Publishing in top journals: tips and common mistakes

Writing papers for scientific journals represents the natural outcome of long-lasting and costly laboratory activities for each chemist working in academy. Switching from readers of the state-of-art bibliography to authors of articles on experiments conducted in the first person is not easy, especially at early-career stage. Indeed, among the various challenges for young researchers, knowing where and how to place a research manuscript (preferentially in a highly estimated journal) is often rather difficult. In this talk I will address some important aspects related to the publication of articles in high-impact journals, starting from some tips and showing some common mistakes. Overall, the whole path drafting the cover letter up to the last revisions after the peer review process requires a long sequence of actions and small tricks that, if not followed with particular care, risk to preclude the publication of the article in a high impact journal independently of the excellent of the scientific contents.