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Where Should You Publish Your Paper?

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In contrast to a recent cartoon from The New Yorker (Figure 14-1), when most surgeons see a patient and make a diagnosis, they do not think about a journal in which a manuscript may be published or even about preparing the manuscript itself. However, the clinical challenge of a particular patient often inspires related research at the laboratory bench or by the design of clinical trials.

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Rothmund, M., Bartsch, D., Lorenz, W. (1998). Where Should You Publish Your Paper?. In: Troidl, H., McKneally, M.F., Mulder, D.S., Wechsler, A.S., McPeek, B., Spitzer, W.O. (eds) Surgical Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1888-3_14

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