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Abstract

Purpose: Publications are an effective way of disseminating scientific evidence and making findings accessible to the public. Effective skill in writing can make researchers more efficient in publishing articles in high-quality journals. However, implementing appropriate training programs in scientific writing should be a major focus and many researchers can be benefitted. Hence, it is important to identify the outcomes of various approaches to research publication and this will help us to choose the most appropriate method for researchers. This review article is about the diverse approaches to increase research publication for the researchers. This review aims to describe published literature that reports the various approaches designed to escalate the publication of researchers from different disciplines and these identified approaches can be implemented in all universities or colleges and will enable faculty to achieve their publication targets, especially in lesser developed countries.

Method: An extensive literature search was conducted using various databases such as PubMed, ProQuest, and CINAHL for articles published in scientific journals from 2002 to 2022 using different keywords. Only articles published in English and available as full text were screened and included in this review. 16 articles were reviewed for the final analysis.

Results: Numerous strategies for improving the publication process and boosting research productivity have been documented in the literature between 2002 and 2022 and were categorized into five: Writing workshops, structured writing courses, writing coach program, writing support groups, Mentored writing retreats, and writer’s block programs. These approaches helped health researchers to enhance the publication process and research productivity. Therefore, this article will help nurse administrators in designing training programs for nurse researchers to improve their research publication output in quality journals.

Conclusion: A combination of different approaches such as workshops and short-term writing courses, mentoring, coaching, and retreats have a positive impact in increasing the writing productivity of novice researchers. In this review, most of the interventions focused on participants’ involvement and continuous support from the experienced researchers especially mentoring coaching, and support group programs.

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