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Deciding on which verb tense to use when writing the literature review section of a manuscript is challenging. Editors find that verb tense problems are common in literature report sections of manuscripts. Authors, reviewers, and editors need to be able to spot incorrect verb tenses in literature reviews. Try editing verb tenses in the sample enclosed in this article and compare your work with that of a nursing journal editor.
You can avoid most but probably not all of the misunderstandings about "Who's idea is it?" The preventive strategies work. Fortunately, I was aware early in may career of the need to move rapidly from the idea to the proposal or written manuscript stages. In one instance, when I was attending a national meeting, I informally suggested a topic for a new nursing journal to the president of a publishing company. I heard his interest and automatically responded, "I will send you a written proposal next week." I sent a detailed, copyrighted proposal three days later, and it was accepted. As an author, reviewer, or editor, don't let your good ideas sit too long. By writing the details in a letter, outline, or proposal; including the copyright notice; and setting deadlines so the project moves to a finished manuscript, the idea will result in a successful publication.
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Most authors, reviewers, editors, and scholars agree that it is the specific situation that has to be analyzed to determine if a particular manuscript duplicates a previously published one. Duplicate Publication, Part 1, which was published in the Summer 2002 issue of Nurse Author & Editor, described criteria to identify duplication. This article, Part 2, presents a case analysis on the degree of duplication of articles in a case situation.