EASE Toolkit for Authors

Guidelines and Resources for Scientific Writing & Publishing
for early career and less experienced researchers

This Toolkit is designed to help published and unpublished researchers become respected members of the international scientific communityby improving their ability to publish articles in peer reviewed scientific journals. The Toolkit consists of 12 modules, each one phrased in terms of a key resource need, such as how to identify the most appropriate journal for a paper, how to prepare a publishable manuscript, and how to negotiate the peer review process.  Each module provides a list of resources that have been assembled from a variety of different books, articles, websites and other sources.  The Toolkit was prepared particularly for junior researchers from non-English or developing countries and aims at increasing authors’ confidence in writing and submitting articles.

The Toolkit is sponsored by a variety of organizations, including the European Association of Science Editors and the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors.
 

Module 1: How to choose a journal 

Module 2.  How to get published if you are from a developing country or non-English language culture 

Module 3.  How to tackle publishing issues if you are a young or novice researcher

Module 4: How to write a scientific paper

Module 5.  How to write a good qualitative paper

Module 6.  How to use citations effectively, efficiently and appropriately

Module 7. How to determine who should  be an author of a paper

Module 8.  How to prepare a paper and respond to referees’ critiques and recommendations

Module 9.  How to resolve ethical dilemmas related to authorship, copyright, and scientific misconduct   

Module 10.  Conflict of interest in scientific publishing   

Module 11.  How to serve as an effective referee in the peer review process