Choosing a collaborator

doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7275.1506

BMJ 2000;321:1506 ( 16 December )

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Choosing a collaborator

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The project looked promising. We planned to determine, using a rat model, whether chemotherapy-induced damage to an endocrinegland could be modified by endocrine manipulation induced beforeand during chemotherapy. We had an excellent team $---$ Gerry, Ian,Barry, and myself (Steve) $---$ and everyone was making a significantcontribution. This was my first real attempt at being involvedin research that tested a hypothesis as opposed to more clinicallyorientated observation. I felt that it represented a genuine stepforward in my research profile and my hopes were raised furtherwhen within less than two years the results of the study supportedthe initialhypothesis.

So it was time to publish our findings and, as a mere clinician involved in basic science experimentation for the first time,I chose to rely on the experience of my senior colleague fromthe medical school. He chose a high impact American journal, thereferees . . . [Full text of this article]