Слайд 1Marcin Dembowski
How to get published with internationl journals
– publisher
point of view.
Moscow
April 2014
Слайд 2Agenda for the session
About OUP
Products ...
To ‘demystify’ the publishing process
To
provide tips, insider knowledge and key questions to maximize your
chances of publication
Q&A session: ask anything!
Follow-up: I’m always available to help
To get you sharing your knowledge, i.e. to get you writing
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John Fell
Clarendon Presentation—Tim Barton (November 2011)
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Слайд 30How to get published with international journals?
Слайд 31Before you start………….
You must have a clear topic
or topics
to be reviewed,
what is your research
question?
Слайд 32Ideas where to start
As well as ‘traditional’ research…
Are you working
on a Doctoral or Master’s thesis?
Have you completed a project
which concluded successfully?
Are you wrestling with a problem with no clear solution?
Do you have an opinion or observation on a subject?
Have you given a presentation or conference paper?
If so, you have the basis for a publishable paper
Слайд 33Editors are looking for “something new and preferably surprising” according
to Dr. Peter Smith, a Cambridge philosopher and former editor
of Analysis, the philosophical journal.
NEW IDEAS
NEW IDEAS
NEW IDEAS
Слайд 34Be Careful:
There are 1,000,000’s of published studies. You need to
MASTER your topic: be aware of works completed by others,
updates or/and be ready to answer questions or summarize it.
Слайд 36Oxford Bibliographies Online
OBO is a library of discipline-focused, online guides
to the essential literature across a broad range of subject
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Each OBO article, written and reviewed by top scholars in the field, is rich with citations and annotations, expert recommendations, and narrative pathways through the most useful and important works on the topic in question.
Intuitive linking throughout quickly delivers the user from a citation to full-text content, whether online or available through a library’s catalog.
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”
— E.O. WILSON
Слайд 37Think of a literature review as a
jigsaw puzzle
Слайд 39Criteria You Might Look At:
Rankings (example Thomson Reuters Impact factors;
the Association of Business Schools ABS etc.)
Слайд 40OUP Journals
Impact Factor Improvement, 2010 v. 2011
Over two-thirds of the
titles on OUP list
have increased their impact factor
since
last year.
Over 85% are in the top
half of at least one
subject
category.
Слайд 41OUP Journals
Impact Factor Improvement, 2012
Слайд 42Criteria You Might Look At:
Rankings (example Thomson Reuters Impact factors;
the Association of Business Schools ABS etc.)
Number of downloads (utility)
Dissemination
of journal (where it is read)
Links to societies/associations
Relevance of content and publishing ethos
International
Слайд 43Questions to Ask Yourself
When Choosing:
What are your most important
factors when choosing a journal?
Which resources do you use
to research the journals you publish in?
Which rankings do you use? How important are they?
Who do you ask for advice?
What is the best journal in your field? Why?
Слайд 44PROCESS!!!!!
Putting A and B together to build up your work
Слайд 45Surviving peer review
Not always straight forward proccess
Слайд 46The Process
Submission is an important step on the road to
being published
Reviewers are selected for their expertise by the Editors
They
do sometimes make mistakes and their opinions may not be valid
But generally they raise genuine concerns about the work – conceptualization, execution and/or interpretation of the work
Слайд 47The Process
Their comments are aimed at maintaining the quality of
papers publish in the journal, the overall journal reputation and
ultimately at improving your work to attain a high standard of academic writing.
Слайд 48Process Conclusion:
Identify a few possible target journals but be realistic
Follow
the Author Guidelines: scope, type of paper, word length, references
style, etc.
Find where to send your paper (editor, regional editor, subject area editor) …
… and how to send it (email, hard copy, online submission)
Send an outline or abstract to editor: is it suitable? how can it be made so?
