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HOW TO PUBLISH PAPERS IN COMPARATIVE, INTERNATIONAL & DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION JOURNALS. Presentation prepared by Olivier Bégin-Caouette , Ph.D.c CIDE-SA. Outline. Why publish? What to publish? Where to publish? How to publish? Summary Questions and Answers.
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HOW TO PUBLISH PAPERS IN COMPARATIVE, INTERNATIONAL & DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION JOURNALS Presentation prepared by Olivier Bégin-Caouette, Ph.D.c CIDE-SA
Outline • Why publish? • What to publish? • Where to publish? • How to publish? • Summary • Questions and Answers http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2013/03/28/whats-wrong-with-publish-or-perish/
Why publish? • To disseminateyour ideas • To advance knowledge • To obtain a grant or a scholarship • To be accepted in a Master or PhD program (in a prestigious graduate school) • To get an academic position • To get a job outside “Academia” (e.g. research fellow in an international organization)
What to publish? • When you don’t have original data (of your own) • Book review (easiest way to start) • Theoretical analysis (through a literature review) • Meta-analyses (based on existing studies)* • Document analyses (e.g. comparing the Constitution of 20 African countries regarding the right to education)* • Large-scale studies (based on existing databases such as OECD Statistics, UNESCO Statistical Institute, StatCan, etc.)* • When you have original data (need ethical review) • Empirical studies (surveys, observation, interviews, experimentation, etc.)*
Easy (smaller impact factor) Where to publish? • Trick: journals that have “Canadian” in their names are usually good and easier to publish in (e.g. Canadian Journal of Education, Canadian and International Education, Canadian Journal of International Development Studies) • In a professional journal • E.g. The Canadian Teacher Magazine, Wire (Amnesty International), The Chronicle of Higher Education • In a student/non-scholar peer-reviewed journal • E.g. OISE Critical Intersection in Education, UOttawaPotencia (International and Public Affairs),UnderCurrent (UManitoba) • In a peer-reviewed indexed journal (by which indexes?) • Compare, Third World Quaterly, African Studies Quaterly, Journal of Studies in International Education, Prospects, Comparative Education Review, etc. (see the course outline of CIE1001). -Book chapter -Book Difficult (bigger impact factor)
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-publish-perish-career-academics.htmlhttp://phys.org/news/2013-09-publish-perish-career-academics.html How to publish? • Evaluate the academic strengthof your paper (choose a journal of an appropriate difficulty level) • Go to the journal’s website and look for “aims and scope” in order to see if your paper fits • Carefully read the “Instructions for authors” (word count, reference format, abstract, etc.) • Submit your paper TO ONLY ONE JOURNAL AT A TIME. • Wait for the decision: approval, approval with minor revisions (only the editor re-reads), with major revisions (all the reviewers re-read) or refusal (don’t panic). • If accepted, make the revisions and wait for publication (6 months to 1 year), the letter of acceptance serves as a proof of publication (in press). • If refused, make revisions and submit to another journal (with more appropriate scope and level of difficulty)
