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Publishing scientific articles/literature reviews

I wans wondering if l could get an advice from any Biomedical Science or any students that were interested in scientific research, or writing articles. How did you started publishing your first articles? I am currently in my second year in Biomedical Science and l always loved to write. I would love to write my own literature reviews or something like this that could be student friendly and wouldn't require to perform anything laboratory wise, anyone has any insight into this? I've been researching this myself, and so far l find out that literature review would be the easiest to do l guess for a student? But then how do you go about publishing them? Do you contact journals etc? I would truly appreciate any advice guys!
Original post by Judithly92
I wans wondering if l could get an advice from any Biomedical Science or any students that were interested in scientific research, or writing articles. How did you started publishing your first articles? I am currently in my second year in Biomedical Science and l always loved to write. I would love to write my own literature reviews or something like this that could be student friendly and wouldn't require to perform anything laboratory wise, anyone has any insight into this? I've been researching this myself, and so far l find out that literature review would be the easiest to do l guess for a student? But then how do you go about publishing them? Do you contact journals etc? I would truly appreciate any advice guys!

Hey @Judithly92

I'm a 2nd year biochemistry student at Lancaster. I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure if many undergraduates are having reviews published in journals, but if you have an academic tutor or a director of studies in the department you could reach out to them and ask them about it.

In terms of my advice, I'd recommend either joining or founding a biomedical science blog (if your university doesn't have one, you could contact the department, set one up, and get your fellow students to also submit articles) and write review style blog posts about topics you are interested in. I would also look online to see if any of the major biology societies offer writing competitions, I know the Biochemical Society offers the Science Communications Prize which is currently open for applications (https://www.biochemistry.org/public-engagement/science-communication-prize/). I'd also start researching into companies that specialise, or offer roles, in scientific writing, maybe reach out to your university's careers department about this too, and see if they offer any internships or would allow you to come in and work shadow.

I hope I could help!
Rebecca (Lancaster Student Ambassador)

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