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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2020

A brief guide to the science and art of writing manuscripts in biomedicine.

Diego A Forero, Sandra Lopez-Leon, George Perry

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Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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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

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. How to Write a Successful Research Manuscript: Back to Basics.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2025
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  13. Creating Logical Flow When Writing Scientific Articles.Journal of Korean medical science · 2021
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  14. Open science practices for eating disorders research.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021
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  15. Materials and method: The "Recipe" of a research.Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology
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  16. Writing the discussion: The analysis should speak for itself.Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology
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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

3 authors.

Diego A ForeroHealth and Sport Sciences Research Group, School of Health and Sport Sciences, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Bogotá, Colombia. dforero41@areandina.edu.co.
Sandra Lopez-LeonGlobal Drug Development, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA. Sandra.lopez@novartis.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7504-3441
George PerryDepartment of Biology and Neurosciences Institute, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Publishing articles in international scientific journals is the primary method for the communication of validated research findings and ideas. Journal articles are commonly used as a major input for evaluations of researchers and institutions. Few articles have been published previously about the different aspects needed for writing high-quality articles. In this manuscript, we provide an updated and brief guide for the multiple dimensions needed for writing manuscripts in the health and biological sciences, from current, international and interdisciplinary perspectives and from our expertise as authors, peer reviewers and editors. We provide key suggestions for writing major sections of the manuscript (e.g. title, abstract, introduction, methods, results and discussion), for submitting the manuscript and bring an overview of the peer review process and  of the post-publication impact of the articles.

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PublishingWritingCommunicationResearch DesignAbstracting and indexingBiological science disciplinesPeer reviewPublicationsWriting

Identifiers

PMID33167977
PMCPMC7653709

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