English Writing – Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang

English Writing – Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang
  • Date: Feb 29, 2020
  • Time: 14:00-17:00
  • Venue: Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang

Chapter 1: How to come up with research questions
  • Types of manuscript https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/journal-author/types-of-journal-manuscripts/1356
  • What is an original article? https://libguides.unf.edu/c.php?g=177009&p=1164349
  • Useful mobile apps
    • Prime: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline
    • Researcher: Academic Journals https://www.researcher-app.com/
  • Literature search: Pubmed https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
  • How to choose reference management software?
    • Washington University in St. Louis | https://libguides.wustl.edu/choose
    • American University | https://subjectguides.library.american.edu/c.php?g=479020&p=3323781
  • PICO/PECO https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1904193/
  • Research proposal: https://www.cleverism.com/how-to-write-a-research-proposal/
  • Research protocol format: Download

Chapter 2: Writing an original article
  • Prepare an outline: Download
  • Size of paragraph: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/paragraphs_and_paragraphing/paragraphing.html
  • Reporting guidelines
    • http://www.consort-statement.org/
    • http://www.strobe-statement.org/index.php?id=strobe-home
    • http://www.cdc.gov/trendstatement/index.html
    • http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/
    • http://www.prisma-statement.org/
    • http://www.elsevier.com/__data/promis_misc/ISSM_MOOSE_Checklist.pdf

Chapter 3: Submitting manuscripts
  • How to find journals:
    • JANE: http://jane.biosemantics.org/
    • Elsevier Journal Finder: http://journalfinder.elsevier.com
    • Springer Nature Journal Suggester: https://journalsuggester.springer.com/
    • SciRev: https://scirev.sc
  • BEALL’S LIST: https://beallslist.net
  • MeSH on demand: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/MeSHonDemand
  • Cover letter sample: Download
  • Responding to reviewers’ question: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005730
  • Plaigiarism: https://training.cochrane.org/online-learning/editorial-policies/plagiarism
  • Authorship: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html

Chapter 4: Extra session

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