Biblioteca de Recursos
A list of training opportunities for authors, journal editors, and peer reviewers
A list of training opportunities for authors, journal editors, and peer reviewers is available on the page linked below, which is part of the website of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).
"Tips for Writing Your First Scientific Literature Review Article"
By the magazine of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
The SAMPL Guidelines for Statistical Reporting
"Basic Statistical Reporting for Articles Published in Biomedical Journals: The 'Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature' or
The SAMPL Guidelines” by Thomas A. Lang and Douglas G. Altman. These statistical-reporting guidelines can help authors, editors, and peer reviewers. Most of the content is applicable not only to biomedical but also to other fields.
"Writing the Empirical Journal Article"
A guide to writing journal articles. Intended primarily for researchers in psychology but also helpful to researchers in other fields. By Daryl J. Bem.
"Toward Better Descriptions of Innovations"
Advice on writing journal articles about innovations (new ways to do things). By the editor of the journal Academic Medicine.
"How to Handle Authorship Disputes: A Guide for New Researchers"
From the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Discusses not only authorship disputes but also other aspects of authorship. Includes advice on preventing authorship problems, suggestions of what to do if such problems occur, definitions of important terms relating to authorship, and discussion of the concepts represented by these terms. Suitable not only for new researchers but also for more advanced ones.
"Errors in Correlation and Regression Analyses"
By Tom Lang.
"Errors in Descriptive Statistics and in Interpreting Probability Values"
By Tom Lang. From the series "Common Statistical Errors Even YOU Can Find", published in the AMWA [American Medical Writers Association] Journal.
"Errors in Multivariate Analyses and in Interpreting Differences between Groups"
By Tom Lang.
"Errors in Data Displays"
By Tom Lang.