MOHAMMADALI M. SHOJA, MD, is a General Surgery Resident at the University of Illinois at Chicago Metropolitan Group Hospitals and a Research Scientist at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. He holds positions on several editorial boards and is editor-in-chief of International Journal of the History and Philosophy of Medicine. ANASTASIA ARYNCHYNA, MPH, CCRP, is the Clinical Research Manager in Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Alabama. R. SHANE TUBBS, MS, PA-C, PhD, is Professor, Chief Science Officer and Vice President of the Seattle Science Foundation. Dr. Tubbs is on the editorial board of numerous journals and is the editor of the journal Clinical Anatomy. He has written extensively in the field of anatomy and is an editor for the 41st and 42nd editions of Gray's Anatomy.

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• List of Contributors xxxiiiPreface xliiiSection I Successful Career 11 Defining and Re-Defining Success 3Mohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs and Dan O’Brien2 Qualities of Research Scientists: Personality and Leadership Attributes of Research Team Members 15Fred Bertino and Mohammadali M. Shoja3 Building a Personal Vision Statement 25Genevieve Pinto Zipp4 Creativity and Novel Hypotheses 29Anthony V. D’Antoni5 Confidence and Its Impact on Your Aspiring Career 33Toral R. Patel6 Career Satisfaction and Its Determinants 45Nihal Apaydin7 Spiritual Dimensions of Biomedical Research 55Mariana Cuceu, Beatrice Gabriela Ioan, Marcel Cuceu, Kyle E. Karches,8 Publishing in Academic Medicine: Does It Translate into a Successful Career? 63Bradley K. Weiner, Paige Vargo and Joseph Fernandez9 Assessing a Researcher’s Scientific Productivity and Scholarly Impact 69John Panaretos and Chrisovalantis MalesiosSection II Communication 8110 Manners in Academics 83R. Shane Tubbs11 Emotional Intelligence: Its Place in Your Professional and Academic Careers 91Sandra Buerger and Gernot Buerger12 Communication Skills 97Sandra Buerger13 Learning Charisma 103R. Shane Tubbs14 Essence of Collaborative Research: Leadership, Engaging Others, and Cooperativeness 109Rebecca Andall, Petru Matusz, Jerzy Gielecki and Marios Loukas15 Personal Branding for Physicians and Researchers 113Tracy E. Bunting-Early16 Dealing with Manipulative People 123George K. SimonSection III Research Ethics 13917 Honesty and Truth in Academic Research and Writing 141Thomas F. Lüscher18 Writing and Scientific Misconduct: Ethical and Legal Aspects 155Marcoen J.T.F. Cabbolet19 Plagiarism and How to Avoid It 163Izet Masic20 Conflicts of Interest: A Simple Explanation 179Bradley K. Weiner, Leslie A. Duncan and Paige E. Vargo21.Gender Differences in Medical Research ProductivityPeter F. Svider, Priyanka Shah, Adam J. Folbe, Jean Anderson EloySection IV Research Regulations22 Institutional Review Boards: General Regulations, Institutional Obligations, and Personal ResponsibilityAnastasia A. Arynchyna, Sarah B. Putney, R. Peter Iafrate23 International Research with Human SubjectsSarah B. PutneySection V Research Grants and Proposals24 Grants and Funding SourcesJamie Dow, Chevis Shannon25 Essentials of Grant Writing and Proposal DevelopmentChevis N Shannon, Jamie DowSection VI Research Practice26 Clinical Research Methods and DesignsDaxa M. Patel, Beverly C. Walters, James M. Markert27 Retrospective Analysis from a Chart Review: a Step-by-Step GuidePhilipp Hendrix, Christoph J. Griessenauer28 Designing, Planning, and Conducting Clinical TrialsRamón Rodrigo, Juan Guillermo Gormaz, Matías Libuy, Daniel Hasson29 Animal Models in Science and ResearchRay Greek30 How to Identify a Timely and Relevant Topic for a Literature ReviewSanjay Patel, Jerzy Gielecki, Marios Loukas31 The Structure and Conduct of a Narrative Literature ReviewMarco Pautasso32 A Guideline for Conducting Systematic ReviewsPaul Posadzki, Edzard Ernst33 Clinical Management GuidelinesVijay Ravindra, Walavan Sivakumar, Kristin Kraus, Jay K. Riva-Cambrin, John