	162	(3)
14 Suggestions for Writing Well	165	(12)
Aiming for Clarity	166	(4)
Achieving Brevity	170	(1)
Developing a Style	170	(4)
Writing Numbers and Formulas	174	(1)
Overcoming Writer's Block	175	(2)
Appendixes	177	(22)
A Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Publications	177	(20)
B A List of Resources	197	(2)
INDEX	199