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How to start getting published in medical and scientific journals.

Whether you’re starting a research career, breaking into academic publishing, or pivoting your area of interest, it may seem difficult to build the expertise and network to become a coauthor on academic papers. But it may be more straightforward than you think. 

“In terms of publishing academic research, the number-one holdup in my position right now is a lack of scientific writers,” says Jessica Lasky-Su, DSc, MS , associate professor in medicine and associate statistician at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and faculty for the Effective Writing for Health Care certificate program. “If I had a few writers right now that I could hire, I would do it in a heartbeat.”

The need for good science writers and editors can still be under-recognized in the academic community, but once a principal investigator understands the concrete value you bring, you can begin building a portfolio of published work. Here’s how to get started.

The Work That Merits a Byline on a Scientific Paper

First things first: how much work merits a byline on a research paper, exactly? Lasky-Su, who has published more than 250 papers to date, explains that it can depend on the principal investigator and thus can be a gray area. “But my basic framework is: if this person has contributed important scientific input or research, they should be on the paper, she adds. 

Your area of research may have a specific (and unique) framework for the conditions of getting a byline, but Lasky-Su notes that even high school and college interns who know the general subject matter and do research for the introduction on one of her papers can potentially get a byline. 

“It might not be the ‘default’ role, like the postdoc or the statistician, but I think it’s important to think of contribution more broadly. Who is the big team? Everyone should be acknowledged,” she says. It’s in this broader definition where your contributions may be essential. 

Why Networking Is the First Step to Contributing to Academic Research

Networking is critically important if you want to break into scientific writing, and it’s particularly true if you’re not already in a department that focuses on the research you’re interested in. From a postdoctoral fellow looking to join a new team to a medical professional getting into research for the first time to a nonscience writer hoping to break into academic writing, the most important thing you can do is develop your network.

“If you have no experience, but you want to be a contributor, reach out to someone who is in the area you’re interested in and ask, ‘What can I do to learn a little bit and potentially contribute on a paper?’ If a principal investigator is open to having someone help and have it be a learning experience, that’s the easiest way,” explains Lasky-Su. 

These initial opportunities may or may not be paid (the principal investigator may be limited in terms of how they can distribute funds), but, often, a contributing writer on a paper does not have to be involved 40 hours a week. You can still do the work that keeps you employed, in other words, and contribute to a research paper at the same time.

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Your work will depend on the subject matter. However, Lasky-Su (whose papers make use of terabytes of molecular data) says that any research that utilizes large language models will require someone to interpret and make sense of the data in a macro way.

“We are in a computational place where the output and the quality of the output that we have are dramatically different. There’s so much more that you can generate and analyze, and the tools have become so much more sophisticated that the output is probably at least ten times more than what publishers expected ten years ago,” she says.

Furthermore, she explains that the team members performing the science and analysis might not be the right people to tell the story of the research story. The introduction and discussion sections of a research paper often take the most time and require a separate set of skills to “translate” findings to a broader context. 

At the beginning of developing a paper, Lasky-Su and her team put together an overarching outline and then spent months synthesizing the results. “The value-add of a person like this, if they were proactively involved, is that they could take the time required to synthesize our results from six months down to three or two. It’s such a critical component of expediting the process,” she says. 

And, in fact, that ability to save the team time and effort can be a selling point for anyone hoping to contribute to a research paper—especially if a principal investigator has not had a scientific writer on their team before who can make the paper coherent and cohesive when it’s in the editing stages. 

How to Build on Your Bylines

Once you’ve been able to get your work formally recognized on a paper, you can use your network and demonstrated expertise to build a portfolio. “Now, you have a few people that you can work with,” says Lasky-Su. “After a few papers, maybe you want to expand to a different group. But the point is that you now have an initial network that you can build upon.” 

Lasky-Su has extensive experience in working with students at Harvard Medical School’s Effective Writing for Health Care and other Continuing Education programs. Whether a participant is hoping to write for the science media or for academia, she notes that formal writing programs will provide the necessary background as well as a head start on developing this ever-important network. 

