Practical guidelines for scientific production

The aims of conducting and publishing new scientific research are to disseminate evidence and share initiatives and innovations with others in order to improve clinical practice and future research. The most important goal of valid scientific research is to contribute knowledge to the medical community: it is therefore crucial to write a solid and useful scientific paper, and to do so following rules that are commonly acknowledged by the scientific society. Data should be reported clearly and objectively to allow readers to increase their knowledge and to integrate this new information into their daily practice, thus improving it. The present paper reports a few, fundamental rules to write a scientific paper.