Identifying reasons for failure in biomedical research and publishing
Braz. j. med. biol. res
;
42(7): 589-592, July 2009.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-517803
ABSTRACT
The regular assessment of Brazilian scientific output means that individual university departments need to constantly improve the quantity and quality of their scientific output. A significant proportion of this output involves the work of Masters and Doctoral students, but getting this work published in a suitable journal can often prove to be a challenge. Although students lack of fluency in English is a contributing factor, many of the problems observed have an early origin in the formulation of the research problem and its relevance to current research trends in the international literature. In short, more time needs to be spent in the library and less in the laboratory, and more effort needs to be made in teaching students basic research skills such as the effective use of bibliographic databases like PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus.
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Publishing
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Writing
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Biomedical Research
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
/
Medicine
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom
Institution/Affiliation country:
Ganesha Associates/GB
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