title: Ten principles to improve the likelihood of publication of a scientific manuscript.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this article is to discuss the reasons that manuscripts fail to be published and to establish some principles for increasing the likelihood of publication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many good manuscripts fail to be published because they violate a few simple rules for writing a superior journal article. This review presents 10 principles for increasing the likelihood of manuscript publication.
authors: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors: James M
authors: JM
authors: Provenzale
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic; D011642:Publications / Q000592:standards*; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards*