Technical Discussion about Creating, Adapting and Reproducing Figures for Medical Research Publications
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May 26, 2020
Keywords:
adapting, figure, medical, reproducing
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Abstract
Research manuscript’s figure or illustration refers to
any object that is presented in the research article to
represent the data. The researchers use these figures to
explain or present complex information, emphasize
important information, describe the relationship between
data and see any concrete processes clearer. To convey
such complex content, using figures are often easier than
text or tables. Good quality and right figures will make the
research articles more valuable. This article aimed to
present technical details regarding research figures
production, as well as ways to adapt figures of others,
including the copyright issues of figures.
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