title: The art of scientific writing: how to get your research published!
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide potential authors with a contemporary guide to scientific writing. It is in essence a handbook that covers the planning for a scientific publication from inception of the project or study to manuscript preparation and, ultimately, acceptance by a journal. Major topics such as manuscript formatting, data analysis, use of charts, graphs and images, reference formats, and manuscript submission are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA. FinWriter@aol.com
authors.forename: W Patrick
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Naylor
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Munoz-Viveros
mesh_terms: D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D018865:Dental Research / Q000379:methods*; D007598:Journalism, Dental; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing