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* Publishing in Biomaterials Professor David Williams, Editor-in-Chief Peggy O’Donnell, Managing Editor biomaterials@online.be 第十二届中国生物材料学术年会 The 12th Biennial Chinese Conference on Biomaterials 中国·广州 Guangzhou China December 2009 Publishing in High Impact Factor Journals Why publish scientific papers Why publish in scientific journals What is an Impact Factor - Who decides what papers are accepted for publishing The basic rules of scientific writing Why Publish Scientific Papers There is no point in carrying out research if the results are never analysed, conclusions properly drawn and appropriately disseminated. Unless constrained by confidentiality (military, product development, industrial know-how, economic forecasting for commercial reasons), the outputs of research should be subjected to review and comment by other scientists and disseminated as widely as possible. The best indicators of the scientific quality of individuals are their output of scientific papers - importance of CVs. The quality of research teams and their corporate institutions are judged primarily by their outputs, including scientific papers, -also patents, strategic reviews etc. Why Publish in Scientific Journals The main forms of published outputs are edited books, conference proceedings, magazines and peer-reviewed scientific journals. Edited books are rarely peer-reviewed and the choice of author and subject usually made before the quality of the contribution is known. Abstracts of conference proceedings are usually reviewed before acceptance of the paper for the conference, but the full papers are rarely reviewed and the quality is very variable. Magazines are of variable quality, content determined by editorial policy, commercial considerations and topicality of subjects. Scientific journals also vary in quality but they should always be peer-reviewed, are subject to independent editorial control and are generally widely available and widely read. What is an Impact Factor The va