Read at least one issue of the journal
Слайд 49Discoverability and the Oxford Index / Robert Faber
Слайд 50Discoverability and the Oxford Index / Robert Faber
Слайд 51Discoverability and the Oxford Index / Robert Faber
Слайд 52Discoverability and the Oxford Index / Robert Faber
Слайд 53Discoverability and the Oxford Index / Robert Faber
Слайд 54Discoverability and the Oxford Index / Robert Faber
Слайд 55Discoverability and the Oxford Index / Robert Faber
Слайд 56What makes a good paper?
HINT: Editors and reviewers look for
…
Originality – what’s new about subject, treatment or results?
Relevance to
and extension of existing knowledge
Research methodology – are conclusions valid and objective?
Clarity, structure and quality of writing – does it communicate well?
Sound, logical progression of argument
So what?’ factors!
Recency and relevance of references
Adherence to the editorial scope and objectives of the journal
A good title, keywords and a well written abstract
Слайд 57Co-authorship?
With supervisor, different departments or institutions
Exploits individual strengths
Especially useful for
cross-disciplinary research
Demonstrates the authority and rigour of the research
Increases
potential pool of citations
But remember
Ensure paper is edited so that it reads as one voice
Identify the person responsible for closing the project
Agree and clarify order of appearance of authors
Слайд 58Research is all about peer review
to avoid desk rejection
Слайд 59Peer Review:
Peer Review is important to assess your work before
submitting it.
Have fellow colleagues, tutors, scholars look at your work
and give you feedback to avoid desk rejection. You do not want to be refused by appearing uninformed concerning your submission.
Always expect that you would have to amend, alter and revise your paper to submit a more accurate version.
Слайд 60Plagiarism and referencing
Plagiarism (from the Latin plagium meaning ‘a kidnapping’)
is the act of taking someone else’s work and pretending
it is yours. It is considered fraud!
It isn’t always detected in peer review but electronic tools can help
Слайд 61Revising
A request for revision is good news!
You’ve avoided a
desk reject and you are in the publishing cycle
Nearly every
published paper is revised at least once
So now, close the deal!
Acknowledge the editor and set a revision deadline
Clarify if in doubt – ‘This is what I understand your comments to mean…’
Meet the revision deadline
Attach a covering letter showing how you met the reviewers’ requests (or if not, why not)
Слайд 62Dealing with the comments:
Answer as completely as possible
Answer politely, be
tactful and not with emotive language
Answer with evidence
If you feel
the reviewer has misunderstood then address the point with a good argument explaining why the reviewer is mistaken
It may be the reviewers are conflicted on a point
It is ok to use one reviewer to argue against another
Слайд 65If your article is rejected
Ask why, and listen carefully!
Most editors
will give detailed comments about a rejected paper. Take a
deep breath, and listen to what is being said
Try again!
Try to improve the paper, and re-submit elsewhere. Do your homework and target your paper as closely as possible
Don’t give up!
At least 50% of papers don’t get published. Everybody has been rejected at least once
Keep trying!
Слайд 66How to sell your work
Use a short descriptive title containing
main keyword – don’t mislead
Write a clear and descriptive abstract
containing the main keywords and following any instructions as to content and length
Provide relevant and known keywords – not obscure new jargon
Make your references complete and correct – vital for reference linking and citation indices
All of this will make your paper more discoverable which means more dissemination and possibly more citation
Слайд 68The publishing process at OUP
We offer our authors
Quality and
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Excellent editing
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Our aim is to maximize the benefits for authors that come from working with focused and dedicated publishing teams who operate as part of a large and international publisher.
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Слайд 69The book publishing process at OUP
Diverse publishing programme befitting each
subject area
Online Academic Publishing:
Oxford Bibliographies Online
Journals
University Press Scholarship Online
Choose
the resource that best fits your research or
Press subject areas
Contact the relevant department directly
Broad guidelines for authors
Слайд 70Any Questions…
Marcin Dembowski
Regional Manager – Russian Federation, Baltic States &
CIS Countries
marcin.dembowski@oup.com