Kestle34 Why is the History of Medicine and Biology Important?Paul S. Agutter35 Historical Articles: A Methodology Guide Anand N. Bosmia, Mohammadali M. ShojaSection VII Publication and Resources36 An Introduction to Academic PublishingMohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs37 Various Types of Scientific ArticlesJosé Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr., Wilfred C.G. Peh38 Authorship Stephen W. Carmichael39 Recognition, Reward, and Responsibility: Why the Authorship of Scientific Papers MattersElizabeth Wager40 Biomedical Journals: Scientific Quality, Reputation, and Impact FactorKatherine G. Akers41 Scholarly Open-Access PublishingJeffrey Beall42 How to find a suitable journal for your manuscriptMohammadali M. Shoja, Thomas P. Walker, Stephen W. Carmichael43 Scientific Peer ReviewChristoph J. Griessenauer, Michelle K. Roach44 How to Reply to Editors and ReviewersPaul Tremblay45 Causes of manuscript rejection and how to handle a rejected manuscriptSung Deuk Kim, Matusz Petru, Jerzy Gielecki, Marios Loukas46 Resources and DatabasesKoichi Watanabe47 Research: A Construct Defined by ContextMichael Dieter48 Critical Evaluation of the Clinical LiteratureJacopo Buti, Faizan ZaheerSection VIII Technical Writing49 Writing for Your AudienceMaria J. Grant50 Principles of Writing a Good Scholarly PaperS. Jane Millward-Sadler51 Tips for Scientific WritingMark P. Henderson52 Perspectives of a Medical EditorMarilyn Michael Yurk53 The Art of Organizing Your Research ContentKristin N. Mount54 Economy of Writing: How to Write Technical ContentArthur C. Croft55 Writing an Effective Title and AbstractSandra Buerger56 Writing the Results SectionBulent Yalcin57 Writing the Discussion Section for Original Research ArticlesAyhan Cömert, Eyyub S.M. Al-Beyati58 Reporting a Clinical TrialDirk T. Ubbink59 Publishing a Case ReportS. Jane Millward-Sadler, Mohammadali M. Shoja60 Writing EditorialsNaomi Andall, Bharti Bhusnurmath, Shivayogi Bhusnurmath, Marios Loukas61 Writing a Letter to the EditorHaley J. Moon, Joel A. Vilensky62 Writing a Book ReviewJames Hartley63 Use of Illustrations and Figures to Enhance Scientific Presentations and PublicationsMarion Karl64 How to Prepare Supplemental Materials for Scientific PublicationsBarbara J. Hoogenboom65 Reference-Management SoftwarePaul Tremblay, Thomas P. WalkerSection IX Biostatistics66 Basic Statistical Analysis for Original StudiesGanesh N. Dakhale, Sachin K. Hiware, Avinash V. Turankar, Mohini S. Mahatme, Sonali A. Pimpalkhute67 An Overview of Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisAnthony V. D'Antoni, Loretta Cacace68 An Introduction to Meta-AnalysisArindam Basu69 Missing Values: How to Treat Them AppropriatelyDavid C. HowellSection X Academic Networking70 Essentials of Interviewing for Prospective Medical Students and ResidentsFrederic J. Bertino, Talal A. Kaiser71 Professional and Academic Societies and MeetingsPhilip R. Brauer72 Getting the Most from Attending a Professional MeetingPeter J. Ward73 Finding Research Opportunities as a Medical StudentFrederic J. Bertino74 A Guide to Writing a Curriculum VitaeSanjay Patel, Petru Matusz, Marios LoukasIndex

MOHAMMADALI M. SHOJA, MD, is a General Surgery Resident at the University of Illinois at Chicago Metropolitan Group Hospitals and a Research Scientist at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. He holds positions on several editorial boards and is editor-in-chief of International Journal of the History and Philosophy of Medicine. ANASTASIA ARYNCHYNA, MPH, CCRP, is the Clinical Research Manager in Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Alabama. R. SHANE TUBBS, MS, PA-C, PhD, is Professor, Chief Science Officer and Vice President of the Seattle Science Foundation. Dr. Tubbs is on the editorial board of numerous journals and is the editor of the journal Clinical Anatomy. He has written extensively in the field of anatomy and is an editor for the 41st and 42nd editions of Gray's Anatomy.

