Writing for Publication
Writing and publishing tips. Blog with features and news about journal publishing, grants, conferences, and issues of interest to nurse authors, as well as writing and publishing tips for nurse writers.
Nurse Author Editor. An international publication dedicated to nurse authors, editors and reviewers. Users register for the site, but it is open access after registration.
See Helpful Editorial Hints for getting published. Compiled by Judith Baggs, Editor of Research in Nursing and Health.
Common Style Resources
AMA
Excellent resource from University of Washington describing the AMA style as well as providing examples. Access to the complete AMA style manual online is available with a subscription. Also, the AMA Style Insider, the official blog of the AMA Manual of Style, is an excellent resource for not only AMA style issues, but general writing issues as well.
APA
Learning APA Style. This page from the American Psychological Association has links to tutorials for the APA 6th edition including samples.
Baggs, J. G, & Froman, R. D. (2009). It’s ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-ck again, or how to live with the new APA Manual: Reprise for Edition 6. Research in Nursing & Health, 32, 477-479.
Blogs on Writing
NursingWriting
A blog site supported by the Center for Nursing Scholarship at the University of Connecticut, NursingWriting provides editors with a clearinghouse where they can announce calls for submissions for regular and special issues. Updated weekly, NursingWriting also features news about journal publishing, grants, conferences, and issues of interest to nurse authors, as well as writing and publishing tips for nurse writers.
Writing and Publishing Tips
Baggs, J. G. (2003). A new editor’s first editorial (editorial). Research in Nursing & Health, 26, 261-262.
Baggs, J. G., & Schmitt, M. H. (2003). Editors and conflict of interest (editorial). Research in Nursing & Health, 26, 87-89.
Baggs, J. G. (2006). Open access. (editorial). Research in Nursing & Health, 29, 1-2.
Baggs, J. G. (2008). Issues and rules for authors concerning authorship versus acknowledgments, dual publication, self plagiarism, and salami publishing (editorial). Research in Nursing & Health, 31(4), 295-297.
Baggs, J. G. (2010). Through the looking glass: Publishing in a journal in another language or another country. Research in Nursing & Health, 33 , 85-86.
Baggs, J. G. (2011). The dissertation manuscript option, Internet posting, and publication. Research in Nursing & Health, 34, 89-90.
Bearinger, L. H., Taliaferro, L., & Given, B. (2010). When R & R is not rest & recovers but revise & resubmit. Research in Nursing & Health, 33, 381-385.
Becker, P. T. (2008). Publishing pilot intervention studies. Research in Nursing & Health, 31, 1-3.
Becker, P. T. (2010). Thoughts on the end of the article: The implications for nursing practice. Research in Nursing & Health, 33, 241-242.
Bradley-Springer L. (2008) Why Don’t You Write? Jour Assoc Nurses in Aids Care JANAC 19(5):331-4.
Chinn, P. L. (1999). From the editor: Scholarship: the Paradoxes of the 14 C's. Advances in Nursing Science, 22(2), v - vi.
Chinn, P. L. (2003). Feminist Approaches. In J. Clare & H. Hamilton (Eds.), Writing Research: Transforming Data into Written Forms (pp. 61-84): Elsevier Science Limited.
Conn, V., Cooper, P., Ruppar, T., & Russell, C. (2008). Searching for the intervention in intervention research reports. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 40, 52-59.
Froman, R. D. (2008). Polishing your shot at the bull’s eye: The “please do” list. Research in Nursing & Health, 31, 541-542.
Froman, R. C. (2008). Hitting the bull’s eye rather than shooting yourself between the eyes. Research in Nursing & Health, 31, 399-401
Froman, R. D. (2011). Format, style, and precision. Research in Nursing & Health, 34, 1-3.
Jennings, B. M. (2011). Writing: There’s no “app” for that. Research in Nursing & Health, 34, 267-269
Sandelowski, M. J. (2011). Getting it right. Research in Nursing & Health, 33, 1-3
Smith SP. (2010). The manager as published author: tips on writing for publication. In Harris MD, The Handbook of Home Health Administration. 5th ed. Sudbury MA: Jones & Bartlett: 819-834.
Smith SP, Mateo MA.(2009). Communicating Research through Oral Presentations. In Mateo MA, Kirchhoff K, eds. Conducting and Using Nursing Research in the Clinical Setting, 3rd Ed. Baltimore: Springer; 427-440.
Smith SP, Mateo MA. (2009) Reporting Results Through Publication. In Mateo MA, Kirchhoff K, eds. Conducting and Using Nursing Research in the Clinical Setting, 3rd Ed. Baltimore: Springer; 441-455.