The document provides an overview of publishing in academic journals presented by Professor Simon Haslett. It discusses the academic writing process, making your name known, choosing the right journal, preparing manuscripts, dealing with rejection, and responding to reviewer comments. The goal is to guide researchers through getting published, including tips on collaboration, networking, choosing suitable journals, writing for specific publications, and overcoming rejection.
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The literature review is not merely a simple compilation or a list of every item and resource with any possible relation to your topic. A good literature review is a critical appraisal of narrowly focused, selected and truly relevant work that provides the current status (perspective) of the topic. This presentation basically is a brief guide on the process of doing and writing a literature review for a thesis, research proposal, research paper, etc.
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Workshop presentation by Professor Simon Haslett at the University of Wales: Trinity Saint David Research, Innovation, Enterprise & Commercialisation Staff Development Day at the Townhill Campus, Swansea, on Monday 16th December 2013.
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Presentation by Professor Simon Haslett at the University of the Third Age Mendip Hills Study Day at Draycott, Somerset, on 1st March 2012.
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Během školení se jeho účastníci naučí úspěšně napsat kvalitní vědecký článek, který bude korespondovat s vědeckou komunitou a umožní jeho autorům získat uznání. Představeny budou osvědčené postupy, které jsou založeny na zkušenostech výzkumných pracovníků, redaktorů a čtenářů. Školení je určeno především začínajícím výzkumným pracovníkům, vítáni jsou ale všichni vědečtí pracovníci a akademici.
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A tsunami in South Wales? The 1607 flood in the Bristol Channel and Severn Es...Prof Simon Haslett
The flood of 1607 was the worst natural disaster ever recorded in the British Isles. The flood affected most of the South Wales coast from Carmarthenshire in the west to Monmouthshire in the east. On the other side of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary, parts of Southwest England were also severely affected stretching from North Devon, through to Somerset and Gloucestershire, which together with South Wales amounts to 570 km of coastline. The coastal population was devastated with at least 2000 fatalities according to one of the contemporary sources. In some parts of the coast the population never recovered from the social and economic disaster. But what caused the flood? This seminar looks at historical documentary and geographical fieldwork evidence collected by Professor Simon Haslett and co-workers in proposing that the 1607 flood may have been due to a tsunami.
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The 2011 Annual Kelliwic Lecture presented by Professor Simon Haslett at Callington Town Hall, Cornwall, on Sunday 29th May 2011. Simon Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography and Dean of the School of STEM at the University of Wales.
Presentation by Professor Simon Haslett at the Aegean Omiros College, Athens, Greece, on Thursday 19th May 2011. Simon Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography and Dean of the School of STEM at the University of Wales.
The Hell of High Water: Tsunami and the Cornish Coast.Prof Simon Haslett
Invited lecture by Professor Simon Haslett at University College, Falmouth on Tuesday 28th September 2010. Simon Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography.
Keynote Lecture by Professor Simon Haslett at the inaugural British Conference of Undergraduate Research at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, on Tuesday 19th April 2011. The lecture regards a catastrophic flood that occurred in the Bristol Channel in 1607 and has been theorised by Professor Haslett and Dr Ted Bryant as being caused by a tsunami. Simon Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography and Dean of the School of STEM at the University of Wales.
Using social media/online platforms in learning and teaching.Prof Simon Haslett
Presentation by Professor Simon Haslett at the University of Wales Annual Moderators Conference at City Hall, Cardiff (Wales, UK), on Friday 15th April 2011. Simon Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography and Dean of the School of STEM at the University of Wales.
Presentation by Professor Simon Haslett at the University of Wales Annual Moderators Conference at City Hall, Cardiff (Wales, UK), on Friday 15th April 2011. Simon Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography and Dean of the School of STEM at the University of Wales.
Research-teaching relationships and HE professional practiceProf Simon Haslett
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In the presentation, Professor Haslett examines the ways in which research and teaching may be linked in academic practice in Higher Education. He attempts to unravel the various linkages through scholarship, research (both subject-based and pedagogic), and curriculum, and outlines the activity and contribution of the Higher Education Academy Research-Teaching Nexus Action Set in Wales. The presentation draws upon his recent experience as Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the University of Wales, Newport, as a case study, and he also provides examples of research-teaching links from his own professional practice.
1. Publishing in Academic Journals:
A Rough Guide
Professor Simon Haslett
Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor
Presentation at Swansea
Metropolitan, University of Wales: Trinity St
David
Wednesday 6th March 2013
2. A bit about the facilitator
• Since 1990 Simon has published:
– Over 130 academic articles, mostly peer-reviewed
journal articles.
– Over 50 articles in the popular press
(newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc).
– Over 50 conference papers.
– Seven edited books (three as sole editor).
– Two sole authored books.
– Served as editor on four academic peer-reviewed
journals and professional magazines (e.g. for learned
society).
3. Things to consider
• The academic writing process.
• Making your name known.
• Who is your audience?
• Types of publications?
• Choosing a journal to submit to.
• Preparing your manuscript.
• What not to do.
• Possible outcomes.
• Dealing with and overcoming rejection.
• Responding to reviewers comments.
• Proof stage.
• Reprints.
4. The Academic Writing Process
– Inventing and research
– Planning
– Drafting
– Revising
– Editing
– Submission
– Peer review process
– Revisions
– Proof stage and publication
(modified from Ganobcsik-Williams, 2009)
Draw up a plan and discuss with a colleague – what issues come to mind?
5. Making your name known
• Collaborate with your supervisor (or a colleague)
• Become active in your academic community
• Present at conferences
– Journal editors actively look out for good papers
• Prepare effective conference posters
• Network: talk to journal editors (who are other
academics)
• Write working papers
– Practice in writing academic papers
– Useful feedback
– Does not count as prior publication if revised
• Create your own website
6. Audience
• Local, national, international?
