Edwin L. Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D.Chair Professor Taipei Medical University 2009

Distinguished Professor, Laboratory of Comparative NeuroimmunologyDepartment of Neurobiology, Founding Editor-in-Chief: DCI 1977 (IF 3.29 ), eCAM

2004 (2.657), JECM 2009 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles California 90095-1763

Tel: (310) 825-9567, Fax: (310) 825-2224, Email: cooper@mednet.ucla.edu, ecam@mednet.ucla.edu

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DOs and DON’TS IN Manuscript Preparation"DOs and DON'Ts in Manuscript Preparation"

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     Dr. Edwin L. Cooper, Founding Editor-in-Chief           Overview on Manuscript Writing

Mike C.C. Chiueh, Ph.DWays to do Highly Cited Articles

     Dr. Winston W. Shen, Clinical Medicine Editor

           Writing of Clinical Medicine Manuscripts

     Dr. Vincent W.S. Lee, Experimental Medicine Editor           Writing of Basic Science Manuscripts

               Dr. Mike C.C. Chiueh, Editor-in-Chief 

           Preparation of Highly Cited Articles

Overview of Manuscript Writing

1. Why do you want to publish?2. Is this important for your

career?3. What are some of the

difficulties?4. How can we make it easier?

5. Is it worth all the effort?

“As streams of data continue to grow in size

and complexity, the need to ensure that

scientific results are reliable has

become even greater.”

“An interim report released in October 2011 by Tilburg University, Netherlands, concluded that one of its faculty members, social

psychologist Diederik Stapel, fabricated data for numerous

studies conducted over a period of 15 to 20 years. The good news, of course, is that

the fraud was eventually uncovered. The bad news is that it went undetected for

so long and involved so many scientific articles-over l00

publications are now under investigation. The costs of the fraud for the careers of young scientists and others who worked with him, for

science, and for public trust in science are devastating.

As the investigation unfolds, the moment is opportune to reflect on what can be done to protect science and the

public from fraud in the future.”

“Judy Mikovits, a biochemist who became world famous for her

studies with chronic fatigue syndrome

(CFS), was arrested and jailed on 18

November in Ventura, California,

on a felony charge of possessing stolen property from a

research institute that fired her in September. The

property at issue consisted of her

laboratory notebooks and related data.”

“Work that pinpointed the control of aging in a handful of genes is being taken apart by

some of the scientists who

made early discoveries.

Efforts to replicate

studies are producing conflicting results.”

“One experiment

sees neutrinos traveling

faster than light. If the result can't

be replicated, it may never be explained

away.”

Do and Don’t #1

1.Don’t: Lose sight of your data.

2.Do: Finalize your figures. All

sections of your paper will relate directly to your

figures, so putting your figures in

final form is the essential first step.

Do and Don’t #21. Do: Describe previous work

and restate what is known. It is very difficult not to borrow

what has been previously said.

2. Don’t: Borrow so heavily that you commit plagiarism. It is always best to fully acquaint

yourself with your subject matter and then describe it

in your own words. If you are certain that someone else

has said it perfectly and you cannot express it as well or better, place the citation in

quotation marks and attribute it to the previous

work.

Do and Don’t #31. Do: Give your opinions on the

validity, significance, and originality of the findings presented in manuscripts.

Review what you know. Use your expertise.

2. Don’t: Let your biases unrelated to the science cloud your judgment. Keep focused

on the science, for that is what is being reviewed- not the authors, nor the country, and not the institution. You do not need to review all parts of a paper if there are sections that you believe you are not

qualified to judge.

Coercive Citation

“Many Journal editors appear to

strategically target authors and papers to pressure them into citing the

editors’ journals.”

“Ten years ago, a few scientists started an 'open

access' campaign for free journals

funded by author fees.

Their flagship, the Public Library of Science, is

expected to break even soon-but remains

controversial.”

What Next?Once you have published many

papers and contributed an

original idea: write a book.

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