How I Write Manuscripts for Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals.

Writing manuscripts is an integral part of the research journey. Despite the availability of various guidelines to inform study reporting and manuscript preparation requirements by peer-reviewed medical journals, developing manuscripts that effectively communicate study findings or new knowledge requires a range of communication skills that evolve with successes and failures. In this manuscript, I feature some personal learnings and acquired habits in manuscript development and publication planning from my 15-year experience as a scholar, including insights on authorship matters, journal selection, manuscript type choices, medical writing of various data-driven and non-data-driven manuscript types, and handling revisions.
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