NIH Public Access Policy
http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm 

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
http://www.icmje.org/ 

Online Medical Dictionary
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html 

Intuitive Biostatistics: Choosing a Statistical Test
http://www.graphpad.com/www/book/Choose.htm 
A handy table that tells you which tests are best suited to which types of data

Instructions for Authors in the Health Sciences
http://mulford.meduohio.edu/instr/
A searchable database of links to instructions for authors for more than 3,500 journals

Advice on Designing Scientific Posters by Colin Purrington
http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign
An entertaining and comprehensive site discussing and illustrating how to design and present posters for scientific conferences

Links to Selected Instructions for Authors

Annals of Thoracic Surgery
http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/misc/ifora.shtml 

Annals of Vascular Surgery
http://www.springer.com

Chest
http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/site/misc/ifora.xhtml

Circulation
http://circ.ahajournals.org/misc/ifora.shtml

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
http://www.elsevier.com

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
http://www.elsevier.com

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
http://www.elsevier.com

Journal of Vascular Surgery
http://www.elsevier.com

Texas Heart Institute Journal
thij.org/page/infoForAuthors

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Updated January 2015