Journals insist that accessing the supplementary material for a manuscript becomes a headache for them, mostly because they appear as broken links. Instead they prefer them in the…
Is public access to the raw data that underlies the findings of published articles important for research? Should readers be given access to this data? Data availability statements…
Scientific manuscripts are published to communicate your research work to the scientific community. A manuscript published in a reputed journal also serves as a validation of the…
The acknowledgment section is an integral part of all academic research papers. It provides appropriate recognition to all contributors for their hard work. We discuss here, the…
Ross wants to publish his research. He sits to draft his manuscript. After completing the abstract, he proceeds to write the introduction. He finds himself a bit confused. Do the…
The discussion section of your manuscript can be one of the hardest to write as it requires you to think about the meaning of the research you have done. An effective discussion…
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When scientists conduct experiments, they want to be able to gauge how results are predicted—their simple hypothesis. More specifically, they study conditions that will test what…
So you have carefully written your research paper and probably ran it through your colleagues ten to fifteen times. While there are many elements to a good research article, one of…
When starting a new research project, it is important to develop a sound research question. This is a crucial step in the research process, as it will guide your research activity.…
A report on a scientific study using human participants will include a description of the participant characteristics. This is included as a subsection of the “Methods” section,…
We have been looking at various ways in which statistics is essential in all clinical trial phases. We have examined hypothesis testing, error types, p-values, power, sample size…