Writing papers during your PhD, to document the twists and turns in your thinking, to make sense of what you know, and to test out your ideas, is increasingly, a ‘must’ if you want a competitive resume as an aspiring academic. In this interactive workshop we explore ways in which you can write papers, develop a publishing strategy and foster the writing and publishing networks that will serve you well in the future.
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Writing papers during the journey phd workshop Oct 2013
1. Writing the journey:
Writing papers during your PhD
PhD writing papers workshop
Dr. Dianne Dredge
29th October 2013
https://sites.google.com/site/writingpapersfromyourthesis/home
3. Why is the journey just as important as
the end thesis?
Why publish as you
go?
A. Because you have to, to
graduate!
B. Because it’s through writing
that you make sense of your
topic
C. Because the journey will
reveal something that you
may not of have thought of
D. Because writing a good thesis
takes practice
E. Because it’s important for
your resume
https://sites.google.com/site/writingpapersfromyourthesis/home
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5. About this workshop
• Why is the journey important?
• Things you should know
• How do I devise a publication
strategy to suit my journey
• What is my strategy?
• How do I get started?
• Where can I find help?
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6. But first…
Quality & Impact
Considerations
Altmetrics
Bibliometrics
How
Resources
Journal
rankings
do I write it?
Where do I
Authorship
start?
Deciding
what’s
important
Strategy
Career
development
Writing
Journal
submission
process
Technical Issues
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7. Things you should know
• Our first publication - what it
says about us
• Who we publish with – the power
of association
• Does collaboration improve
productivity?
• The hook – the importance of
getting noticed
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8. Devising a publication strategy
Two approaches:
• Thesis by publication
• Publications that supplement your thesis and
form part of the overall product
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9. Thesis by publication
• Core chapters are published as separate
papers
• Papers must form a coherent whole, linked
thematically and structurally
• Pitfalls?
– Time associated with publication in top journals
– Lack of coherency
– It’s still controversial
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10. Opportunities for publication in the
‘traditional’ thesis
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Literature review
Research approach and methods
Findings chapters
Side journeys or detours*
Others?
* These are not dead ends… but important in developing your
research and exploring its boundaries!
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11. Types of literature review papers
Types of literature
reviews:
• Traditional narrative critiques the body of
literature, identifies
gaps, issues, etc.
• Systematic review –
database analyses of a
topic
• Meta analysis –
systematic
review, reintegrates
findings, detects
patterns in the field
• Meta-synthesis –
integrates, interprets, tr
ansforms a pool of
individual papers into a
new perspective
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12. Goals of a literature review paper
Goals of a literature review:
• Conceptual paper
– Brings the literature together
– Presents a new framework
• Assesses progress in the field
– Shows the history of a field
– Plots a line of reasoning or philosophical influences for example
• Appraises gaps/identifies missing information and
identifies new research agendas
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13. Significance and contribution
• Significance
– Addressing a ‘big’ societal issue
– A new way of thinking
– Challenge the status quo
• Contribution
– Theory
– Practice/management
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15. Tourism Management
Tourism Analysis
Tourism Management is the leading
international journal for all those concerned
withthe planning and management of travel
and tourism.
Tourism comprises a multitude of activities
which together form one of the world's fastest
growing international sectors. The journal
takes an interdisciplinary approach and
includes planning and policy aspects of
international, national and regional tourism as
well as specific management studies.
The journal's contents reflect its integrative
approach - including primary research
articles, discussion of current issues, case
studies, reports, book reviews and
forthcoming meetings. Articles are relevant to
both academics and practitioners, and are the
results of anonymous reviews by at least two
referees chosen by the editor for their
specialist knowledge
The aim of Tourism Analysis is to promote a
forum for practitioners and academicians in the
fields of Leisure, Recreation, Tourism, and
Hospitality (LRTH). As a interdisciplinary journal, it
is an appropriate outlet for articles, research
notes, and computer software packages designed
to be of interest, concern, and of applied value to
its audience of professionals, scholars, and
students of LRTH programs the world over. The
scope of the articles will include behavioral
models (quantitative-qualitative), decisionmaking techniques and procedures, estimation
models, demand-supply analysis, monitoring
systems, expert systems and performance
evaluation, assessment of site and destination
attractiveness, new analytical tools, research
methods and related areas such as validity and
reliability, scale development, development of
data collection instruments, methodological
issues in cross-national and cross-cultural
studies, and computer technology and use.
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16. Writing the abstract
• Makes people want to
read it
• Contains more
information
• Generally receive higher
downloads
Structure of an abstract
• Background
• Aim
• Method
• Results
• Significance
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17. Writing – the general approach
• Look at the scope, aims of the journal
• Examine the structure of articles in that
journal
• ‘Map out’ your paper
• Write and craft
• Use critical friends
• Use your supervisor
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18. Writing the introduction
…in movements
• Move 1 – establish your territory
– Why is the topic an issue, why is it important/relevant
• Move 2 – establish your niche by identifying gaps
or weaknesses in the existing approaches
• Move 3 - Occupy the niche – how are you going to
make it right?
– Outline the purpose of the research
– List the aims and objectives
– Create curiosity by pointing to the findings (i.e. lead the
reader on…)
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19. Writing the literature review*
• Move 1 – Overview the issues
• Move 2 – State of existing knowledge
– Compare and contrast with literature (taking note of
different perspectives, different cultural biases, different
methodological influences
• Move 3 – Gaps and weaknesses
– Gaps and weaknesses in the literature lend themselves to
your particular research approach and methods
*There is sometimes a tendency to focus on this section!
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20. Writing the approach and methods
• Move 1 – Broad approach
– Why the issue lends itself to the research approach adopted
– Clarify the researcher’s positionality
• Move 2 – Research methods adopted
– What research methods, choices available
(brief), relationship between methods (if relevant)
• Move 3 – Detailed procedures
– Implementation, challenges and resolutions
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21. Writing the results*
• Move 1 – state the main findings in order of
importance
– Compare and contrast with the literature
– Observations of whether methods influenced findings
• Move 2 – State secondary findings
– Compare and contrast with literature
– Discuss relationship with main findings
*The ART is in crafting a good story!
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22. Writing the discussion
• Move 1 – Restate the findings
• Move 2 – Evaluate how these findings fit in
with previous research
• Move 3 – List potential limitations
• Move 4 – Interpretation, listing any possible
criticisms
• Move 5 – State the implications and
significance and any further research
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23. Where to get help?
• Critical friends –
reflection, support and
collegiality
• Supervisors
• Writing group
• Other staff
• Editors and co-ordinating
editors
https://sites.google.com/site/writingpapersfromyourthesis/home
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