• Researchers, practitioners, teachers, general public?
Type of Publication
• Journal article (watch out for special issues)
• Magazine article
• Review article
• Book review – good way of starting
• Research note (short report or work in progress)
• Working paper – mainly for conferences
• Book or chapter in book (often through invitation)
7. Choosing the Right Journal
• Research the journals in your field
– Library and websites
– Conference stands
– Talk to peers
• Familiarise yourself with aims and scope of journals
• Choose the most suitable journal(s) for your article
– Good to have a fall back or two
– Should it be an Open Access journal?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mRFRe4DxdM
• Type of journal (pro’s and con’s)
– Multidisciplinary (often for a general subject readership)
– Niche (need to be hot on specifics)
• Do you
– Write an article for a specific journal? (I prefer this from the start)
– Find a journal for your article? (if I haven’t chosen a journal yet)
8. Assessing the Best Journal for Your Article
• What is the readership and usage?
• Prestige in your field
– Who is the editor and who are on the editorial board?
– Who is likely to review your paper – can you suggest reviewers?
– Who publishes in the journal?
– Is it published by a major publisher or association?
• Local/national/international?
• Is it peer reviewed
– How long will this take?
• Is it on the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) Citation
Database?
– How often is it cited?
• Is it available online and in print?
9. Writing for Your Chosen Journal
• Check the aims and scope
• Look at previous papers to get a feel for what is
accepted – has it got a history in a topic area?
• Contact the editor – maybe?
• What does my research contribute to the field?
– Make your research relevant to the wider world; you need
to be explicit about its widest context.
• Ask a colleague to read paper prior to submission –
maybe? Except where English needs to be
checked/improved.
10. Preparing the Manuscript
• Read the guidelines carefully – many submit through
an online gateway now.
• Comply with minimum and maximum limits
• Expand any acronyms
– Especially if the audience is international or
interdisciplinary
• Write an abstract that conveys the content, results
and main conclusions (add keywords)
• Check spelling and grammar
• Double spaced and single sided (usually required).
11. Manuscript Preparation Cont’d.
• Ensure references cited in text appear in bibliography
– and vice versa
– Not too many self-references – could compromise
anonymous review (add them afterwards)
• Figures, tables and photographs
– Check they are ALL present
– Resolution and file type is important e.g. TIFFs
– Observe conventions e.g. maps should have scale bars and
north arrow
– Place in a separate file
– Make sure they are all numbered and referred to
– Consider/suggest how they will appear in the journal
– Ensure you have the correct copyright clearance
– Some journals now accept audio and video clips
12. What not to do
• Don’t try to boil down your whole PhD/Masters
thesis into one article
• Don’t put the draft article on your website first
• Don’t send your article to more than one journal
at once
• Don’t plagiarise, including self-plagiarism – there
are some tolerated exceptions e.g. methodology
• Don’t repeat the same article with just small
changes
• Don’t wait for a decision before you start your
next article.
13. Possible outcomes
• Accept as submitted – very rare
• Accept with minor revisions
• Accept with major revisions – with or without
second peer-review stage.
– Higher Education Quarterly receives c. 90 papers/year
and accepts 30%, but 30% of those are never
resubmitted after revision.
• Reject – common
– Studies in Higher Education rejects 350 of the 400
papers it receives every year!
14. Why articles are rejected
Professor David Phillips (University of Oxford), Editor of Oxford Review of
Education, offered the following ten reasons:
•Article not ready, only a draft
•Article is parochial
•Poor English
•Manuscript is poorly prepared
•Too short or too long
•Article is submitted to the wrong journal
•Nothing new is stated or found
•Under theorised
•Under contextualised
•Not a proper journal article
15. Overcoming rejection
• Rejection can be a positive result - it is
sometimes better than major revision.
• Prestigious journals only accept 20% of
submissions
• Very few papers are accepted without revision
• Mentoring function of editorial boards
– feedback from best in field
– Act on comments
• Try again
16. Responding to Comments
• Go through the reviewers comments and number each action
expected of you.
• Make a list of all actions, combining similar points – can you
address them? If yes, how?
• Revise the manuscript and resubmit with a covering letter
explicitly outlining how you dealt with the reviewers
comments.
• If you couldn’t make a requested change, or disagree with the
reviewer(s), then say so and justify why – the editor will make
the final decision.
• Make a decision to declare, or not, if you are submitting a
rejected paper to a new journal – sometimes it helps?
17. Proof stage
• You will usually be emailed a pdf of the proofs
of your paper.
• Check them very carefully.
• Identify errors, not usually possible to make
significant changes, but no harm in asking if
you think it’s important.
• Select your type of reprint – usually pdf.
• When published circulate to everyone who
you think may be interested – don’t be shy.
18. What’s your next move?
• What might be your next step on the road to
writing and getting published? For example:
– Will you collaborate or go it alone?
– Do you have any publishing priorities?
– Do you need further support or advice?
• Following the lecture, draw up a personal action
plan with targets and a timescale for achieving
them; what will you do if you don’t meet them
(feel free to post on the blog)?
• http://academic-publishing.blogspot.com
19. Bibliography & Resources
• HEA-ICS, 2007. Writing for Publication.
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/events/displayevent.php?id
=187 [accessed 28th June 2010].
• Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2004. Getting published in academic
publications: Tips to Help you Publish Successfully. At
www.lancs.ac.uk/celt/celtweb/files/gettingpublished_js.ppt
[accessed 28th June 2010].
• Vitae, 2010. Publishing your research.
http://www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers/1298/Publishing-your-
research.html [accessed 28th June 2010].