SciPub–019–Getting Your Article Published in Scientific Journals- an Event Report

Abstract

Introduction

The quantity and quality of published research from Nepal, though improving, are low. Among other factors, lack of knowledge about scientific writing is an important contributor. Thus, with the objective of improving knowledge about scientific writing, a one-day workshop was conducted, entitled, “SciPub-019-Getting your article published in scientific journals”.

Methods

The knowledge and attitude of participants were evaluated both before and immediately after the workshop.

Results

Thirty-three individuals participated with most (48.5%) being pharmacists, followed closely by doctors. 66.7% of the participants were males and 72.7% of participants had published one article as of the workshop date while the rest had published two. On specific questions, there was a significant difference between the responses regarding the abstract being the first part of the paper to be written, before and after the workshop. There was also a significant difference between the overall responses of the participants.

Conclusion

Improvement in the knowledge of the participants about scientific writing and publication was noted. Workshops of similar nature should be regularly conducted to improve the knowledge of new researchers about scientific writing.

Keywords:

• Nepal
• research
• scientific publication
• scientific writing
• workshop

Ethical Approval

The ethical approval was taken from Institutional Review Committee (IRC) of Nobel College, Kathmandu, Nepal. (Ref No ERP IRC 288/2019).

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to extend gratitude towards the KIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Gwarko, Lalitpur and the participants of the workshop.

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.