Writing for Publication: Home

This guide concerns scholarly and scientific publication. 

Tabbed Content

• Scientific Writing:  guidance on the writing process, with emphasis on case reports and links to more comprehensive resources
• Where to Publish menu:  a starting point for identifying relevant journals, categorized by where they are indexed
• Chiropractic Conferences: how to browse abstracts of papers and posters from major chiropractic conferences to discover previously addressed topics and contributing authors
• Predatory Publishers:  how to recognize a predatory journal where profit not scholarly progress is the publisher's primary aim

Forthcoming ... We are soliciting input from experienced Life West producers

• tips for producing scientific posters 
• tips for presenting a paper

• Preventing plagiarism
• Copyright registration and copyright compliance
• Books and guides for designing research
• Books and guides for producing case reports and scientific posters
• Standard citation formats
• Citation management software  
• Advice on backups for citation management software, and file management of associated print and electronic documents

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• Use Keyword subject = WRITING
• Use Keyword subject = PUBLISHING