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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2022; 32(01): 001-002
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749197
Editorial

Mentoring Scientific Writing among Radiology Residents

C. Kesavadas
1   Department of Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Scientific publications are increasingly being used as an important yardstick for academic performance. In many universities, promotions for faculty mandatorily require publications in indexed journals. The first or corresponding author of an original article gets credits. The quality of publication is assessed based on the impact factor of the journal and the number of citations the article receives. Beyond academic promotions, decisions on project funding, awards, and fellowships are also made on the basis of the quality and the number of publications.

Scientific writing is a skill that one needs to develop preferably during the early days of a career. The teacher should emphasize the need for sharing scientific knowledge gained through observation, experience, and research. The young resident should realize that by publishing new observations or unusual cases he or she will be contributing to scientific knowledge. The published article could be useful for several medical specialists in their clinical practice and students preparing for examinations. Several observations and findings of an experienced teacher remain within a department or around a reading workstation. Many a time, a new or unusual finding never gets published.[1] These observations and discoveries should undergo peer review and ultimately be published to be clinically useful.



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Article published online:
15 June 2022

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