Writer & Author Resources
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- Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences Editorial and author guidelines for more than 3,500 biomedical journals form the Mulford Library, Medical College of Ohio.
Many journals include the instructions for authors on the journal's web page, even if the journal is not available in full-text.
- Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. The Uniform Requirements have been adopted by more than 600 journals, including Annals of Internal Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, and JAMA. Requirements also provide guidelines for degree of involvement needed to be recognized as a co-author.
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts: Samples
Mayo Editorial Resources
- Mayo Section of Scientific Publications Sci Pub staff members offer editorial assistance at several levels to Mayo staff.
- Mayo NIH Public Access Staff can help with questions regarding NIH's Public Access Policy and submitting published articles to PubMed Central (PMC).
- Student Services An Academic Success Advisor will assist Mayo College of Medicine students (Health Sciences, Medical, & Graduate) with proofreading and writing needs
Tools to Help You Identify Potential Journals
- Clarivate Analytics Manuscript Matcher Clarivate Analytics' manuscript matcher tool through myendnoteweb.com. Requires author to sign in.
- Edanz Journal Selector (Beta) Enter your abstract or article description in the Journal Selector to find journals that publish in related areas. Currently matching to over 18,000 journals.
- Elsevier Journal Finder Elsevier® Journal Finder helps you find journals that could be best suited for publishing your scientific article. Please also consult the journal’s Aims and Scope for further guidance.
- Enago Open Access Journal Finder The Enago Open Access Journal Finder enables you to find quality open access journals that are pre-vetted to protect you from predatory publishers. This free journal finder solves common issues on predatory journals, journal authenticity, and article processing fees by utilizing a validated journal index provided by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
- JANE Journal Author Name Estimator Compare your document to find the best matching journals.
- JournalGuide JournalGuide brings all sources of data together in one place to give authors a simple way to choose the best journal for their research. Our data sources include major industry data sets, public resources, information submitted directly by journal editors, and even real-life publishing experiences submitted by authors like you.
- JournalSeek Largest completely categorized database of freely available journal information, including description (aims and scope), journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN.
- Springer Journal Selector (Beta) Enter your abstract, description of your research, or a sample text and the Springer Journal Selector provides a list of relevant journals.
Journal Citation Reports
- Curious about h-index, Impact Factors?
- Impact Factors Uses citation data drawn from over 5,000 journals, in all areas of science, biomedicine and technology, to compare journals within a subject area or generally. Not all journals are included, and there is a delay of at least 2 years for inclusion on new journals.
BMJ Case Reports Institutional Membership
Mayo Clinic maintains an institutional membership to BMJ Case Reports. This means that you can submit your case reports without paying the individual fellowship fee. The BMJ group customer number, author guidelines, and other details are available on this page of the Mayo Clinic Libraries website. (Note: Mayo's membership covers the Fellowship fee. This is separate from the Open Access charge, which is optional and allows your article to be free for all readers.) BMJ Case Reports Instructions for Authors page has complete details.
Associations
- American Medical Writers Association
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
- Council of Science Editors
- National Association of Science Writers
- World Association of Medical Editors