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Publishing Resources - Publishing Services
Templates
Guidelines for Structuring Articles
Click here to access the following industry-standard guidelines
- CARE – For case reports
- CONSORT – For randomized controlled trials
- PRISMA – For systematic reviews
- SQUIRE– For quality improvement reporting
- STARD – For diagnostic research papers
- STROBE – For observational studies
Additional Guidelines
Click here to access the following industry-standard guidelines
- COREQ – Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups)
- ENTREQ – Enhancing Transparency in Reporting the Synthesis of Qualitative Research
- SAMPL – Basic Statistical Reporting for Articles Published in Biomedical Journals
- SPIRIT 2013 – Standard protocol items for clinical trials
Writing Style Guide
(available only if you’re on the Ochsner network)
Free Plagiarism Checkers
- Viper – Online application
- Dupli Checker– Online application with a 1,500-word limit per search
- PaperRater – Online application that combines grammar and plagiarism checking
Royalty-Free Images
The following sites have graphics you can use freely without permission.Most imageshave no copyright restrictions.
- US Government Photos and
Images – Find free photos and images pertaining to science-related subjects from the following subsites:
- CDC Public Health Image Library
- National Cancer Institute
- National Eye Institute's Photo, Image, and Video Catalog
- National Human Genome Research Institute Photo Gallery
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Image Library
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Image Gallery
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Picture Gallery
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences Image Gallery
- National Institutes of Health
- National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Collection
- Public Domain Pictures– Requires creation of a free account for the premium download option; site has connections with Shutterstock, a low-cost stock photo service that also requires creation of an account.
- Creative Commons– Search function allows you to search Google Images, Flickr, Pixabay, and Open Clip Art Library for pictures in the public domain.
- Unsplash– No search function, but no restrictions either
- PDpics– Categories are listed on the home page
- FreeRange– Free account creation required
- morgueFILE– Both free and pay-for-use options
- RGBStock– Requires creation of a free account
- Free Stock Images– Both free and pay-for-use options
- Stockvault – Both free and pay-for-use options
- Wikimedia Commons– Free stock science photos
- Clker.com– Old-school clip art, some vintage illustrations, photos
- Dreamstime – Free account creation required; check Royalty Free under search bar to limit search to free images
