How to Write a Clinical Manuscript?

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Tips for Writing a Clinical Manuscript
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Clinical Manuscript

• It becomes the moment of pride and fulfillment
  for the budding clinical researchers, when their
  research work is known to the world through a
  peer-reviewed journal. That is when their hard
  work gets appreciated.
• Hitherto, getting started to write a manuscript
  becomes a bumpy path between the subject
  knowledge and the paper work. The concept here is
  to help overcome the hurdles in the path of
  publication of the manuscript in a target journal.

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Some basic useful information to ponder about
before writing a clinical manuscript
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• Select the Journal
• Choose the readership you want to influence and
  select that specific journal through which you
  can register your views firmly.
• Format the Manuscript
• It is always wise to adhere to the instructions
  of a target journal. You are going to deal with
  the expert editors of the journal hence have a
  clear idea about your manuscript.

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• Title Give a concise and descriptive title. The
  title should not exceed ten words. If the title
  is lengthy it will distract the readers.
• Authors and Affiliations Disclose clear
  information about the authors and affiliations.
  Choose the first author and the corresponding
  author. Give the complete contact address
  including the mail id of the corresponding author
  because the editors will contact the
  corresponding author for any clarifications.

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• Abstract Your abstract and title is going to
  give an impact for your article hence make it
  interesting. Put the whole idea of the article in
  a nutshell in the abstract. It will attract the
  prospective readers for your article.
• Keywords Keywords are used for indexing, hence
  do not miss it. Do not take the keywords from the
  article title.

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• Article Text The article text generally follows
  the IMRAD format. Be concise and to-the-point
  throughout the text. Introduction section should
  explain why you chose the specific subject for
  research. The previous studies carried out in the
  subject and their limitations should be
  discussed. Use appropriate methods to conduct
  your study. For a clinical study, Ethical
  committee permission should be obtained where
  necessary. Clinical trials should be properly
  registered.

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• References Follow the instruction guide of the
  target journal for reference list and in-text
  citation. Ensure all the references in the list
  are cited in the article. This helps to reduce
  the publication time.
• Miscellaneous Details Always include a copyright
  form and covering letter for ease submission
  process. Make sure the article is neither
  published anywhere nor a dual publication.
  Language errors are needed to be rectified at the
  initial stage itself.

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Learning is a never ending process. What we learn
is always a drop in the ocean. Hope the
suggestions given above serves its purpose. Enjoy
writing the manuscript. Enhance the possibility
of the manuscript being accepted by the journal
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