Ezeala MO

Department of Communications/Literature, College of Humanities and Education, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji

Publications

• Original Article   
  Common Errors in Manuscripts Submitted to Medical Science Journals
  Author(s): Ezeala CC*, Nweke IN and Ezeala MO
  
  Background: Many manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals are rejected for reasons that include lowâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?quality of the manuscripts. Aim: The aim of this study is to identify and characterize the common errors in manuscripts submitted to medical journals based in Africa and Asia. Materials and Methods: Reviewers’ reports on 42 manuscripts were analyzed qualitatively using deductive coding, and quantitatively to determine the errors by sections of the manuscripts. The study included only reviews on full length original research articles. Results: Results showed that 66.7% (28/42) of the manuscripts had flaws in the introduction, 85.7% (36/42) in materials and methods, 66.7% (28/42) in the results, 71.4% (30/42) in discussion, 69.0% (29/42) in references, and 81.1% (34/42) in the general sections. Qualitative analysis of the .. Read More»