Re: writing a manuscript

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Speaking of titling, many journals prefer (even if they do not make it explicit) that the type of study conducted (randomized trial, cohort study, case control study, cross sectional or longitudinal survey, or systematic review,etc.) be part of the title. This is a good practice anyway. Other publications, for example, Cochrane Collaboration, require the format in title of stating <intervention> for <outcome> when writing reviews. I believe that if anyone writes a systematic review, it's not a bad idea to follow this convention as well, even if it's not a Cochrane meta analysis. Other journals for example, Environmental Health Perspectives, limit title word counts to 20 or less. Generally writing less words is not penalized. ArinSent from my iPadOn 2/04/2011, at 5:59 AM, kunda gharpure <gharpurekunda@...> wrote:

hello,

Some interesting titles from -- www.cyber-spy.com/ebooks/ebooks/Choos...

Compare these two titles:

1. An Interim Report from the Myers Project

2. The Myers Project Interim Report into the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Memory Retention

Not only does the second title bring the topic phrase ('the Myers Project') to the start of the title, but it also includes additional key words: sleep deprivation and memory retention.

Readers searching using these terms will have an increased chance of finding the document.

Now compare these two titles:

1. A study of the effects of chaos as a source of complexity and diversity in evolutionary processes

2. Chaos as a source of complexity and diversity in evolution

The first title takes seventeen words, the second one ten. The first one contains extra words that convey slightly more information (study, effects and processes) but at the cost of making the title notably longer and less memorable.

Here is another example:

1. A description of a variety of different tools for creating an interactive virtual−cinema environment

2. Tools for interactive virtual cinema

Hope by now you have mastered the art of writing a good title for your research paper .

kunda

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Dear Dr. Kunda / Group Members,

I have a query on the naming pattern for an author.

If the Author name is like "Raghavendra Prasad B R", where the First Name is "Raghavendra", Last name is "Prasad", and initils is "B R".

So we should write it as "Prasad B R R" or "Raghavendra P B R" or "Raghavendra B R P" or what is the ideal author name according to Vancouver style.

Inputs on the same are welcome.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,

Raghav

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From: kunda gharpure <gharpurekunda@...>Subject: writing a manuscriptnetrum Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 7:09 AM

hello Friends,

I will be discussing the details of manuscript writng taking one section at a time. Today we will talk about Title of the paper.

After having learnt the basics of medical writing in general , lets come to the actual writing of a research paper. Usually the journal to which you intend to send your publication, has detailed instructions to the author, on the format of writing. Many of the journals have ready templates in which you simply fill in the necessary segments of your paper.

We have seen that the usual format consists of Title, abstract, introduction, methods, observations / results, discussion and conclusion.

We will discuss each of the segments individually.

The title page should contain:

1. The title of the article,

2. First name, middle initial, and last name of each author, (eg. Kunda J Gharpure). The style may differ according to the directives of each journal. (eg. Gharpure KJ,)

3. Name of department(s) and / institutional affiliations

4. A short running title ( word count depending on the journal)

5. Source(s) of support

6. Disclaimers if any

7. Name and address of the corresponding author, including phone and fax numbers and e-mail address.

kunda