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Preface

Authors' Submission Toolkit: A practical guide to getting your research published

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Pages 1967-1982 | Accepted 04 Jun 2010, Published online: 23 Jun 2010
 

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the following individuals for reviewing and providing helpful feedback during the manuscript development process: Roland Andersson (Leerink Swann), Joanne Frankland (Elsevier), Chris Graf (Wiley-Blackwell), Neil Lineberry (Leerink Swann), and Maja Zecevic (The Lancet). The authors also extend appreciation to the manuscript peer reviewers – Stan Heimberger, Rob Matheis and Dimitri Mikhailidis – for their helpful feedback during the review process.

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Journal selection

Manuscript preparation

Review, revision and re-submission

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