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Choosing the Right Topic for Your Scientific Manuscript

Manuscript Editing

Over the past 50 years, there has been a prolific increase in the number of published scientific journals and manuscripts globally. Available abstracts of scientific meetings and papers are a great source of assimilating information for publishing manuscripts, however, less than half of these abstracts are ever published as articles in scientific journals.

There are a number of reasons for a failed manuscript including lack of research time, negative research results, and delay in completion of research projects. Additionally, choosing the right topic for your manuscript can increase the chances of getting published.

You can choose the right scientific topic for your manuscript based on the following points:

  • The type of manuscript.Manuscript type generally falls in the following categories:
  • Full articles, or completed piece of research.
  • Review papers, which provides your perspective on a current topic.
  • Letters, which are a shorter version of the full articles, and are used for quick communication of new scientific advances.

When working on a manuscript, evaluate your work and determine which of these categories do it fall under.

  • Ensure that your manuscript topic is publishable.
    Question your scientific hypothesis as follows and examine the answers:
  • Is my hypothesis hard and interesting?
  • Will I face numerous challenges in my research work?
  • Is my work related to a current topic?
  • Do I have any solutions for this difficult problem?If the answers are yes, then you are set for writing a publishable manuscript.
  • Choose the right scientific journal.Do not try to write a manuscript aimed at publishing them in multiple scientific journals. Select one or two journals of your choice, which are the right platform for advancing your scientific idea. Study the recent publications of the target journals to know the type of article topics that they accept. As rejection rates of popular scientific journals are high, wait for the response from the editorial team before sending your manuscript to another.
  • Start with the research databases.You can start by looking for topics of interest in at least a few credible research databases. Avoid databases that only contain scientific papers, published more than 10 years back. Keep a note of published research papers and journals that can added as references and citations in your manuscript.

In conclusion, you must be able to cherish your manuscript topic first, irrespective of whether it gets published or not.

How to Write an Eye-Catching Cover Letter for Manuscript?

Methodology and Analysis

It’s good that you do with your manuscript and are ready for its submission, but prior to that the most essential task is still enduring i.e. writing a cover letter for your manuscript. You might be tormenting that if you have written your manuscript well then why is cover letter so important? For sure, it is important to clutch a cover letter with your manuscript as it gives a sense of completeness to it. Also, many journals have some specific requirements to be mentioned in the cover letter thus it becomes implicate to add it. Cover letters also gives a clear idea to the publisher that what is there in the manuscript and why it should published in their journal. Therefore, how one can elude such an important part of a manuscript? Thus, it becomes a central task to learn the tricks of writing an eye-catching cover letter for manuscript so that it can give a reason for publishing it –

  • Starting with an introduction, don’t forget to add the title of the manuscript and the journal to which manuscript is supposed to be published.
  • Mention the reason behind your manuscript and what it is all about also write about why readers should prefer your manuscript for reading?
  • What are the problems or questions that have been solved in your research?
  • What are the major findings and solution of the research done?
  • Also mention the summary of the conclusion you have drawn from the study and what exactly was expected.
  • Write an assurance statement for the following –
  • That your write-up has not been published in any other journal and will be done for the first time.
  • Your manuscript has been approved by all the authors for its submission and publication in the journal.
  • Feel free to add any other fascinating statement in your cover-letter so that the editor may get magnetized towards it.

Thus, you can write an eye-catching cover letter for your manuscript by following aforesaid tips.

It Never Ends There!

Formatting, Questionnaire Development

When big tasks need to be completed, you may win some and lose some, the idea is to go on trying. The same holds true for when you are on the task of writing a manuscript. Some people are successful and go on to get themselves published and recognized, the others are not so lucky and need to try again. However, there are those few who need to see what they can do to realize that getting rejected is not the end of the world. Small actions and changes in life will lead you to success.

Take a deep breath: You have been slogging day and night to have your work completed and do it to reach success, you dint, but it doesn’t matter. Take a deep breath, play with your dog, go for a walk, smell the roses and start again. It is bound to work when you feel fuel it with positivity.

Choose to use the stumbling stone: Make sure you do not let your resources and work go for a waste. All or part of your previously done study may be used for the fresh trial and who knows, some of it may even strengthen your work.

Take help, because no mountain is climbed without a harness: When you have your work read and reviewed by someone who knows it well, you may be able to feel safer this time around. Important inputs may be received and you can work around your project in a more prepared manner.

Stay focused and make it till the end: Never lose hope or give up. Big achievements are never easily acquired, you need to put in your heart, soul and sweat into the task to get it done right. Jumping long distance takes a lot of effort and focus.

No task is ever too big, when you know you have no other choice but to achieve it, you know you are in the right direction.