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• List of Contributors xxxiiiPreface xliiiSection I Successful Career 11 Defining and Re-Defining Success 3Mohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs and Dan O’Brien2 Qualities of Research Scientists: Personality and Leadership Attributes of Research Team Members 15Fred Bertino and Mohammadali M. Shoja3 Building a Personal Vision Statement 25Genevieve Pinto Zipp4 Creativity and Novel Hypotheses 29Anthony V. D’Antoni5 Confidence and Its Impact on Your Aspiring Career 33Toral R. Patel6 Career Satisfaction and Its Determinants 45Nihal Apaydin7 Spiritual Dimensions of Biomedical Research 55Mariana Cuceu, Beatrice Gabriela Ioan, Marcel Cuceu, Kyle E. Karches,8 Publishing in Academic Medicine: Does It Translate into a Successful Career? 63Bradley K. Weiner, Paige Vargo and Joseph Fernandez9 Assessing a Researcher’s Scientific Productivity and Scholarly Impact 69John Panaretos and Chrisovalantis MalesiosSection II Communication 8110 Manners in Academics 83R. Shane Tubbs11 Emotional Intelligence: Its Place in Your Professional and Academic Careers 91Sandra Buerger and Gernot Buerger12 Communication Skills 97Sandra Buerger13 Learning Charisma 103R. Shane Tubbs14 Essence of Collaborative Research: Leadership, Engaging Others, and Cooperativeness 109Rebecca Andall, Petru Matusz, Jerzy Gielecki and Marios Loukas15 Personal Branding for Physicians and Researchers 113Tracy E. Bunting-Early16 Dealing with Manipulative People 123George K. SimonSection III Research Ethics 13917 Honesty and Truth in Academic Research and Writing 141Thomas F. Lüscher18 Writing and Scientific Misconduct: Ethical and Legal Aspects 155Marcoen J.T.F. Cabbolet19 Plagiarism and How to Avoid It 163Izet Masic20 Conflicts of Interest: A Simple Explanation 179Bradley K. Weiner, Leslie A. Duncan and Paige E. Vargo21.Gender Differences in Medical Research ProductivityPeter F. Svider, Priyanka Shah, Adam J. Folbe, Jean Anderson EloySection IV Research Regulations22 Institutional Review Boards: General Regulations, Institutional Obligations, and Personal ResponsibilityAnastasia A. Arynchyna, Sarah B. Putney, R. Peter Iafrate23 International Research with Human SubjectsSarah B. PutneySection V Research Grants and Proposals24 Grants and Funding SourcesJamie Dow, Chevis Shannon25 Essentials of Grant Writing and Proposal DevelopmentChevis N Shannon, Jamie DowSection VI Research Practice26 Clinical Research Methods and DesignsDaxa M. Patel, Beverly C. Walters, James M. Markert27 Retrospective Analysis from a Chart Review: a Step-by-Step GuidePhilipp Hendrix, Christoph J. Griessenauer28 Designing, Planning, and Conducting Clinical TrialsRamón Rodrigo, Juan Guillermo Gormaz, Matías Libuy, Daniel Hasson29 Animal Models in Science and ResearchRay Greek30 How to Identify a Timely and Relevant Topic for a Literature ReviewSanjay Patel, Jerzy Gielecki, Marios Loukas31 The Structure and Conduct of a Narrative Literature ReviewMarco Pautasso32 A Guideline for Conducting Systematic ReviewsPaul Posadzki, Edzard Ernst33 Clinical Management GuidelinesVijay Ravindra, Walavan Sivakumar, Kristin Kraus, Jay K. Riva-Cambrin, John Kestle34 Why is the History of Medicine and Biology Important?Paul S. Agutter35 Historical Articles: A Methodology Guide Anand N. Bosmia, Mohammadali M. ShojaSection VII Publication and Resources36 An Introduction to Academic PublishingMohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs37 Various Types of Scientific ArticlesJosé Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr., Wilfred C.G. Peh38 