Significance of Keywords in Medical Manuscript Writing

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The Significance of Keywords in Medical
Manuscript Writing
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Whats the purpose of medical manuscript writing?
Or why do journals publish a research paper?
To make the research known to their readers
i.e. the researchers!
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• However, most researchers read only a few
  journals regularly. And these are the journals
  that publish topics a researcher is interested
  in.
• For example, one who works on rheumatology will
  read the Journal of Rheumatology and no other
  journal.
• Besides these specific journals, researchers also
  read one or two multidisciplinary journals such
  as Nature or Science to stay updated.

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• But sometimes, papers relevant to a particular
  researcher appear in journals he does not see
  regularly or not at all.
• There lies the usefulness of search engines and
  indexing services where relevant keywords help
  find the desired medical research paper.

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Keyword

• A keyword is a particular word or phrase that
  describes the content of a web page, article, or
  research paper. In simple words, it is the key to
  the information.
• Keywords help researchers find relevant
  paperspapers they are interested to read but
  miss in their normal course of reading.
• This happens because papers might be published in
  a journal the researcher does not read regularly.
  
• Or even if they are published in regular
  journals, he may not realize their relevance
  because their titles fail to do so.

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How will the researcher come to know about the
relevant papers published in the journal one he
ought not to miss?
Its only with keywords
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Importance of Keywords

• A paper titled New treatment for uncontrolled
  asthma describes the safety and efficacy of a
  particular drug in treating the disease.
• However, the title does not mention this or the
  name of the drug. But, if you include the name of
  the drug, the title will be more specific and a
  search for that name will lead the researchers to
  the paper.
• Therefore, keywords supplement the information
  given in the title. It automatically includes the
  he words used in the title in the search index,
  but keywords serve as additional pointers

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Tips to Select your Keywords

• If your paper focuses on a particular region, use
  that as a keyword (e.g. semi-arid tropics, the
  polar region, coniferous forests, etc.)
• Use the material and techniques of the experiment
  as suitable keywords. For example, HPLC,
  alkaloids, x-ray crystallography, spectrometer,
  etc.
• Some potential applications can also serve as
  keywords like organic farming, treatment of
  cancer, long-term preservation, etc.
• Use specific phenomena or issues as keywords
  (e.g. global warming, air pollution, genetic
  engineering).
• Take help of keyword research tools to find
  suitable keywords with greater search volume, low
  competition, and low SEO difficulty.

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Last but not the least, writing a
manuscript title by including the relevant
keywords will not only help the researchers find
it easily, it will also improve your papers
ranking in search engines. And higher the ranking
more will be the number of readers attracted
towards your manuscript.
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