Resources for Scientific Writing
Workshops from recent Annual Meetings
If you are considering submitting a paper to Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, you might wish to review two recent workshops at our Annual Meetings.
The Lifespan of Creating Evidence-Based Manuscripts: From Poster to Publication (2023). The objectives of the workshop were to recognize the potential value of advancing nascent scholarship to a peer reviewed manuscript, to apply diverse methodologies to expand or enhance existing posters, and to understand common obstacles to publication and strategies to overcome these. Presenters were: Lead Speaker, Anne Gross, MD, FACLP – Oregon Health & Science University; Speakers: Priya Gopalan, MD, FACLP (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Hospital; Christopher Celano, MD, FACLP – Massachusetts General Hospital; Thomas McCoy, MD – Mass General Hospital; Hochang Lee, MD, FACLP (he/him/his) – University of Rochester Medical Center.
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Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: Pearls and Pitfalls in Submitting to the Official Journal of the ACLP (2021). The objectives of the workshop were to review the process by which articles are considered and published in the journal, to inform submitting authors about best practices for successful publication. Presenters were: Hochang Lee, MD, FACLP – University of Rochester Medical Center; Mark Oldham, MD – University of Rochester Medical Center; Joseph Cerimele, MD, MPH – University of Washington; Scott Beach, MD, FACLP – Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Other Resources on Scientific Writing
A classic text on the art of scientific writing is: Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations, 4th Edition, by Angelika H. Hofmann, Oxford University Press (November 15, 2019).
Another classic text is How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 9th Edition, by Barbara Gastel and Robert A. Day, Greenwood (June 30, 2022)
A more informal text, which is also focused on the field of medicine, is Medical Writing: A Guide for Clinicians, Educators and Researchers, 3rd Edition, Robert Taylor, Springer (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70126-4
Also worthy of your interest is an approach to evaluating journal article quality: Evaluating Research in Academic Journals, 8th Edition, by Maria Tcherni-Buzzeo and Fred Pyrczak, Routledge (March 1, 2024).
Theodore Stern, MD, FACLP, offers guidelines and advice to those preparing scientific papers for journal publication. Dr. Stern’s credentials include being the former editor-in-chief of the Academy’s official journal, Psychosomatics.
