Roadmap to Successful Scientific Publishing

Sarah Cuschieri, MD, PhD, MSc, qualified as a medical doctor in 2011. She studied for a Master of Science degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 at Cardiff University in Wales, obtaining a Distinction in both between 2012 and 2015. In addition to her Master’s degree, she was awarded the silver award of excellence by Cardiff University. After completing her medical training, Dr. Cuschieri took up a full-time academic and research career at the University of Malta in 2013. In 2019, she completed her PhD studies focusing on the “Burden of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, dysglycaemia and their co-determinants in the adult population of Malta”. During the same year, she also obtained a certificate in Public Health Epidemiology at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands. Dr. Cuschieri has published a number of papers focusing on diabetes mellitus type 2, obesity, and medical scientific writing in international peer-reviewed journals. She has been invited as aguest author and speaker for book chapters and conferences. Her primary research interests are diabetes mellitus type 2, obesity, and their impact on population health. Dr. Cuschieri is actively involved in a number of collaborative research projects, particularly in the area of the burden of disease.

• Part 1: Getting started.- Chapter 1: The why and the what of scientific research and publishing.- Chapter 2: Understanding research ethics.- Chapter 3: How to structure a scientific article, conference poster and presentation.- Part 2: The Hidden Bumps.- Chapter 4: Who gets authorship status?.- Chapter 5: The art of journal selection.- Chapter 6: Understanding the editor’s perspectives.- Part 3: The Destination.- Chapter 7: Converting a scientific article for the media.- Chapter 8: What are research metrics and why should I care?.- Chapter 9: Beyond your scientific publication.- Chapter 10: The Editor’s Perspective – Full-Length Interviews.