You publish to:
-share information and add to the body of research
-reduce uncertainty on a clinical topic
-study an aspect of your discipline in detail
-improve patient safety
-inform practice and learning
-fulfil a requirement in your discipline
Your Library can help with:
o developing a focused clinical question
o training on creating a search strategy OR
o building a search strategy for you
o locating “grey literature”
o finding full text of papers
o managing the results of the search
You should publish if:
-you have identified a gap in the research
-you have a query relating to existing practice
-you have encountered a rare condition in your practice
-you wish to build your profile in a particular field
Your Library will:
o hold regular Writing Workshops
o assist in setting up your unique ORCID profile
o provide information on the peer review process and how to survive it
o track and promote your publication
Where should I publish?
-in a peer review scientific journal
-ideally open-access with a reasonable APC
-in a journal that allows self-archiving
N.B. We strongly recommend you check with your Library to avoid submitting your paper to a “predatory journal”. These have become much more sophisticated and harder to detect
Your Library can:
o help identify the most appropriate journal for your paper
o check the publisher’s policy on self-archiving
o assist with Copyright retention
What should I publish?
Ask yourself:
•What is my goal in doing this paper?
•Do I have any resource restrictions
•Ethical considerations?
•Has my query recently been covered in the literature?
•Target audience profile?
The appropriate study type will depend on the answers to the above and your focused question
Your Library can:
o provide information on reporting requirements for different study types
o indicate the appropriate quality checklists for your study type and support their implementation
Anything else?
- Use the single consistent affiliation description for each hospital, for the Group, and/or for your affiliated Academic body.
- Include your ORCID ID
- Check the publisher’s Author Guidelines
Your Library can:
o help in formatting or checking the reference style
o advise on the affiliation styles
Come talk to us in the Library……we’re here to help
