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Traveling with an Author
Traveling with an Author
Ashish Gupta 0 1
Sheerin Shah 0 1
0 Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, DMCH , Ludhiana , India
1 Department of Plastic and Microvascular Surgery, SPS Hospitals , Ludhiana , India
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Inspiration can come anywhere and from anyone. Scientific
writing and its nuances need not be taught in workshops and
class rooms; they can even be imbibed at altitudes of 39,000 ft.
I had the honor of sharing adjoining seats on an aero plane
with a senior surgeon and an author par excellence in our
esteemed journal India Journal of Surgery.
The myths and misconceptions of writing a scientific
article are akin to the fear of flying which revolves around taking
the first step that is conceiving a concept (booking a ticket)
and applying it to practice in a methodical manner, just as the
pilot and the crew follow a checklist before takeoff.
Stepping ladder is straight because it is the shortest distance
from the bottom to the top so is writing an article with patient
as the starting point and the goal of the study as the final point.
The steps of the study including the material and methods,
collection and interpretation of results, and analysis of results
vis a vis the international guidelines should be clear and
objective. Beating around the bush only makes the article
cumbersome and cost ineffective just as the extra baggage that you
need to pay for at the airline counter apart from the hefty
indirect taxation.
The journey of the article has to be turbulent free with
interjections of goodies as on the food cart that traverses the
aisle submitting to the tastes of every reader with new
information and insight to ideas considered improbable.
The authenticity of the work has to be as palatable as the
lowest fares available crosschecked with references across
various apps available and be transparent.
Hope to start my publication journey!!!!
Compliance with Ethical Standards
Conflict of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of
interest. (...truncated)