The Research Publishing Playbook

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-28503-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 91 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 284 g

Many trainees and early-career academics devote substantial time to research projects that stall or ultimately never reach publication. The problem is rarely effort or knowledge; it is the absence of a clear, repeatable system to move from idea to accepted manuscript.

The provides that system. Rather than re-teaching statistics or study design, this book focuses on execution: how to select the right projects, build productive habits, manage teams efficiently, write effectively, avoid common analytical pitfalls, and navigate submission and revision with precision.

For students and trainees, this book offers a direct blueprint to translate “activity” to “productivity.
 For faculty and advisors, it provides a scalable framework to build productive, high-functioning research teams.

This book distills practical, often unspoken strategies used by high-output academic groups to consistently produce peer-reviewed publications. This is not a theoretical overview; this is an operational playbook for turning academic effort into measurable output.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Choi, Jeff

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Before the Writing.- Chapter 1. Foundations of Research Efficiency.- Chapter 2. Essential Ingredients of High-Functioning Teams.- Chapter 3. The Manuscript Roadmap and Danger Zones.- Chapter 4. Understanding the Research Landscape and Managing Citations.- Chapter 5. Why Most Studies are False, and How Not to Conduct Most Studies.- Part II. The Writing.- Chapter 6. Why Academic Writing is Simple Writing.- Chapter 7. Title, Abstract, and Introduction: Attracting Shoppers.- Chapter 8. Methods: The Bedrock of Every Study.- Chapter 9: Results: The Words-Figures-Tables Monopoly.- Chapter 10. Discussion and Conclusion: After the Story.- Part III.  After the Writing .- Chapter 11. Reviewing your Writing: Be Your Toughest Critic.- Chapter 12. The Cover Letter to Survive the Editorial Desk.- Chapter 13. Responding to Reviewers, Including Reviewer 2.

Über Autor(innen)

Jeff Choi is a trauma and acute care surgeon at Mass General Brigham and faculty at Harvard Medical School. He is a surgeon-data scientist trained at Stanford University, where he completed medical school, graduate training in epidemiology and biomedical informatics, general surgery residency, and surgical critical care
fellowship. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals, including JAMA, JAMA Surgery, and Annals of Surgery.

 He has mentored students and trainees across multiple institutions, helping many
achieve their first or high-impact publications. He was the founding instructor for Stanford School of Medicine’s “Practical Introduction to Research Skills,” a course designed to systematically teach efficient academic productivity. His work focuses on building reproducible systems that transform research ideas into tangible, publishable
outputs.