WHERE TO START
Ask your faculty mentor for a list of journals suitable for your manuscript. Review those journals to see the types of articles they publish.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Once you have chosen an appropriate journal, make sure to review the author guidelines for submission before you begin writing your article.

http://mulford.mco.edu/instr/
links to over 3000 journals and their instructions for authors

It is also useful to obtain a sample article from the selected journal and review the style and flow in one of their manuscripts.

HEY! The manuscript is already half written. Remember you can cut and paste sections from your protocol when writing the introduction, methods and discussion sections of the manuscript.

AUTHORING/PROOFREADING/REVIEWING YOUR ARTICLE
For every manuscript, there is usually one author who has the primary responsibility for writing the first draft.

When complete, distribute the first draft to all co-authors so everyone can participate in the authoring/drafting process.

This cycle of writing/revision is continued for each iteration of the draft. The next-to-last draft of the manuscript should be distributed to the following for proofreading and editing:

• Residency Research Director
• GRMERC Research Department
  
  

Comments should then be reviewed by all of the authors and used for the preparation of the finalized form of the manuscript. You should now be ready to fire it off.

FOOLS! HOW DARE THEY REJECT MY MASTERPIECE!!
Don’t get frustrated or discouraged if your article is not accepted for publication. Pay close attention to the reviewers’ comments/suggestions for revisions. If your article is rejected without the option to revise and resubmit, make whatever revisions seem appropriate and submit it to another journal. If you need help or advice with this, please contact the GRMERC Research Department.