Like designing a study or an experiment, writing a research article has a protocol鈥攁 formula鈥攖hat, once you know it, you can easily follow. This formula helps both Editors and readers know where to find the information in your article quickly and efficiently, and following it will help you publish your work more quickly.
To help early career researchers (and others new to the journal publication process), we鈥檝e developed a free, self-led tutorial鈥攃omplete with a quiz at the end to help you test what you鈥檝e learned. This tutorial will show you how to structure your manuscript, and how to set it up in a way that will help maximize your chances of getting it accepted at the journal of your choice.
Some of the things you鈥檒l learn about in this tutorial:
And remember, if you鈥檙e interested in more help, you can learn more about the . And if you鈥檙e interested in more advanced editing help with your manuscript, visit our colleagues at . They offer a full range of scientific and English language editing services, plus other aid to help you get your work published faster.
We鈥檙e rolling out a few more of these updated tutorials over the next week or so鈥攊ncluding two on 鈥淲riting in English鈥 and 鈥淗ow to submit a journal article manuscript.鈥 So watch this space.