- Author Committee
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Preparing an Article for Publication
- 1 Types of Articles
- 2 Manuscript Preparation
- 2.1 Titles and Subtitles
- 2.2 Bylines and End-of-Text Signatures
- 2.3 Footnotes to Title Page
- 2.4 Running Foot
- 2.5 Abstract
- 2.6 Keywords
- 2.7 Epigraphs
- 2.8 Parts of a Manuscript, Headings, Subheadings, and Side Headings
- 2.9 Addenda
- 2.10 Acknowledgment Section
- 2.11 Appendixes
- 2.12 Online-Only (Supplementary) Material
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 3 References
- 4 Visual Presentation of Data
- 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations
- 6 Editorial Assessment and Processing
- Section 2 Style
- 7 Grammar
- 8 Punctuation
- 9 Plurals
- 10 Capitalization
- 11 Correct and Preferred Usage
- 12 Non-English Words, Phrases, and Accent Marks
- 13 Medical Indexes
- Section 3 Terminology
- 14 Abbreviations
- 15 Nomenclature
- 16 Eponyms
- 17 Greek Letters
- Section 4 Measurement and Quantitation
- 18 Units of Measure
- 19 Numbers and Percentages
- 20 Study Design and Statistics
- 21 Mathematical Composition
- Section 5 Technical Information
- 22 Typography
- 23 Manuscript Editing and Proofreading
- 24 Glossary of Publishing Terms
- 25 Resources
- Index
(p. 7) Manuscript Preparation
- Chapter:
- (p. 7) Manuscript Preparation
- Author(s):
Cheryl Iverson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.003.0002
Preparation of a scholarly manuscript requires thoughtful consideration of the topic and anticipation of the reader’s needs and questions. Certain elements either are standard parts of all manuscripts or are used so often as to merit special instruction. These elements are discussed in this section in the order in which they appear in the manuscript. References are discussed separately in chapter 3 and tables and figures in chapter 4. The preparation of any manuscript for publication should take the requirements of the intended journal into account; this may enhance the chances of acceptance and expedite publication. For the author, manuscript preparation requires familiarity with the journal to which the article is submitted. Most journals publish instructions for authors, which serve as useful guides; some journals' instructions for authors contain a manuscript checklist (see that from JAMA1 [reproduced in this chapter as the Table] as an example)...
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- Author Committee
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Preparing an Article for Publication
- 1 Types of Articles
- 2 Manuscript Preparation
- 2.1 Titles and Subtitles
- 2.2 Bylines and End-of-Text Signatures
- 2.3 Footnotes to Title Page
- 2.4 Running Foot
- 2.5 Abstract
- 2.6 Keywords
- 2.7 Epigraphs
- 2.8 Parts of a Manuscript, Headings, Subheadings, and Side Headings
- 2.9 Addenda
- 2.10 Acknowledgment Section
- 2.11 Appendixes
- 2.12 Online-Only (Supplementary) Material
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 3 References
- 4 Visual Presentation of Data
- 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations
- 6 Editorial Assessment and Processing
- Section 2 Style
- 7 Grammar
- 8 Punctuation
- 9 Plurals
- 10 Capitalization
- 11 Correct and Preferred Usage
- 12 Non-English Words, Phrases, and Accent Marks
- 13 Medical Indexes
- Section 3 Terminology
- 14 Abbreviations
- 15 Nomenclature
- 16 Eponyms
- 17 Greek Letters
- Section 4 Measurement and Quantitation
- 18 Units of Measure
- 19 Numbers and Percentages
- 20 Study Design and Statistics
- 21 Mathematical Composition
- Section 5 Technical Information
- 22 Typography
- 23 Manuscript Editing and Proofreading
- 24 Glossary of Publishing Terms
- 25 Resources
- Index