![]() ![]() Such ideas not only came from subject specialists or experienced authors, but also authors new to writing or with less clinical experience. Probably, such ideas would not have crossed my mind if I had decided to write a particular section of draft only by myself. Later, the language part can be improved through feedback in revisions.Ģ) Different brains, different ideas: In almost every manuscript preparation, there was unique intellectual input from other authors which I had not thought of. I observed that it brings the new authors at ease and builds up their confidence as they feel adding value to the project by liberating themselves from the chains of scientific language. ![]() It could be written even in native language within the draft or could be relayed to the lead authors by a telephone call if finding it hard to describe something. So, one of my recommendations to authors new to writing was to simply convey the idea, no matter what. ![]() In the initial draft, what mattered the most to me were the ideas rather than how the ideas were documented. In the projects we did this year, more than 75% of the authors had less than five publications, with residents and interns involved in nearly 40% of researches. Hence, it needs to be handled differently with new authors as compared to the experienced ones. Here I am sharing my perspective on lessons learnt on only the writing aspects of research for AuthorAID readers.ġ) Removing the language barrier: One of the ideas of collaborative writing is to have creative waves from different brains of variable frequencies merge onto a nexus. When it comes to writing and getting a paper published, there are various challenges involved in coordination among authors. On a deeper thought in retrospect, I realized that this experience provided a learning opportunity for me and other authors in many different ways. Our work involved around 1000 study participants and various article types. None of the authors were native English speakers except one. I looked back and figured out that collaborations were carried out with 36 authors from six different disciplines, across 10 institutes and three countries. He shares his experience of collaborative writing with new and experienced authors.ĭuring the recent lockdown situation, I had a chance to complete most of the researches that had been piling up for over a year. This arrangement worked very well and led to completion of 13 manuscripts by the end of third quarter of 2020. Ahmad Zaheer Qureshi specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and currently works in Saudi Arabia. ![]()
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