6^th Asia-Pacific Pharma Congress

Biography

Biography: Hetal Shah

Abstract

In the field of research, it is always emphasized that either Publish or Perish!. As important it is to conduct a research activity, so it is to have the findings of your work informed to others via the means of a publication. Original research article or manuscript, is by far, one of the most common type of article being published in journals. Unlike other article formats like narrative review articles, short communications, or case reports, research manuscripts traditionally have a systematic and structured format. The body of a manuscript follows the ‘IMRAD’ pattern – Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussions. A manuscript should also have a proper title to its start and conclusion to its end. Other important aspects are Abstract, Keywords, acknowledgements and References. In this presentation, salient features of all these sections of the manuscript mentioned above, will be discussed in details and how to draft each of them will be demonstrated. Common errors involved in manuscript development and steps to avoid them will also be discussed. Overall, the presentation will provide A to Z step-wise approach for drafting an original research paper.