Identifying reasons for failure in biomedical research and publishing

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

D. Bousfield¹ 

[1] ,Ganesha AssociatesCambridge,UK

关键词: Research failure;    Reading;    Scientific writing;    Scientific literacy;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-879X2009000700001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The regular assessment of Brazilian scientific output means that individual university departments need to constantly improve the quantity and quality of their scientific output. A significant proportion of this output involves the work of Master’s and Doctoral students, but getting this work published in a suitable journal can often prove to be a challenge. Although students’ lack of fluency in English is a contributing factor, many of the problems observed have an early origin in the formulation of the research problem and its relevance to current research trends in the international literature. In short, more time needs to be spent in the library and less in the laboratory, and more effort needs to be made in teaching students basic research skills such as the effective use of bibliographic databases like PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus.

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