Authorship Stephen W. Carmichael39 Recognition, Reward, and Responsibility: Why the Authorship of Scientific Papers MattersElizabeth Wager40 Biomedical Journals: Scientific Quality, Reputation, and Impact FactorKatherine G. Akers41 Scholarly Open-Access PublishingJeffrey Beall42 How to find a suitable journal for your manuscriptMohammadali M. Shoja, Thomas P. Walker, Stephen W. Carmichael43 Scientific Peer ReviewChristoph J. Griessenauer, Michelle K. Roach44 How to Reply to Editors and ReviewersPaul Tremblay45 Causes of manuscript rejection and how to handle a rejected manuscriptSung Deuk Kim, Matusz Petru, Jerzy Gielecki, Marios Loukas46 Resources and DatabasesKoichi Watanabe47 Research: A Construct Defined by ContextMichael Dieter48 Critical Evaluation of the Clinical LiteratureJacopo Buti, Faizan ZaheerSection VIII Technical Writing49 Writing for Your AudienceMaria J. Grant50 Principles of Writing a Good Scholarly PaperS. Jane Millward-Sadler51 Tips for Scientific WritingMark P. Henderson52 Perspectives of a Medical EditorMarilyn Michael Yurk53 The Art of Organizing Your Research ContentKristin N. Mount54 Economy of Writing: How to Write Technical ContentArthur C. Croft55 Writing an Effective Title and AbstractSandra Buerger56 Writing the Results SectionBulent Yalcin57 Writing the Discussion Section for Original Research ArticlesAyhan Cömert, Eyyub S.M. Al-Beyati58 Reporting a Clinical TrialDirk T. Ubbink59 Publishing a Case ReportS. Jane Millward-Sadler, Mohammadali M. Shoja60 Writing EditorialsNaomi Andall, Bharti Bhusnurmath, Shivayogi Bhusnurmath, Marios Loukas61 Writing a Letter to the EditorHaley J. Moon, Joel A. Vilensky62 Writing a Book ReviewJames Hartley63 Use of Illustrations and Figures to Enhance Scientific Presentations and PublicationsMarion Karl64 How to Prepare Supplemental Materials for Scientific PublicationsBarbara J. Hoogenboom65 Reference-Management SoftwarePaul Tremblay, Thomas P. WalkerSection IX Biostatistics66 Basic Statistical Analysis for Original StudiesGanesh N. Dakhale, Sachin K. Hiware, Avinash V. Turankar, Mohini S. Mahatme, Sonali A. Pimpalkhute67 An Overview of Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisAnthony V. D'Antoni, Loretta Cacace68 An Introduction to Meta-AnalysisArindam Basu69 Missing Values: How to Treat Them AppropriatelyDavid C. HowellSection X Academic Networking70 Essentials of Interviewing for Prospective Medical Students and ResidentsFrederic J. Bertino, Talal A. Kaiser71 Professional and Academic Societies and MeetingsPhilip R. Brauer72 Getting the Most from Attending a Professional MeetingPeter J. Ward73 Finding Research Opportunities as a Medical StudentFrederic J. Bertino74 A Guide to Writing a Curriculum VitaeSanjay Patel, Petru Matusz, Marios LoukasIndex

MOHAMMADALI M. SHOJA, MD, is a General Surgery Resident at the University of Illinois at Chicago Metropolitan Group Hospitals and a Research Scientist at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. He holds positions on several editorial boards and is editor-in-chief of International Journal of the History and Philosophy of Medicine. ANASTASIA ARYNCHYNA, MPH, CCRP, is the Clinical Research Manager in Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Alabama. R. SHANE TUBBS, MS, PA-C, PhD, is Professor, Chief Science Officer and Vice President of the Seattle Science Foundation. Dr. Tubbs is on the editorial board of numerous journals and is the editor of the journal Clinical Anatomy. He has written extensively in the field of anatomy and is an editor for the 41st and 42nd editions of Gray's Anatomy.

