Stages in Preparation for Publication or Presentation
Titivillus Editing for the Health Sciences
Preparing Ideas and Research Results for Publication
Timothy DeVinney, Copy Editor and Author's Editor
Titivillus Editorial Services, London
Services Offered by Titivillus Editorial Services
Preparation of works in the health sciences for publication
—Books
—Articles for journals or multiauthor works
—Presentations: slides or posters for conferences
—CME presentations
—Grant applications
—Public information brochures
Organization of research results so they conform to the IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) format expected by ISI-ranked, indexed journals.
Formatting text and references
—Author’s style
—AMA style
—APA style
—CBE style
—Chicago style
—Vancouver style (Uniform Requirements)
—Harvard reference style
—Other journal or publisher style (see comparison charts
of different text styles and reference
styles)
Language editing
—Final checks to grammar, spelling, and usage of terms
—Assistance for non–English-speaking authors seeking
to reach an international readership
Utilities
—Encryption with PGP (to protect privacy in transmission)
—WinZip file compression
—FTP file transmission
Word processing & tagging
—Microsoft Word
—Corel WordPerfect
—OpenOffice
—Corel XMetal (XML editor)
—Macromedia Dreamweaver (HTML editor)
Preparation of figures, slides, or posters to meet journal's or publisher’s
requirements or the specifications of a particular presentation format
(see some sample guidelines)
—Conversion to file type and color space specified by
journal or publisher (eg, JPG file with the CMYK or Adobe RGB color space)
—Raster-image (bitmap) editing with Adobe Photoshop
—Vector-graphic editing with Adobe Illustrator
—Microsoft PowerPoint preparation and editing, or conversion
to publication-ready file format
—Layout and preparation of posters for scientific or
medical conferences with Adobe InDesign
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