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TWENTY YEARS AS AN EDITOR – WHAT DID I LEARN?D P Mikhailidis BSc MSc MD FACB FCP
FFPM FRCP FRCPathAcademic Head
Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics)Royal Free campus, University College
London
MY CREDENTIALS
Editor-in-Chief• Curr Vasc Pharmacol (IF = 3.582)• Expert Opin Investig Drugs (IF = 4.058) • Expert Opin Therapeut Targets (IF = 4.038)• Curr Med Res Opin (IF = 2.596)• Expert Opin Pharmacotherapy (IF = 2.077)• Angiology (IF = 1.122)• Vasc Dis Prevention• The Open Cardiovasc Med J
MY CREDENTIALSPrincipal Editor• Platelets (IF = 2.3)
Editorial Board Member• Curr Pharmaceutical Design (IF = 4.4)• In vivo (IF = 1.0)• Clin Appl Thromb Hemostas (IF = 1.4)• J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Therapeut (IF = 1.7)
MY CREDENTIALSREFEREEINGOver 1,000 papers for 89 different journals
AUTHOR761 entries on MEDLINE in June 2010
CITATIONS9,794 on ISI site in June 2010
PROCEDURE
Select a journalFormat text in journal styleSubmitReceive responseRespond to referee comments or resubmitCheck proofs
STRUCTURE OF PAPER• Title page (+ short title)
• Abstract (+ key words)
• Introduction• Methods (subheadings)
• Results (same subheadings)
• Discussion• References (style, style, style!!!)
• Acknowledgements• Declaration of Interest (now essential)
STRUCTURE OF REVIEW• Title page• Abstract • Introduction• Methods• Results• Discussion• References• Acknowledgements• Declaration of Interest• Size ???• Invited or submitted review???
STRUCTURE OF REVIEW
• Theme (novelty etc)
• Team (who does what?)
• Target (which journal?)
STRUCTURE OF LETTER• Very short text• Few references• Few messages• To contradict a finding• To re-interpret a finding• To support a finding• To present some early (unpublished?) findings• Mostly related to material published in the
same journal
STRUCTURE OF EDITORIAL
• PRESTIGIOUS, especially in high ranking journals
• “Few” references• “Few” messages• Mostly related to material published in
the same journal• Usually invited
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
ABBREVIATIONS:• Hour, hours, hrs, h • After first introduced in Abstract and in
Main Text (list of abbreviations?)• Be consistent! (e.g. using several
abbreviations to mean the same thing)• Be sensible! (e.g. VD)• Units mg/L or mg/l? Add mmol/l?
SOME GENERAL ADVICEABSTRACT:• AMAZINGLY! Key findings are not
included• Details are included in the Abstract but
not in the text!• Key words? • Should include p values, species or
number of patients, duration of treatment …..
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
REFERENCES:• Consistent • In journal style in both reference list and
in the text
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
SPELLING:• Spellcheck• English/American (e.g. aemia/emia)
SOME GENERAL ADVICESTATISTICS:• Gaussian or not?• No SEM use SD• Median and range• Be sensible (e.g. cholesterol 123.45
mg/dl)• Separate section in METHODS• 95% CI?
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
This man’s height is?This man’s weight is?
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
This man’ height is 176.83 cmThis man’ weight is 100.27 Kg
SOME GENERAL ADVICERushing serves no purpose!
Discuss findings among the team and then write them
Short sentences (up to 20 - 30 words. Not a whole paragraph!)
Decimal points not commas
Read whole text (avoid repeating yourself)
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
Nobody is always right! The team opinionis your best bet. Also, several areas of expertise now in one paper.
Work on the success of the mission → getyour material published.
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
You may only have minutes attention from an Editor before he decides not to further consider your submission.
Factors: • Does the Editor know you or your centre? • What is the reputation of your centre (ranking
list)?• Presentation quality
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
You must be able to defend everysentence.
XX was markedly increased in patients with YY disease compared with control subjects.
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
You must be able to defend everysentence.
XX was markedly increased in patients With YY disease compared with control subjects. But the p value is not significant!!
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
The obtained results showed ….
What is wrong with that wording?
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
The obtained results showed ….
What is wrong with that wording?
If they are results then they must havebeen obtained! Change to:
Our results showed ….
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
These results were statistically significant (p = 0.001).What is wrong with that wording?
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
These results were statistically significant (p = 0.001).What is wrong with that wording?
If they are significant then they must havebeen obtained by a statistical test! Change to:
These results were significant (p = 0.001).
SOME GENERAL ADVICE
ALL tables and figures must be able to “stand alone”.
PROCEDURE
Selecting a journal:• How many issues per year?• Rejection rate?• What are you sending (paper, review,
editorial, letter) – what are the journal’s rules?
PROCEDURESelecting a journal:• Have you refereed for this journal?• Have you previously published in this
journal?• “Open” or “conventional” journal? • Page, submission or colour illustration
charges? • Speed of response and publication?
PROCEDURESelecting a journal:What is the impact factor (IF)? Search ISI
website by title or by topic.An IF of 5 places the journal in the top 4%
of all listed journals. An IF of 4 places the journal in the top 9%
of all listed journals.Most journals are not even listed!
PROCEDUREWhere is your journal listed?
PubMed/MEDLINEPubMed CentralISISCOPUSExcerpta MedicaEMBASEBiosisGoogle Scholar
The next RAE will look at citations
PROCEDURE
Open journals:
• Full text available to anyone free of charge• Publication fee (e.g. $600 – 800)• Listed on MEDLINE?• Open journals are favoured by many (e.g.
MEDLINE)• “New” fashion?
MARKERS OF ‘RESEARCH’SUCCESS
1] MEDLINE entries
2] CITATIONS (ISI)
3] H (Hirsch) factor
4] EDITORSHIPS (I will need himin the future?)
MARKERS OF ‘RESEARCH’SUCCESS
1] MEDLINE 2] CITATIONS (ISI) 3] H (Hirsch)factor 4] EDITORSHIPS
These markers are available on the internet. Therefore, you cannot hide any more.
List of most cited people in several fields(e.g. clinical medicine).
MARKERS OF ‘RESEARCH’SUCCESS
• Sometimes these factors affect outcome
• Even if your text is not accepted it is worth pointing out to the Editor that the referee quality was poor. Also, point out who is making these comments!
• Some of these comments are passed to the referee by the Editor. Next time he/she will be more careful! The Editor may never use this referee again!
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Titus 2:8