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• List of Contributors xxxiiiPreface xliiiSection I Successful Career 11 Defining and Re-Defining Success 3Mohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs and Dan O’Brien2 Qualities of Research Scientists: Personality and Leadership Attributes of Research Team Members 15Fred Bertino and Mohammadali M. Shoja3 Building a Personal Vision Statement 25Genevieve Pinto Zipp4 Creativity and Novel Hypotheses 29Anthony V. D’Antoni5 Confidence and Its Impact on Your Aspiring Career 33Toral R. Patel6 Career Satisfaction and Its Determinants 45Nihal Apaydin7 Spiritual Dimensions of Biomedical Research 55Mariana Cuceu, Beatrice Gabriela Ioan, Marcel Cuceu, Kyle E. Karches,8 Publishing in Academic Medicine: Does It Translate into a Successful Career? 63Bradley K. Weiner, Paige Vargo and Joseph Fernandez9 Assessing a Researcher’s Scientific Productivity and Scholarly Impact 69John Panaretos and Chrisovalantis MalesiosSection II Communication 8110 Manners in Academics 83R. Shane Tubbs11 Emotional Intelligence: Its Place in Your Professional and Academic Careers 91Sandra Buerger and Gernot Buerger12 Communication Skills 97Sandra Buerger13 Learning Charisma 103R. Shane Tubbs14 Essence of Collaborative Research: Leadership, Engaging Others, and Cooperativeness 109Rebecca Andall, Petru Matusz, Jerzy Gielecki and Marios Loukas15 Personal Branding for Physicians and Researchers 113Tracy E. Bunting-Early16 Dealing with Manipulative People 123George K. SimonSection III Research Ethics 13917 Honesty and Truth in Academic Research and Writing 141Thomas F. Lüscher18 Writing and Scientific Misconduct: Ethical and Legal Aspects 155Marcoen J.T.F. Cabbolet19 Plagiarism and How to Avoid It 163Izet Masic20 Conflicts of Interest: A Simple Explanation 179Bradley K. Weiner, Leslie A. Duncan and Paige E. Vargo21.Gender Differences in Medical Research ProductivityPeter F. Svider, Priyanka Shah, Adam J. Folbe, Jean Anderson EloySection IV Research Regulations22 Institutional Review Boards: General Regulations, Institutional Obligations, and Personal ResponsibilityAnastasia A. Arynchyna, Sarah B. Putney, R. Peter Iafrate23 International Research with Human SubjectsSarah B. PutneySection V Research Grants and Proposals24 Grants and Funding SourcesJamie Dow, Chevis Shannon25 Essentials of Grant Writing and Proposal DevelopmentChevis N Shannon, Jamie DowSection VI Research Practice26 Clinical Research Methods and DesignsDaxa M. Patel, Beverly C. Walters, James M. Markert27 Retrospective Analysis from a Chart Review: a Step-by-Step GuidePhilipp Hendrix, Christoph J. Griessenauer28 Designing, Planning, and Conducting Clinical TrialsRamón Rodrigo, Juan Guillermo Gormaz, Matías Libuy, Daniel Hasson29 Animal Models in Science and ResearchRay Greek30 How to Identify a Timely and Relevant Topic for a Literature ReviewSanjay Patel, Jerzy Gielecki, Marios Loukas31 The Structure and Conduct of a Narrative Literature ReviewMarco Pautasso32 A Guideline for Conducting Systematic ReviewsPaul Posadzki, Edzard Ernst33 Clinical Management GuidelinesVijay Ravindra, Walavan Sivakumar, Kristin Kraus, Jay K. Riva-Cambrin, John