Writing the title and abstract for a research paper: Being concise, precise, and meticulous is the key Tullu MS. Saudi J Anaesth. 2019 Apr;13(Suppl 1):S12-S17. doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_685_18. Have you come across titles / abstracts from search results that sounded very promising, but when you read the article, the content did not…

The Pressure to Publish More and the Scope of Predatory Publishing Activities : Armen Yuri Gasparyan, Bekaidar Nurmashev, Alexander A. Voronov, Alexey N. Gerasimov, Anna M. Koroleva, George D. Kitas J Korean Med Sci. 2016 Dec; 31(12): 1874–1878. Published online 2016 Sep 22. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.12.1874 PMCID: PMC5102848 One of the earliest motives behind publishing scholarly articles was the dissemination of…

Dr. Ashok Shyam. Why do we lack a Research Culture? Analysing the Indian Medical Landscape. PMC ID: PMC5727989  Good medical practices require an existing awareness of current developments in the field. Research is an essential component of growth in medicine, because new developments require extensive study and analysis. However, there are…

Ivey Camille, Crum Janet. Choosing the Right Citation Management Tool: Endnote, Mendeley, Refworks, or Zotero. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2018.468 Academic publications are a huge task, involving rigorous procedures of sourcing good literature, collecting credible data, analyzing, putting it all down on paper, getting reviewed and giving credit where it is due. Much of…

Shrivastava M, Shah N, Navaid S. Assessment of change in knowledge about research methods among delegates attending research methodology workshop. Perspect Clin Res 2018;9:83-90. A medical student or a practitioner in this age needs to be aware of current practices in the field. Evidence –based medicine is the word of…