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The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy is one of the five most widely circulated student-edited law journals in the country, making it the leading forum for conservative and libertarian legal scholarship. The Journal publishes three issues each year on a broad range of legal and public policy topics. Recent articles have explored issues such as military commissions, gun control, the First Amendment, judicial confirmations, same-sex marriage, racial desegregation, the Patriot Act, and originalism. The Journal has published symposia on Law and the War on Terrorism, International Law and the Constitution, and Law and Freedom.

Harvard Journal of Law & Technology

Since its inception in 1988, the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology has published writings by academics, practitioners, and policymakers on a variety of topics, including intellectual property, biotechnology, e-commerce, space law, computer law, cybercrime, the Internet, and telecommunications. JOLT is the most cited legal technology journal in the world, and in the top three of all specialty journals, nationwide. During the academic year, the Journal hosts lectures, panel discussions, and an annual Symposium dedicated to promoting knowledge of technology and the law. As technology advances and the law concurrently develops, JOLT will continue to have an influential role in the ongoing interchange between these two fields. This year, JOLT is pioneering a radical new online initiative that will bring together, in one place, all developments in the field of law and technology.

Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

The Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law (JSEL) provides the academic community, the sports and entertainment industries, and the legal profession with scholarly analysis and research related to the legal aspects of the sports and entertainment world. The legal issues raised in these fields frequently draw from areas as diverse as antitrust law, civil procedure, constitutional law, contract law, corporate law, copyright law, labor law, and real estate law. JSEL serves as a forum in which scholars from these and other disciplines can discuss the law as it relates specifically to the sports and entertainment industries and the unique issues raised therein. JSEL strives to be the premier source for academic analysis of these issues, such that scholars, industry professionals, news media, and the general public turn to JSEL when complicated legal issues arise in the sports and entertainment community.

Harvard Journal on Legislation

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The Harvard Journal on Legislation is the foremost student-edited journal on legislation and legislative reform. Published twice a year, the Journal presents pieces from academics, members of Congress, practitioners, and current students. In addition, one issue each year features articles developed around the annual symposium on an important topic of public policy. The Journal deals with a range of legislative topics, including Affirmative Action, punitive damages, family law, executive agency regulation, and anti-terrorism legislation.

Harvard Latin American Law Review

The Harvard Latin American Law Review provides a forum for the scholarly discussion of legal issues affecting Latinx in the United States. Recent articles have addressed issues including education, the impact of NAFTA, corporate responsibility, and acoustic segregation. HLALR also promotes Latinx scholarship through the annual publication of a conference or symposium on Latinx legal issues.

Harvard Law & Policy Review

The Harvard Law & Policy Review provides a prominent forum for debate and discussion of innovative progressive and moderate legal policy ideas, analysis and proposals. The Review invites innovative approaches to policy challenges by progressive legal scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. HLPR serves as a nexus between the worlds of academia, policy-making, and practice, with a focus on promoting first-rate scholarship with practical application to societal challenges. HLPR is the official national journal of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS).

National Security Journal

NSJ is a student-edited, faculty- and practitioner-advised, online academic journal. It serves both as a contribution to the universe of ideas surrounding national security law and policy and as a source for updates on relevant fields. NSJ welcomes article submissions from both academics and practitioners in the national security field. Preference is given to relatively brief pieces so as to facilitate a broad range of submissions, readership and discourse.

Harvard Negotiation Law Review

The Harvard Negotiation Law Review is a semi-annual journal dedicated to publishing academic articles on alterative dispute resolution that would be of interest to legal scholars, professionals, and practitioners. Alternative dispute resolution is the fastest growing section of the American bar Association and has become a primary focus of research and scholarship in the legal profession. HNLR publishes on topics as diverse as the role of religious fundamentalism in international negotiations the success rate of student mediations in elementary schools, and game theoretic approaches to negotiation.

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