Kestle34 Why is the History of Medicine and Biology Important?Paul S. Agutter35 Historical Articles: A Methodology Guide Anand N. Bosmia, Mohammadali M. ShojaSection VII Publication and Resources36 An Introduction to Academic PublishingMohammadali M. Shoja, R. Shane Tubbs37 Various Types of Scientific ArticlesJosé Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr., Wilfred C.G. Peh38 Authorship Stephen W. Carmichael39 Recognition, Reward, and Responsibility: Why the Authorship of Scientific Papers MattersElizabeth Wager40 Biomedical Journals: Scientific Quality, Reputation, and Impact FactorKatherine G. Akers41 Scholarly Open-Access PublishingJeffrey Beall42 How to find a suitable journal for your manuscriptMohammadali M. Shoja, Thomas P. Walker, Stephen W. Carmichael43 Scientific Peer ReviewChristoph J. Griessenauer, Michelle K. Roach44 How to Reply to Editors and ReviewersPaul Tremblay45 Causes of manuscript rejection and how to handle a rejected manuscriptSung Deuk Kim, Matusz Petru, Jerzy Gielecki, Marios Loukas46 Resources and DatabasesKoichi Watanabe47 Research: A Construct Defined by ContextMichael Dieter48 Critical Evaluation of the Clinical LiteratureJacopo Buti, Faizan ZaheerSection VIII Technical Writing49 Writing for Your AudienceMaria J. Grant50 Principles of Writing a Good Scholarly PaperS. Jane Millward-Sadler51 Tips for Scientific WritingMark P. Henderson52 Perspectives of a Medical EditorMarilyn Michael Yurk53 The Art of Organizing Your Research ContentKristin N. Mount54 Economy of Writing: How to Write Technical ContentArthur C. Croft55 Writing an Effective Title and AbstractSandra Buerger56 Writing the Results SectionBulent Yalcin57 Writing the Discussion Section for Original Research ArticlesAyhan Cömert, Eyyub S.M. Al-Beyati58 Reporting a Clinical TrialDirk T. Ubbink59 Publishing a Case ReportS. Jane Millward-Sadler, Mohammadali M. Shoja60 Writing EditorialsNaomi Andall, Bharti Bhusnurmath, Shivayogi Bhusnurmath, Marios Loukas61 Writing a Letter to the EditorHaley J. Moon, Joel A. Vilensky62 Writing a Book ReviewJames Hartley63 Use of Illustrations and Figures to Enhance Scientific Presentations and PublicationsMarion Karl64 How to Prepare Supplemental Materials for Scientific PublicationsBarbara J. Hoogenboom65 Reference-Management SoftwarePaul Tremblay, Thomas P. WalkerSection IX Biostatistics66 Basic Statistical Analysis for Original StudiesGanesh N. Dakhale, Sachin K. Hiware, Avinash V. Turankar, Mohini S. Mahatme, Sonali A. Pimpalkhute67 An Overview of Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisAnthony V. D'Antoni, Loretta Cacace68 An Introduction to Meta-AnalysisArindam Basu69 Missing Values: How to Treat Them AppropriatelyDavid C. HowellSection X Academic Networking70 Essentials of Interviewing for Prospective Medical Students and ResidentsFrederic J. Bertino, Talal A. Kaiser71 Professional and Academic Societies and MeetingsPhilip R. Brauer72 Getting the Most from Attending a Professional MeetingPeter J. Ward73 Finding Research Opportunities as a Medical StudentFrederic J. Bertino74 A Guide to Writing a Curriculum VitaeSanjay Patel, Petru Matusz, Marios LoukasIndex