2001 Mentoring Symposium on 
"How to Write, Review, and Publish in APS and ASPET Journals"

(Sponsored by APS/ASPET Women in Physiology/Pharmacology Committees)

All the best efforts at the laboratory bench will be wasted if you cannot properly communicate the results of your research in the form of a high quality scientific publication. The APS Women in Physiology Committee and the ASPET Committee on Women in Pharmacology co-organized a Workshop designed to mentor young scientists of both genders on developing effective tools to be able to write, review, and publish manuscripts in APS and ASPET Journals. 

The panelists drew on their experiences as Editors/Associate Editors of APS and ASPET Journals to provide participants with useful information on scientific writing, such as the importance of writing a clear Introduction, the differences between reiterating your results and discussing your data in the Discussion, and what reviewers look for when they read your submitted manuscript. Scientific writing and reviewing is an exciting challenge rather than a necessary chore. The target audience was graduate students,postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty members.

Presentations:

Authorship (.ppt file)
    Eileen Hasser, Univ. of Missouri - Columbia

Choosing the Right Journal (.ppt file)
       Mary Vore, Univ. of Kentucky

How to Write and Structure Your Manuscript (.doc file)
     Patricia Sonsalla, UMDNJ-RW Johnson Medical School 

The Submission Process: Do's and Don'ts (.ppt file)
    Kathleen Berecek, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham

Revising Your Manuscript:  Responding to Critiques (.ppt file)
    Sue Duckles, Univ. of California - Irvine

The Other Side: Serving as a Reviewer
   Judith Neubauer, UMDNJ-RW Johnson Medical School
        See: Manuscript Peer Review: A Helpful Checklist for Students and Novice Referees by Douglas R. Seals and Hirofumi Tanaka, Adv. Physiol. Educ. 22: 52-58, 2000.

Vignettes (.doc file)

See also:
Publishing 101
    EB 2006 Symposium
    Kim E. Barrett and Margaret Reich

Why is Good Writing Important for a Scientist?  Perspectives from an APS Journal Editor (.ppt file)
and
How to Write (and Review) a Scientific Paper (.doc file)
     Kim Barrett, Univ. of California - San Diego

Peer Review and Publication of APS Journals
   2003 Publications Symposium
   Dale J. Benos and Margaret Reich

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