Workshop 3: A quick guide to successful publication

Link to EAHP statements:
Section 6: Education and Research

ACPE UAN: 0475-0000-17-021-L04-P. An application based activity.

Abstract 

Reporting original research in journals, through scientific papers in standard format needs a training that will overcome the barriers that face pharmacists.

An original paper is ‘The first disclosure containing sufficient information to enable peers to assess observations, repeat experiments, and evaluate intellectual processes (are the conclusions justified by the data?)’.

Briefly, it’s a question and its answer. The author must consider 4 questions: What was the question? (the introduction); How did you design the study? (the methods); What did you find? (the results); What does it mean? (the discussion). For most journals an original paper has 3500 words, 3 to 6 illustrations. The title should be a message (with the main results?). The formatting, the references, and other items (authors, contributors, disclosure, acknowledgments, contributors, funding) should be adapted to the journal.

The choice of a journal and the cover letter are the first step before submitting. Journals follow ethical guidelines, but their functioning varies among journals.

The technology and the business model (open access?) have greatly changed the system.

Social networks tend to comment papers after publication, and influence practices, such as retractions by editors.

This seminar will present and discuss the issues of writing and publishing an original paper; it will list the key messages to save time and win the ‘game’.

Learning Objectives

After the workshop, the participant should be able to:
• write the first draft of an original paper;
• submit a paper to a pharmacy journal, and deal with editors and reviewers comments.

Keywords: research, publication, method

* No conflict of interest has been declared.