This workshop offers hands-on guidance for crafting manuscripts specifically designed for indexed journals, focusing on essential components and best practices. Participants will gain insights into structuring, drafting, and polishing their research papers to increase the chances of successful publication.
Key topics covered
- Editorial expertise and resource person participation
- Manuscript structuring based on the IMRAD format
- Common causes for editorial rejection
- Expected role of resource persons
Conducting interactive, hands-on sessions, including
- Live editing of manuscript sections (abstract, introduction, discussion)
- Critical appraisal of submitted drafts
- Real-time feedback sessions with participants
Training modules and content support
- Ethical writing practices and plagiarism prevention
- Strategies for selecting appropriate journals (preferably indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, or PubMed)
- Tools and templates to be provided
- Ready-to-use IMRAD-based manuscript templates
- Standardized editorial checklists
- Sample abstracts, figures, and model submissions
- Formatting of cover letters