====== 📚 Scientific Publication ======

A **scientific publication** is a formal written document that presents the results of **original research**, **clinical observations**, or **theoretical analysis**, and is disseminated through **peer-reviewed journals**, **conference proceedings**, or other recognized academic platforms.

===== 🧪 Core Characteristics =====

  * **Structured Format**:  
    Typically follows the IMRaD structure (*Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion*), often including abstract, figures, tables, and references.

  * **Evidence-Based**:  
    Based on empirical data, experimentation, or rigorous theoretical models.

  * **Peer-Reviewed**:  
    Critically evaluated by subject experts before acceptance.

  * **Citable and Indexed**:  
    Assigned a **DOI** (Digital Object Identifier) and indexed in databases like PubMed, Scopus, or Web of Science.

  * **Authorship Accountability**:  
    Authors must adhere to ethical guidelines, disclose conflicts of interest, and ensure transparency.

===== 🧠 Types of Scientific Publications =====

^ Type ^ Description ^
| [[Original Research]] | Presents new experimental, clinical, or observational data |
| [[Review Article]] | Summarizes and synthesizes existing literature |
| [[Case Report]] / [[Case Series]] | Describes unique or instructive clinical cases |
| [[Meta-analysis]] / [[Systematic Review]] | Combines data from multiple studies using rigorous methods |
| [[Editorial]] / [[Commentary]] | Provides expert opinion or analysis on current topics |
| [[Letter to the Editor]] | Offers critique, clarification, or brief new findings |

===== ✅ Purpose =====
  * Advance scientific and clinical knowledge  
  * Share reproducible findings  
  * Inform future research and clinical practice  
  * Enable peer scrutiny and critical analysis  

> “A scientific publication is not merely a report — it is a **contribution to the collective body of knowledge**, expected to withstand scrutiny, support reproducibility, and enable future discovery.”


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The first recurrent [[publication]] whose major focus was in the field of [[neurosurgery]] was [[Travaux de Neurologie Chirurgicale]], initially published by Chipault in [[1896]].

see [[Neurosurgical publications]]