From the Back Cover
This book guides medical researchers through all stages of transforming their data and ideas into a published paper. Many researchers in medicine struggle to get their research written and published. One reason for this is that most medical researchers have not received much instruction in the subjects needed to write and publish scientific papers: research methodology, ethics, statistics, data visualization, writing, revising, and the practicalities of publishing. This book tackles all the major scientific issues that routinely lead to manuscripts getting rejected from the journals. The section "Preparing" covers the range of methodological, ethical, and practical aspects that researchers need to address before starting to write their paper. The section "Analyzing" reviews commonplace problems in the statistical analysis and presentation, and how to resolve those problems. The section "Drafting" describes what to write in the various parts of a paper (the Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Abstract, etc.) The section "Revising" explains and illustrates how to improve the writing style of any manuscript. The section "Publishing" discusses how to navigate the peer review process and all other practical aspects of the publishing phase. The entire book draws on the author's decade of experience as an independent medical writer and research consultant. More importantly, the book is grounded in the existing scientific and scholarly literature, with extensive references and an annotated bibliography. After reading this book, medical researchers will know how to write better quality medical papers, so they can publish their work in better journals with less time and struggle.
Michael Hanna, PhD, is an independent Medical Writer and Research Consultant from New York City. He has over a decade of experience consulting on study design, conducting literature reviews, performing statistical analysis, and writing and editing scientific papers across the spectrum of medical specialties. He has lectured widely in Europe and North America on medical writing and has mentored many researchers and medical residents on scientific writing.
Michael Hanna earned a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Cologne, Germany, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Cornell University's medical school in New York City. Previously, he earned a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Paris VIII and a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience and in French Studies from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, USA.
Prior to becoming a professional Medical Writer and Research Consultant, Michael Hanna taught at the University Hospital of Aachen, Germany. He also acquired clinical and scientific experience at the University of Cologne, Germany; the Raymond Poincaré Hospital in Paris, France; and other specialized clinics in America and Europe. He is fluent in German, French, and Spanish.
