Objective and hypothesis Discussion slides

Objective/hypothesis Unique contribution of your paper, as expressed in the hypothesis or objective Last paragraph of introduction Abstract Cover letter

Objective/hypothesis Last paragraph of introduction Follows from rest of introduction Results and discussion refer back to this statement Abstract Contains all elements of the paper Includes a clear statement of the objective First part editors read – may make decision based on abstract; only part most readers ever read Cover letter Assures editor that there are no ethical issues “Sells” editor on the value of your paper

Objective/hypothesis Strength of claim How does your paper fill a gap in the research or literature? If you can make a claim for the originality and uniqueness of your paper, it is more likely to be published “This is the first paper to...” “We used a unique approach...” – originality may be in the method “This has never before been studied in humans.” But make sure you can make that claim “To our knowledge...” “As far as we are aware...” “While other studies have covered ... , our paper is the first to explore ...”