TITLE PAGE Title and running title No more than 120 characters, not including spaces between words. The use of acronyms and abbreviations should be avoided. The species used for work with experimental animals must be indicated in the title. A running title is a brief description of your work. Author Names The full name and institutional affiliation of all authors must be included. In a multi-authored work involving more than a single institution, indicate individual affiliation by means of a superscript Arabic number. Indicate a change of address similarly Contact Information Name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address for author to whom proofs should be sent. This is usually the corresponding author. A corresponding author is the person who developed the scientific idea and defense the scientific value when necessary, also take the responsibility for publication related process, not necessary as the advisor or lab director. Financial Support List grants and other financial support
ICMJE history A small group of editors of general medical journals met informally in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1978 to establish guidelines for the format of manuscripts submitted to their journals. The group became known as the Vancouver Group. The Vancouver Group expanded and evolved into the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
Provide a level of details such that another investigator could repeat the work; for methods that are used without significant modification, citation of the original work will suffice Human Subjects Animal Experimentation Genetic Sequence Data Manufacturers Assay details Statistical method
生物医学英文论文的写作与处理技巧
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复旦大学生物医学研究院 上海市(复旦大学附属 复旦大学附属)公共卫生临床中心 上海市 复旦大学附属 公共卫生临床中心 Email: jianqingxu@
Why do we need to publish a paper？ ？
To tell a scientific story through the demonstration of your data. - Scientific idea: align all your data - Data Side-effects: bring scientific reputation or even politic reputation to authors.
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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT Do not include a heading. Provide the minimum background information that will orientate the general reader, which acts as a pointer to position why you conducted your research work. Please bear in mind that each important statement has to be referred as to previous publications. In detail… sample
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
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Title Running title Authorship Affiliate Institutes Correspondence information Keywords Abstract Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion Reference Acknowledgment Figure legends RESULTS Unfold the major findings of the study in graphic form from top to down if practicable, all data should point to addressing one scientific question. Do not illustrate minor details if their message is conveyed adequately by simple descriptive text. Mention all tables and figures. Avoiding the following problems: - Only descriptive words and numberless; - Data presented after the summary or conclusion; - Redundant description of assays; - Redundant discuss in result section; - No statistical p value provided; - No refer to figure and table
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE ) Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication /icmje.pdf
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CLINICAL TRIALS
Randomized controlled trials should be presented according to the CONSORT guidelines (JAMA 2001;285:1987-1991 or ). Authors must provide the CONSORT checklist (found at /hep , under Instructions and Forms) with a diagram that illustrates the progress of patients through the trial, including recruitment, enrollment, randomization, withdrawal and completion, and a detailed description of the randomization procedure. Manuscripts that fail to comply with CONSORT guidelines or do not include the CONSORT checklist at the time of submission will not be reviewed for publication
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DISCUSSION In the discussion, concisely present the implications of the new findings for the field as a whole, minimizing reiteration of the results, avoiding repetition of material in the introduction, and keeping a close focus on the specific topic of the paper. Need to tell: -The consensus and differences between your findings and previous ones, provide a brief possible explanation for the discrepancy; - All statements should be well referred; - If the techniques are new, provide the possible applications; - Point out the limitations for your study: sample size, specialized populations, problematic assay, to be prolonged observation, etc. This section will demonstrate you have well thought through. sample