Product Description

This bestselling guide provides clear instructions on getting published in biomedical journals. Now in its fourth edition, How to Write a Paper has been fully revised and updated to include all aspects on writing each section of a structured paper incorporating the latest information on open access, electronic publication and submission.

Written by editors of leading medical journals as well as publishing experts, this guide is relevant and easy to use for any novice writer wanting to publish in journals.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #103452 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-31
• Formats: Abridged, Audiobook, Box set, Illustrated, Large Print
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 168 pages

Review
"The contributions [to this title] are written by people who know what they are talking about, and that is why I think the book worked.... It has a feel of the real world. Much of the advice is sound as well as clearly summarised." (Evidence Based Medicine, April 2009)

"This is a great book and its early promise was fulfilled with ease. Anybody involved in writing papers would benefit from this book.... An excellent book: 10/10." (Urology News, May/June 2009)

"I have always found Johnson′s work … Extremely inviting, engaging and thoughtful. Ideas of Landscape is no exception. The scope of his scholarship is impressive and he has a knack for presenting it with flair, selecting colourful quotes and examples to illustrate points." (Cambridge Archaeological Journal, October 2008)

“The book is written for medical journal authors, but the advice is applicable much more broadly. The book offers numerous practical tips … .The book also offers a behind–the–scenes peek into the world of editors, publishers and assessors (reviewers), as well as discussions of ethics, authorship and other related topics.” (Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices, December 2008)

From the Back Cover
This bestselling guide provides clear instructions on getting published in biomedical journals. Now in its fourth edition, How to Write a Paper has been fully revised and updated to include all aspects on writing each section of a structured paper incorporating the latest information on open access, electronic publication and submission.

Contents include:

• Structure of a scientific paper
  
• How to write a letter
  
• How to prepare an abstract for a scientific meeting
  
• How to write a case report
  
• How to write a review
  
• The role of the editor, manuscript assessor, publisher
  
• Style: what is it and does it matter
  
• Electronic publishing
  
• Open Access

Written by editors of leading medical journals as well as publishing experts, this guide is relevant and easy to use for any novice writer wanting to publish in journals.

About the Author
George M Hall, Professor of Anaesthesia, St George′s Medical School, London, UK.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book
This is an excellent book to read for anyone preparing to write a paper on medical journals.

Review from Urology News, May/June 2009.
The "How to......" series from BMJ books published by Blackwell, who of course are now Wiley Blackwell are an excellent set of books with a common style and a uniform format. As such many comments and observations are applicable across the range. First and foremost these books are nearly all the same handy size, each a different colour and look good on the shelf.

With the exception of the front cover these books are a world of black and white, even the boxes of importance are a sparkling shade of grey! We are all too aware of the global thought in relation to colour publications: The rainbow is in!!

Promising to be the most useful of the entire series, this book has 20 chapters each written by a different author. This is it's single greatest strength for the 20 contributors hail from an unbelievably broad mix of backgrounds from senior clinicians and publishers to librarians and professional consultants. Indeed the mere fact that the editors of the Lancet and the BMJ have contributed to this book speaks volumes.
Not only does this book dissect each aspect of a scientific paper (each with a dedicated chapter) but it also details the process of peer review and the roles of the editor and reviewer. The role of the publisher is also discussed as are the ethics of publishing and electronic publishing.
This is a great book and it's early promise was fulfilled with ease. Anybody involved in writing papers (I'd accept that there are a few exceptions!) would benefit from this book I think.

Reviewer: Ian Pearce, Consultant Urological Surgeon.

I love this
If you are thinking of publishing your work in a journal, especially for beginners,I think it is a great book to go through before your proceed.