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Volume 23

October - December 2007 (Part-II)

Number  6


 

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Right path of publishing a scientific paper to a right journal:
Academic paper based case study

Sultan Ayoub Meo1, Muslim Muhammad Al-Saadi2

ABSTRACT

Publishing of scientific manuscript in a peer reviewed bio-medical journal is an important ingredient of research along with a career enhancing advantages and significant amount of personal satisfaction. Scientific publications are golden eggs of an academic life and disseminate knowledge. These encourage discussion within the professional community and develop the scholarly base. The road to publication often seems complicated for newer authors. Therefore, the current academic based case study describes the right path of publishing a scientific manuscript in a right journal. This paper describes the experience and discusses the schooling that was learnt from the process of rejection and finally getting a paper into publication. A case study approach was adopted to facilitate the readers to understand the different influences on getting their paper in print. The present case of an academic study demonstrates that getting into print of a paper depends on a wide range of factors including the built-in importance of the research work, quality of the written text and selection of the appropriate academic journal.

KEY WORDS: Scientific Manuscript Writing, Medical Journal, Publication.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2007 (Part-II)     Vol. 23 No. 6    946-949


1. Sultan Ayoub Meo, MBBS, M.Phil, Ph.D
Department of Physiology,
2. Muslim Muhammad Al-Saadi, MD, ABP, FCCP
Pediatrics,
1-2: College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital,
King Saud University, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.

Correspondence

Dr. Sultan Ayoub Meo,
Associate Professor,
Department of Physiology (29), College of Medicine,
King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University,
P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Email: sultanmeo@hotmail.com 
smeo@edu.ksu.sa 

* Received for Publication: August 25, 2007
* Accepted: September 20, 2007



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