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How to get published ininternational journals

NTU

Singapore, 6th Feb 2012

Dr. Carol BacchusVP & Publishing Director Life Sciences


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Outline of talk

A short introduction to Wiley-Blackwell Peer review What you need to know

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Writing Tips: How to keep your readers

focused


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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. founded 1807 Public company, family controlled

About Wiley A short history

Wiley-Blackwell formed in February 2007

1.500 journals, > 3,5 m articles, > 6.500 books


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About Wiley fast facts 50 Wiley locations across the world with 5,000 staff

o Fortune 100 top companies

Global sales force

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Award-winning online platform, Wiley Online Library

o reaching 10 million people globally every month

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Beijing

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BostonChichester

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Weinheim

Berlin

Tokyo

Copenhagen

Shanghai

Ames

ee

Melbourne

Singapore

STMS Publishing Centers


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Global sales force


Wiley Online Library our award-winning online platform,





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Global sales force


Award-winning online platform, Wiley Online Library





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Worldwide resources

Partnerships with 800+ Societies

Expertise

Opportunities

Service culture


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Strong Market PositionStrong Market Position

Source: Thomson ISI 2009

Top 3 globally

#1 society publisher

Leader in quality

STMS

Source: Bookscan, April

2010 (US market only)

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Leader in key disciplines:

Accounting

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P/T


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Our Mission

Wiley-Blackwell is dedicated to

serving the needs of researchers and practitioners

providing must-have content and services to our customers,clients authors and users worldwide

We enable research, learning and professional practiceby advancing knowledge and understanding thus contributing

to progress in a healthy and prosperous society.


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Dissemination

Preservation

What do we actually do?Publishers contribute

and add value to the

contents, and distribute

and preserve scientific

knowledge.

Certification

FormalisationPublishers are NOT

just printers or

manufacturers

Source: An Overview of Scientific, Technical and

Medical Publishing and the Value it adds to researchOutputs, Int Assoc STM, April 2008


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Top Quality Products & Services

HealthSciences

PhysicalSciences &Engineering

Social Sciences& Humanities

LifeSciences


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Wiley Open Access

Each article is made available under the terms of the Creative

Commons Attribution Non Commercial License

http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/


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www.wiley.com/WIREsHybrid between journals and reference works

Serial publications Encyclopedic structure and coverage

Strong interdisciplinary ethos

Climate change

RNA Nanomedicine and

Nanobiotechnology

Data Mining and

Knowledge Discovery

New and updated content added monthly Strong emphasis on quality

High profile in numerous research disciplines

omputat ona tat st cs

Cognitive Science Computational Molecular

Scinece

Systems Biology and

Medicine


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Cell Biology

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Cytometry

Human Genetics

Immunology

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Microbiology

Pharmacology

Protein Science

Stem Cell Biology

Toxicology

> 13.000 techniques!


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Peer Review


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Learned journal publishing goes back to the mid

17th century when Henry Oldenburg became the

founding Editor of Philosophical Transactions.

He established four principles: peer review

registration

(c. 1619 -1677)

archival record

These principles remain until todayfundamental to scientific publishing


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Why peer review?

Ensures quality and validity of reported research

findings

Makes suggestions for improvement of the paper

Avoid dissemination of unacceptable

interpretations, and personal views

Ensures that authors meet standards in theirdiscipline/journal


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What do we expectfrom peer reviewers?

Experts in the respective field Confidentiality and ethical behavior

Adhere to journals standards

Resources: US Office of

Research Integrity (ORI)

by Yale University. Ethics

of Peer Review: A Guide

Ensure timely, high standard andunbiased peer review

Authors have the right to appeal editorial

decisions!

for Manuscript Reviewers.

http://ori.hhs.gov/educatio

n/products/yale


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Types of Peer Review

Single blinded Double blinded

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Post-publication peer-review

Transparent peer-review


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Peer review process

PUBLISHER

INTERNET

LIBRARYAuthors

Authorcorrections

print

AGENT

proofing

Editor

EditorialOffice

Readers

RefereesResearch

Community

standardpeer review

submission/revision

Mabe: STM Report 2009


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Editorial Office

Pre-accept.

Scope

completeness

Consistency, concise

Post-accept.

editing

proof reading

(re)write (graphical)

abstracts, figure

Post-Publ.

Indexing,

publicity, marketing,

article metrics

Other

board meetings

strategic

development

ITA

manage peer-review

etc etc

legends

ToC and ToC alerts

titles, keywords

supporting material

etc etc

copyright issues

translations, reprints

etc etc

commissioning

functional

improvements

etc etc


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How to get published


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The Four Basic Rules

Have something to say Say it

Give the paper a proper title

Source: John S. Billings: An Address on our Medical Literature.Br Med J(1881) 2:262-268.


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The Dos!

Provide primary scientific research results

Results have not be submitted or published elsewhere.

Provide evidence of high technical standard of experimental design,.

Conclusions must be supported by the data as show in figures andtables

Ensure clarity of writing

Strictly adhere to publication ethics


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Surviving the first assessment

Most top ranked journals receive well over 100 new papers

per month.

