%0 Journal Article
%T To write alone or not to write alone, that is the question
%A Vance DE
%J Nursing: Research and Reviews
%D 2013
%I Dove Medical Press
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43855
%X To write alone or not to write alone, that is the question Editorial (617) Total Article Views Authors: Vance DE Published Date March 2013 Volume 2013:3 Pages 43 - 46 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43855 Received: 10 February 2013 Accepted: 13 February 2013 Published: 13 March 2013 David E Vance Center for Nursing Research, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA Over the past 20 years, I have written and published over 150 book chapters and journal articles, with others and alone. Despite such collaborative efforts in generating articles, writing itself is a solitary act, requiring a great deal of concentration, knowledge, and dedication, along with a keen eye for detail. And it is that solitary approach that I would like to address.     Since writing is such a solitary exercise, why do we write in groups? Clearly, fantastic advantages (eg, insights in conceptualization, help with interpretation and analysis of data, valuable feedback in revising the article) as well as dismal disadvantages (eg, personality clashes, extra time needed) exist for doing so.1 In fact, viewing scientific writing as a continuum ranging from a single/solo author to a team of multiple coauthors, a few of the pros and cons can be observed along both ends of this framework as is outlined in Figure 1; these include authorship determination, amount of workload, coordination of others, production speed, and quality checks.1 Post to: Cannotea Citeulike Del.icio.us Facebook LinkedIn Twitter   Other articles by Dr David Vance Evaluating the feasibility and impact of interactive telephone technology and incentives when combined with a behavioral intervention for weight loss: a pilot study Nursing around the world: a perspective on growing concerns and the shortage of care Potential factors that may promote successful cognitive aging Religion, spirituality, and older adults with HIV: critical personal and social resources for an aging epidemic Successful aging and the epidemiology of HIV Readers of this article also read: Antifungal cyclic peptides from the marine sponge Microscleroderma herdmani Why people living with HIV/AIDS exclude individuals from their chosen families Cranial nerves XIII and XIV: nerves in the shadows Incidence estimate and guideline-oriented treatment for post-stroke spasticity: an analysis based on German statutory health insurance data Oral bismuth for chronic intractable diarrheal conditions? Prescription pattern and prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications among elderly patients in a Nigerian rural tertiary hospital Graves¡¯ thyrotoxicosis following Hashimoto¡¯s thyroiditis Antifungal cyclic peptides from the marine sponge Microscleroderma herdmani [Corrigendum] Outcome mapping for health system integration
%K To write alone or not to write alone
%K that is the question Editorial (617) Total Article Views Authors: Vance DE Published Date March 2013 Volume 2013:3 Pages 43 - 46 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S43855 Received: 10 February 2013 Accepted: 13 February 2013 Published: 13 March 2013 David E Vance Center for Nursing Research
%K School of Nursing
%K University of Alabama at Birmingham
%K Birmingham
%K AL
%K USA Over the past 20 years
%K I have written and published over 150 book chapters and journal artic
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