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- 1. SELECTING THE JOURNAL Sioux Mckenna s.mckenna@ru.ac.za CHERTL
- 2. What to consider… Style Readership What conversation are you joining? Access Accreditation Citation counts and international standing
- 3. Accreditation How the funding of research works in South Africa Block grant and ring fenced grants Block grant = teaching input, teaching output, and research output 1 FTE per article in accredited journal article Value of FTE varies per year (one pie and gets sliced between number of publications, as research output in SA increases, pie is sliced thinner) FTE is divided between authors/institutions Some institutions pay direct rewards to researchers, others say research output is necessary part of academic work (eg UCT and RU)
- 4. ASSAf as accrediting body DHET have handed over accreditation of journals to ASSAf (Academy of Science of South Africa)
- 5. How do journals get included on list? Double blind processes meticulously followed Quality and consistency of publishing Editorial board – reputable and international Rejection rate New rule: Minimum 75% external publishing
- 6. Predatory Journals Solicit scripts (in error ridden emails) You select own reviewers Promises – too quick and easy https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
- 12. And those were just the predatory journals beginning with the letter ‘A’! What are the consequences of publishing with these journals?
- 13. Where is the conversation? You’re contributing to a field, taking part in a conversation, even drawing on that conversation to substantiate your claims through references. So you want to publish wherever that conversation is taking place. Where are you doing most of your reading? What journals are you mostly drawing from? That’s where you should publish!
- 14. Guidelines Official guidelines – read them and stick to them Search that journal for your topic especially well. Take note of style and tone used and what part of the conversation the journal is interested in.