Remember:

Rejection rates are usually well over 70%.

A large proportion of papers are rejected even before peer-

review!


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Before writing.

Select the right journal

Do not submit if you know that it is not yet as perfect asyou can make it.

Ask several experts who publish regularly in your chosen

to submission

Source: William J. Lucas, University of California, Davis, USA)


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What Editors want!

Fits within the journal scope

Novelty

Concise and well-written papers

Contribution to journals citationsand thus impact factor


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Selecting the right journal

From: Cargill/OConnor: Writing ScientifcResearch Articles. Strategy and Steps


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Intro

Methods

Abstract

The IMRAD structure began to be used

for scientific papers in the 1940s. By the

the 1970s 80% of all papers used

IMRAD. Since the 1980s it is the

General order of an article

Results

Discussion

standard for original papers.


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Whichjournal?

Order of writing is RAMID !

ResultsFigures/

Tables

Title andAbstract?

START

Materials &Methods

Introduction

Discussion


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The Cover Letter

Why is the paper significant?

Why does the paper fit within the scope of

the journal?

All authors concur with the submission

The coverletter can be

published elsewhere

Disclosures, i.e. of commercial/financial

conflicts-of-interest, sources of funding or

clinical trial registration numbers

factor


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Co-Authors

Provided substantial contributions to concept

and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis

and interpretation of data - AND

Contributed to drafting the article or revising it

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The list of

authors shouldaccurately

reflect who did

AND

Given final approval of the version of the

paper to be published

Othersbelong in the acknowlegments

Source: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)


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The Decision

Acceptance

Novel or relevantresults

Fits well within the

Minor/MajorRevision

The paper haspotential but needseither some

Reject

Lack of clarity

Poor experimentaldesign

scope of the journal

Is well written andeasy to comprehend

Appropriate studydesign andinterpretion ofresults

minor adjustments

or

additionalexperimentation orstatistical analysis(major)

Not within scope ofthe journal

Conclusions notsupported by data


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Responding to Reviewers comments

1. The assessment of the reviewer/editor is

rarely completely right or completely wrong.

2. Respond to each single comment without

compromising the story of the paper

.

Use the recommendations to improve yourpaper .

4. Submit your revised paper in edit mode

and respond with a letter.


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Writing Tips


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FIGURES

Should tell the story without repeating body text

Figures should be clear and consistent in style

(bar charts, pie charts, line charts).

Highlight the most essential information more

rominentl .

Keep same symbols and order for variables in all

shown figures.

Avoid too much data or panels in one figure. The

figure may be shrinked!


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And now?

From: Cargill/OConnor: Writing Scientifc

Research Articles. Strategy and Steps; p26


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What is wrong with the legend?

From: Cargill/OConnor: Writing Scientifc

Research Articles. Strategy and Steps; p26


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And now?

From: Cargill/OConnor: Writing ScientifcResearch Articles. Strategy and Steps; p26


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FIGURE LEGENDS

the five parts

1. Summary what the figure is about

2. Details of results/models shown

3. Any additional explanation of components shown in the

figure, i.e. methods used

4. Decription of units or statistical notations5. Explanation of any other symbols used


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Root surface phosphatase activity of wheat plants

differed after soil amendment with different fertilizer

treatments. Phosphatase activity was highest in

farmyard manure () treatments followed by combined

1

2

4

Good figure legends an example

chemical fertilizer alone (), and control/no amendment ()treatments. Phosphatase activity declined over 5 weeks

for all treatments. Least significant difference (LSD;

two-way ANOCA, P 0.05) is 0.39 mg/g/h.

3

5

From: Cargill/OConnor: Writing ScientifcResearch Articles. Strategy and Steps; p29


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Most useful Table Figure

When working with number shape

When concentrating on individual data overall pattern

Figure or Table ?

values

When accurate or preciseactual values are

more important less important


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Highlight important findings

But be selective Present the experiments performed in a logical and clear

manner Clearly indicate significant data

RESULTS

Cite each and every figure and describe the results obtained

Comment - but do not discuss

Explain why this led on to the next experiment

Cite relevant published data but only the facts


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After standing in boiling water for an hour, I loaded the

sample on a gel..

MATERIALS AND METHODS

,

human blood agar plates were inoculated.


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Establishes credibility for the results!

Should provide sufficient information to enable the

reader to evaluate the results

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Be precise about the reagents used (name suppliers, vectors,

provide references)

If a new method provide all detail

If standard provide citation only


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INTRODUCTION

Think like an Editor/Reviewer

Is the contribution new?

s e con r u on s gn can

Is it suitable for publication in the journal?


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Provides the background to the study

Describes why the work was carried out

and what the aim of the study was

Details the results from other relevant

INTRODUCTION

General

Explains what is still unknown

Enables a non-expert to understand the

rationale

Specific


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Refer to main hypothesis or purpose ofthe study

Review the most important findings

Provide explanations for the findings

DISCUSSION

This is not just theresults presented

supporte y re erences

Detail any limitations of the study

Describe implications of the study

Provide recommendations for the

future

in another format


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The references must comply to house style of the

journal!

