Publish or Perish: Five Steps to Navigating a Less Painful Peer Review

Jan 31, 2021

Carol A Lange  1 Stephen R Hammes  2

 

1 Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

2 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.

PMID: 33516156  DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa225

 

This Perspective presents comments intended for junior researchers by Carol A. Lange, Editor-in-Chief, Endocrinology, and Stephen R. Hammes, former Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Endocrinology, and former co-Editor-in-Chief, Endocrinology.

Principal points:

  1.  Know when you are ready and identify your target audience.
  2. Select an appropriate journal.
  3. Craft your title and abstract to capture your key words and deliver your message.
  4. Tell a clear and impactful story.
  5. Review, polish, and perfect your manuscript.

 

Dr. Carol Lange's picture

Dr. Carol Lange, co-author of the manuscript

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Dr. Stephen Hammes, co author of the manuscript