Biology 105
Biology of Exercise
Spring 2003

Steps in the scientific process - from conception to publication

(this is a typical time course - obviously the details will vary from study to study)

 

Approximate Date	Task
Always	Read the literature
January-September, 1998	Make observations, develop research questions.
	Perform preliminary studies?
September-December 1998	Prepare a grant
	Institutional Human Investigation Committee application and approval
	More preliminary work?
September, 1999	Grant is funded!
October, 1999	Construct and test the needed equipment.
	Final study design is completed.
November - December 1999	Subjects are recruited and screened (medical histories)
January - February 2000	Study is conducted
March 1, 2000	Data is analyzed - statistics.
April, 2000	Authors write a first draft of their manuscript
	Other scientists (collaborators) read and comment on the first draft
June, 2000	Authors present their work at a scientific meeting
	Authors present the work in a seminar at another institution
July 5, 2000	Paper submitted
	Reviewers read and comment
	Authors revise
	Reviewers read revised manuscript
April 6, 2001	Paper accepted