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Navigating Academic Publishing: Tips for Postgraduate Students & ECRs

Understanding the academic publishing landscape, peer review, open access, selecting journals, and meeting editorial requirements. Importance of writing guides and improving writing skills. Essential resources and tips for successful publishing.

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Navigating Academic Publishing: Tips for Postgraduate Students & ECRs

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  1. Coming to terms with the publishing landscape: Postgraduate students & ECRs and the imperative to publish Source of Image: http://countryroads.wordpress.com/;

  2. Introduction to academic publishing system Source of Image: http://eternalpostdoc.blogspot.com.au/2007/05/publish-or-perish-meh.html Some personal anecdotes

  3. Introduction to academic publishing system • What is academic publishing? • For whom do we publish? (Audiences) • Why do we publish? • Tradition? • Disciplinary requirements? • Critical dialogues? • University requirements? • Love of writing?

  4. What matters in the university today? • Securing employment: teaching and research the norm for academics • Institutional reputation, nationally and internationally • Funding • Government policies, eg ERA (Excellence in Research in Australia) ranking of journals and assessments of research clusters • Personal reputation in particular fields

  5. University’s expectations of publishing during and after postgraduate studies • Pressure for results • Competitiveness in job market • Establishing reputation as a researcher in a field or discipline • Contributing to the university’s own reputation

  6. Types of publishing • What is valued? • Range of publishing options: conference proceedings, media articles, book reviews, journal articles, book chapters, books, reports, policy papers, etc • Sole authored and co-authored • Disciplinary requirements?

  7. DISCIPLINES ARE DIFFERENT! • Learn from other disciplines but fully understand publishing protocols in your own first! • Some examples

  8. Peer review • What is it? • Why does it matter? • How does it operate? • Understanding the rejection, revision, acceptance process

  9. Comparisons between print publishing and open access (electronic publishing

  10. How an electronic journal works • Software controls process • Authors submit on line • Peer review process tracked • Editing and galleying process tracked • Authors can check progress, as can editors and reviewers • Communication is standardised

  11. BEWARE • Predatory Journals • Titles as compelling as Golden Research Thoughts, Advances in Forestry Letter, People’s Journal of Scientific Research, and Tactful Management Research Journal • Associate Professor Jeffrey Beall, Uni Colorado: Schlarly Open Access website: http://scholarlyoa.com/

  12. Some basic editorial tips for meeting journal requirements

  13. Select the right journal • Do some sleuthing: read the journal and get a sense of its publishing contents and internal discussions • Follow the journal guidelines to the letter! • If new to publishing sound out the main editor

  14. Follow the journal guidelines for authors! • Understand referencing systems • Proof and spell check • Don’t rush to publish • Seek advice from people in your field

  15. Essential resources Style Guides

  16. The Value of Writing Guides ALL OF US CAN WRITE BETTER REGULARITY WRITING IS A CRAFT

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