12 Actionable New Year's Resolutions for Writing and Publishing Effective Articles in 2025 ...
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Made your New Year’s Resolutions? 🥳 🍾 😉 NOT TOO LATE! Here are 12 Quick n’ Actionable Tips for being more effective writing & publishing research in 2025! 🐹 👇
AND Guess what? They do actually work ..
Keeping these Resolutions helped me published 390 peer-reviewed research articles in 15+ years as an academic!
Resolution 1: Your research has to stand out 🎉🎊
With >2,000,000 papers published each year, ensuring your work is noticeable is key. What’s your single take-home message? Why should others be interested in reading your paper?
Resolution 2: Think about 3 things before starting to write 🎉🎊
Have in mind: Your message, Your audience (= target journal) & Your article structure BEFORE STARTING to write ..
Resolution 3: You need a plan as a writer 🎉🎊
No use throwing paint at the wall until it sticks: Be like Arnold - have a plan. Be a bricklayer with your writing ..
Resolution 4: Structure is everything in academic writing 🎉🎊
Like a Detective Story, readers need to know where they are, where they have come from, and where they are going ..
Resolution 5: Visualize shaped of research papers like egg-timers 🎉🎊
Start BIG and narrow down the introduction to the specifics of your work. Methods and Results are specific but Discussion broadens out to the BIG PICTURE. WHY is your research important?
Resolution 6: Speed everything up by sending Presubmission Enquiries 🎉🎊
Common in the biomedical sciences, all researchers should write to editors with their Take-home Message (+ Title and Abstract) to ask if a submission would be welcome .. (Pro-tip: You can write to as many editors/journals as you like!)
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Resolution 7: Create a road map for research impact 🎉🎊
Think about how you will promote your research before, during and after publication ..
Resolution 8: Follow an impact checklist for your research 🎉🎊
How will you implement your road map? During the research, on publication and on an ongoing basis ..
Resolution 9: Write a compelling, attractive, alluring title 🎉🎊
Titles shorter than 7 words garner more citations. Don’t confuse: Entice your readers. They should want to read your article!
Resolution 10: Write a stellar abstract 🎉🎊
4 Questions: Why did you do the study? What did you do? What did you find? What did you conclude. Simple as ..
Resolution 11: Use a publication roadmap 🎉🎊
The 4 Sci-Train steps to success: Preparation, Selling your work, Structure, Effective writing ..
Resolution 12: People want to read what they think they already know 🎉🎊
What editors and other researchers actually crave is ‘olds’. Research is incremental ..
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