Mastering Journal Article Writing and Publication in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Guide

As healthcare academicians and researchers, demonstrating the value and effectiveness of healthcare services is crucial to ensure service reimbursement and meet society’s health needs. To achieve this, reporting written research results through journal publication is essential, enabling the healthcare community and larger society to access evidence supporting healthcare services.

In recent years, clinical reporting standard guidelines have been developed to enhance the ability of readers to evaluate the quality and value of studies. To bridge the gap, Journal Article Writing and Publication, by Dr. Sharon A. Gutman, offers a comprehensive guide to compile these clinical research reporting standards in one source.

This valuable resource is designed to help educators and novice researchers understand the skills needed for journal publication, ensuring manuscripts are correctly formatted and transparently convey all critical study strengths and limitations. By mastering these reporting standards, healthcare researchers can write manuscripts that meet the highest standards of quality and integrity.

Key Features and Benefits

• Provides specific guidelines for preparing and writing general research studies, intervention effectiveness studies, instrument development and testing studies, and case reports.
• Offers expert advice on reporting statistical data in text and tables.
• Guides authors through the manuscript preparation and submission process, revision process, and etiquette for communicating with editors and reviewers.
• Includes valuable insights for preparing scholarly discussion papers and editorials.

By following the guidelines and best practices outlined in Journal Article Writing and Publication, healthcare researchers and educators can elevate the quality of their research and publications, ultimately contributing to the advancement of healthcare services and patient outcomes.

Published by SLACK Incorporated in 2016, this valuable resource is available in English and features ISBN numbers 9781630913342 and 9781630913359.