How to prepare an original manuscript for publication? / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

This article is based on the author's experience as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of 2 SCI-indexed journals and the invited reviewer for more than 10 international journals. Furthermore, the author has also published more than 75 original articles in SCI-indexed journals. This article summarizes the principles involved in preparing an original manuscript and choosing a suitable journal to submit. In addition, the detrimental effects of the increasing ethical misconducts (such as fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate submissions and publications) on the integrity of scientific publishing are pointed out and condemned.