Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29844676›Full record

ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2018

Enhancing research publications and advancing scientific writing in health research collaborations: sharing lessons learnt from the trenches.

Guowei Li, Yanling Jin, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Lisa Dolovich, Jonathan D Adachi, Mitchell Ah Levine, Deborah Cook, Zainab Samaan, Lehana Thabane

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Guowei LiDepartment of Health Research Methods, Impact and Evidence, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Yanling JinDepartment of Health Research Methods, Impact and Evidence, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Lawrence MbuagbawDepartment of Health Research Methods, Impact and Evidence, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Lisa DolovichDepartment of Health Research Methods, Impact and Evidence, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Jonathan D AdachiSt. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Mitchell Ah LevineDepartment of Health Research Methods, Impact and Evidence, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Deborah CookDepartment of Health Research Methods, Impact and Evidence, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Zainab SamaanDepartment of Health Research Methods, Impact and Evidence, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Lehana ThabaneDepartment of Health Research Methods, Impact and Evidence, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDisseminating research protocols, processes, methods or findings via peer-reviewed publications has substantive merits and benefits to various stakeholders. PURPOSE: In this article, we share strategies to enhance research publication contents (ie, what to write about) and to facilitate scientific writing (ie, how to write) in health research collaborations.

methodsEmpirical experience sharing.

resultsTo enhance research publication contents, we encourage identifying appropriate opportunities for publications, publishing protocols ahead of results papers, seeking publications related to methodological issues, considering justified secondary analyses, and sharing academic process or experience. To advance writing, we suggest setting up scientific writing as a goal, seeking an appropriate mentorship, making full use of scientific meetings and presentations, taking some necessary formal training in areas such as effective communication and time and stress management, and embracing the iterative process of writing.

conclusionAll the strategies we share are dependent upon each other; and they advocate gradual academic accomplishments through study and training in a "success-breeds-success" way. It is expected that the foregoing shared strategies in this paper, together with other previous guidance articles, can assist one with enhancing research publications, and eventually one's academic success in health research collaborations.

Indexed as

health research collaborationresearch publicationscientific writing

Identifiers

PMID29844676
PMCPMC5961639

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.