Herbert Y. Kressel MD, Moderator: Royalties, Bayer AG

Deborah Levine MD, Presenter: Editor with royalties, UpToDate, Inc Editor with royalties, Amirsys, Inc Editor with royalties, Reed Elsevier

Alexander A. Bankier MD, PhD, Presenter: Author with royalties, Reed Elsevier Consultant, Olympus Corporation

Elkan F. Halpern PhD, Presenter: Research Consultant, Hologic, Inc

David F. Kallmes MD, Presenter: Research support, Terumo Corporation Research support, Covidien AG Research support, Sequent Medical, Inc Research support, Benvenue Medical, Inc Consultant, General Electric Company Consultant, Covidien AG Consultant, Johnson & Johnson

1) Understand on what a manuscript submitted to RADIOLOGY is judged during the review and decision process. 2) Understand why it is important to clearly represent research results so that all parts of the written manuscript clearly reflect the research question. 3) Understand how to organize the inner logic of a manuscript submitted to RADIOLOGY. 4) Illustrate how graphs and charts can be best utilized to appropriately illustrate your results. 5) Understand the common statistical errors in manuscripts and how they can be avoided.

More than 2000 manuscripts per year are submitted to RADIOLOGY. Despite their variety in their subject matter and content, many manuscripts share common problems in the research design, description, and style which need improvement. The Publication Information for Authors is available on-line at http://pubs.rsna.org/page/radiology/pia. This provides a basic set of guidelines for manuscript preparation and submission. This presentation will complement and extend beyond these guidelines by further illustrating points from the Publication Information for Authors with realistic examples and tangible scenarios based on our experience with the submission, review, and decision making process. The Editor, three Deputy Editors , and statistician of RADIOLOGY will provide practical tips as well as Do’s and Don’ts for preparing the major elements of a RADIOLOGY manuscript. In addition, we will discuss the most common statistical problems we encounter in reviewing manuscripts, and discuss the issue of why many published research results turn out to be incorrect. At the end of the session, the registrants will gain an enhanced understanding of the required elements of an original submission, and have a better understanding of common author pitfalls encountered during manuscript review and the editorial process.

http://pubs.rsna.org/page/radiology/pia

Kressel, H, Levine, D, Bankier, A, Halpern, E, Kallmes, D, Publishing in Radiology: What You Always Wanted to Know and Never Asked.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/8001081.html