Ensure that they are cited in numerical order and

that every reference is cited!

REFERENCES

The work cited should be fair and balanced

Ensure that credit is given to the original discoveries


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Sources of funding (including scholarships and

fellowships)

Sources of material or protocols Help in performing the experiment, or provision of a

service, e.g. sequencing; anything that enabled you to

ACKNOWLEDMENTS

o or comp e e your exper men s an wr e up

People who created, or helped create figures, images

or illustrations

People who read/corrected the manuscript or with

whom you discussed ideas Reviewers (and editors)

THE TITLE


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Should be interesting and easy to read

Should convey the main message of the paper

THE TITLE

The first impression counts

Keep it short not more than 15 words

Use key words (hot topics!)

Keep re-assessing the title during the writing process

What is wrong?


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What is wrong?

The X-ray crystal structure of the complex formed between a

recognition domain on a sensor histidine kinase (CheA) and its

cognate response-regulator (CheY) reveals insights into the

mechanism of signal transduction in bacterial chemotaxis

Some basic rules for titles


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Not more than 15 words!

Regulatory T cells induce a privileged tolerant microenvironment

at the fetal-maternal interface



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Avoid!

X Effect ofprotein X in phenomenon Z

X Involvement of protein X in phenomenon Z

v ence o pro e n n p enomenon

X Role of protein X in phenomenon ZX Determination of protein X in phenomenon Z



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Protein X degrades protein Y to give rise to phenomenon Z

Make statements !!

A


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Maximum 200 to 250 words

Key information at beginning and end

ABSTRACT

Hardest but 2nd most important part!

Be specific

No citations

No non-standard abbreviations


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What is the paper about?

ABSTRACT

Structure your abstract !

Important methodology (in vitro vs. in vivo,

human, model systems)?

What are the conclusions/implications?

Optimal structure of an abstract


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p

Most important insight We show that skt-1 is the key regulatory factor in thesignal transduction pathway that causes bone togrow in response to mechanical forces

As much backgroundas necessary, and aslittle as possible

The mechanoreception signal transduction pathway(MSTP) begins with a G-protein complex that sensesforces of compression, tension and shearing in the

Disclaimer: The above example was invented for the sake of illustration; it does not reflect real knowledge

act n cytos e eton o osteo asts

Placing of the insight inthe context of futureprospects

The discovery that skt-1 controls the response ofbone growth to mechanical stress has potentialimplications for accelerating bone repair by directlyintervening in the MSTP at this point.

Take home message


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Keep it short!!!

Introduction

Only latest publications of relevance

Only provide background information necessary forunderstanding of your subsequent discussion

Manuscript body

Concentrate on novel principles

Use bullet points, tables and boxes

Concluding section

Concentrate on presenting up to the 3 most important


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Last but not least

Some further writing tips


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Some further writing tips

1. Avoid imprecise words:

Several, some, many, affected, somewhat, quite, relatively

2. Avoid anthropomorphism

. . , .

4. Use the right tense

5. If you are not a native English-speaker consult professional

help or ask colleague to read your paper

6. Adhere to ethical guidelines


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Anthropomorphism?Anthropomorphism SolutionsHPLC was able to determine thecomposition

We determined the composition byHPLC.

The composition was determined byHPLC.

Table 1 summarizes the results The results are summarized inTable 1

Our hypothesis says.. We hypothesize that


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Avoid long sentencesX Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, is a global STM publisher

specialized in chemistry and life sciences, belonging to the

Wiley-Blackwell group.

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It belongs to the Wiley-Blackwell group and specializes inChemistry and Life Science publications.


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Which tense to use?Which tense When Example

Past tense for a completed

study

what was done

and found

true or alwaysthere

is.

Modal tense doubt This mayinfluence

Take home messages


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Take home messages

1. Avoid imprecise words:

Several, some, many, affected, somewhat, quite,

relatively2. Avoid anthropomorphism

. . ,longer.

4. Use the right tense

5. If you are not a native English-speaker consultprofessional help or ask colleague to read your paper

6. Adhere to ethical guidelines


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EthicsAvoid !!!

Plagiarism

Fraud or misconduct Manipulation of data/figures,

,

Re-publication, False co-authors, False acknowledgments Undisclosed conflicts of interest

Finals


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a s

Have you chosen the right journal?

More is not better: The optimal length is 5000 words

Pay attention to your figures, tables and legends Keep your arguments clean, and communicate principles

clearl .

Keep the conclusions short! Conclusions are for newinsights with minimal background.

Chose a good informative title and write a clearly

structured abstract You are now ready to SUBMIT


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Practice makes perfect


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1. Select a paper from a top journal.

2. Cut and paste the figures and tables into a blank document.

3. Read the materials and methods section.

4. Write your own results section.

5. Compare your version with that of the authors. No cheating

6. With experience try the discussion

Source: William J. Lucas, University of California, Davis, USA)


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Further reading

http://authorservices.wiley.com/


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