Everything you need to plan, write and submit your manuscript: plain-language guides on study design, practical writing tutorials, video walkthroughs and a quiz to test yourself.
Read more: visual abstract, step by step →The anatomy of a great paper — hover each part to open its guide.
Every article gains a visual abstract on the journal website — the image that circulates on social media and in slide decks. It answers three questions in about five seconds: why the study was done, what was done and what was found.
The ABCD template, the palettes and the icon bank are there to save you time — they are suggestions, not requirements. A simpler figure, with one illustration and one sentence in plain language, often travels further than a dense one.
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The building blocks of clinical research, explained in minutes.
What are cohort studies?From exposure to outcome: the design behind risk and survival measures.
What are case-control studies?Starting from the outcome and looking back: ideal for rare diseases.
What are cross-sectional studies?A snapshot of exposure and outcome at a single moment in time.
What are clinical trials?Randomization, intervention and follow-up: the top of the evidence pyramid.
What is randomization?The draw that balances what you cannot measure — and how to conceal it.
Research ethics: what the committee reviewsCEP, CAAE, consent and waiver: what to obtain before the study.
Study protocol and registrationWrite it before, register it before: ReBEC, ClinicalTrials.gov, PROSPERO.
Are chance and probability the same thing?Probability, odds and why the difference matters in research.
What is translational research?From bench to population: the four phases of the translational continuum.Hands-on tutorials for the parts of the manuscript that decide whether you are read.
How to write an abstract that gets read — and citedStructure, real numbers and search terms in up to 300 words.
Visual abstract, step by stepFour PowerPoint models, palettes, typography and how to submit the file.
ABCD icon bank105 free icons for digestive surgery — click to download the SVG or PNG.
Title and keywords: how to be foundHow databases, search engines and readers discover your paper.
Designing a visual abstract, step by stepOne image, one idea: communicate your main finding in seconds.
How to respond to reviewersPoint-by-point replies that move your paper toward acceptance.Watch before you write — and before you submit.
Eight quick questions on study design, based on the guides above — with instant feedback.
Digestive surgery and scientific publishing, in long form.
