The Section of Scientific Publications at the Texas Heart Institute

Abstract

The Section of Scientific Publications is a service within the Texas Heart Institute created to help our roughly 200 clinicians and scientists present, publish, and obtain funding for their research. We provide substantive and language editing, scientific writing services, and other services that make publication easier. In this article, we describe how the Section of Scientific Publications was built and how it operates.

Keywords:

• Editing
• Editorial services
• Publications
• Publication rate
• Writing

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Stephen N. Palmer

Stephen N. Palmer is manager of the Section of Scientific Publications at the Texas Heart Institute, where he has worked as a medical writer and editor since 2003. He is also President-elect of the American Medical Writers Association.

Marianne Mallia

Marianne Mallia was manager of the Section of Scientific Publications from its inception in 1989 until 2015. She currently works as a medical editor at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, and she is a past President of the American Medical Writers Association.