title: "The Art of Successful Publication" ECCO 13 workshop report.
abstract: Having your work published in a good journal is the life-blood of research. Publications are the key element in scientific communication and influence future funding and cancer development for the authors. Every year more and more manuscripts are submitted and competition for acceptance is fierce. The editors of EJC recently held a workshop to discuss ways to improve manuscript writing, and this paper summarises their recommendations. Choose a title carefully, keep the introduction short, avoid confusing methods with results, and use figures wherever possible. Discuss only the relevance of new findings to published literature. Above all read the specific "instructions to authors" -- it is surprising how often this is ignored -- at peril!
authors.affiliation: University of Edinburgh, Cancer Research Centre, Crewe Road South, Cancer Research UK Building, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, United Kingdom. John.Smyth@cancer.org.uk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: Jaap
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verweij
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Incalci
authors.forename: Lekshmy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D035081:Editorial Policies; D005060:Europe; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing