Research Publication methods and tools

1. ICT Tools for Research
Publication and Promotion
Dr P K Tripathy
Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Bhopal
NAAC - A++ Graded

2. Outline
• Research process
• Modern publishing
• UGC Regulations
• Publication benefits
• ICT tools for paper preparation
• ICT tools for paper publication
• ICT tools for paper promotion

3. Research Completion Process
 Research Problem – Identification and formulation
 Research process – Design and findings
 Research publication – Reporting and communication
 Research promotion – Post publication advertising

4. Importance of Publishing Research
Papers
– Contributing for knowledge creation and problem
solution
– Enhancing creative writing skill
– Argumentative in research – why my work is authentic?
– Guiding research scholars
– Preparing for big research works
– Preparing own self for publishing in International
standard journals
– Able to apply for national and international level
research projects

5. Modern Time Publishing
– Professional publishing
• Skill of content creation (Digital papers)
• Skill of content presentation
• Skill of content compilation
• Skill of using ICT
• Skill of promoting
– Publishing for earning
– Open publishing
• Demo of Research Papers:
https://journals.sagepub.com/home/joe
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0971355719851897
https://academic.oup.com/qje

6. UGC Regulations
• UGC regulations for promotion of academic
faculties in service (latest - 2018)
– API requirements (Academic Performance Indicators (API)
based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS)) :
– Marks for research papers
– Demo : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oye8nUJPc84ay2dnYRDgAPLrjC4QTl-
m/view
– UGC CARE List : https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/apps1/home/index

7. Types of Publications
• Short papers
• Book Reviews
• Review papers – Single/Double blind review
• Articles
• Research papers
• Monographs
• Technical papers
• Editorials

8. Publication Benefits
• How your paper will improve yours and your
institute’s status –
– h-Index and i-10 Index - Author-level metric that
measures both the productivity and citation impact of the
publications.
– NAAC grading of the institute
– NIRF ranking of the institute
– Vidwan Database of scholars: https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in
– IRINS - (Indian Research Information Network System) web-
based scholarly network: https://www.irins.org/irins/
• Domo: https://iitm.irins.org/

9. ICT Tools for Preparation of Papers
– Why research papers are rejected by any journal?
– Rejected in Technical Screening process for:
• Incomplete submission
• Not matching with the journal theme
• Lack of originality in the paper
• Author guidelines are not properly followed (Formatting guidelines)
• Standard writing format is not followed – Technical Language, understandable
language, grammar, spellings, font, tables, clear images, image sources, headings,
etc.
• No proper methodology adopted
• Flaws in the presentation of content
• Lacking in data validation with the existing data in other sources
• No proper referencing, inadequate or old
• High plagiarism level
• Solutions:
– 1. Visit that journal website and go through the details and author guidelines.
– 2. Refer some papers in that journal
– 3. Respond to the comments of the reviewer politely.

10. ICT Tools for Preparation…..
Text Analysis Tools
– Paraphrasing tools (open) - https://quillbot.com/
– Translation tools
– Reference managers – Mendely, Zotero, EndNote, MS-Word, etc.
– Grammar checker
– Spell checker
– Sentence checker
– Paper checker
– Plagiarism checker
– Fact finder/checker : https://www.factchecker.in
https://toolbox.google.com/factcheck
– AI tools : Chat GPT (Not recommended in research)
Solutions:
Writing Assistants/Apps/Tools - Grammarly, Scribus, Dynalist,
They will not write for you but help you editing in your writing.
Practical: https://www.grammarly.com (Free/Paid)
https://smallseotools.com (Fully Open Access)

11. Paper Publishing Methods
• How to publish your papers and other academic writings?
– Publishing platforms :
• Journals (Print, Online - Open Access and paid)
• Peer reviewed journals
• Refereed journals
• Single blind review journals
• Double blind review journal
• Edited books
• Conference proceedings
• Book of Papers
• IR, Websites, Blogs, Social networks (Academia, Linked-In,)
• Open Access journals –
– Free and Paid (APC)
– Green-Bronze-Diamond-Gold OA journals

12. Paper Publishing….
Prepare before publishing
• Select SCOPUS or Web of Science Listed/indexed journals –
for better and wider visibility
• For Indian journals the UGC CARE listed journals may be
preferred.
• Impact factor journals are the alternatives for publication
– Select high-impact journals:
– Journal Citation Report (JCR) – WoS JIF list
https://impactfactorforjournal.com/jcr-impact-factor-2022/
– Scimago Journal Ranking (SJR) – Scopus listed journals:
https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php
– Scopus indexed journal IF :
https://www.scopusimpactfactor.com/impact-factor-journals-list/
– Journal’s self IF – Base is not scientific

13. Paper Publishing….
– Use Journal finders : https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/
– Journal Suggester:
https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-
research/choosing-a-journal/journal-suggester/
– Ghost or predatory journal detection -
https://www.openacessjournal.com/blog/predatory-journals-list/
– Selecting journals which is indexed in maximum indexing
databases
• Scopus, WoS, PubMed, Crossref, Google Scholar, ICI, etc.
– Use publishing templates:
https://www.latextemplates.com/cat/articles
– Create Author Academic Identity –
• ORCID ID, Scopus ID, VIDWAN ID, Google scholar ID, etc.
– https://orcid.org/
• Registration with Journal publishing software
– https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/JOE
• APC in OA journals : https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com

15. Promotion of Published Papers
• How to promote your papers after publication?
– Promotion needs
– IR publication – http://eprint.iitd.ac.in/
• Embargo period checking:
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/about.html
Check: Journal of Marketing
– Digital Repositories –
Demo :
Digital Commons : https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/
Usage Report: tripathypt@rediffmail.com

16. Promotion…..
– Blogs, Own Website and Institute website
– Social network publishing
• Micro blogging sites
• Twitter / now X
– Scholarly collaboration networks
• Academia : https://www.academia.edu/
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tripathy-p-k-b053b420
• Research Gate
– Open indexing databases – Publish in Google Scholar
– Presenting in conferences
– E-mail to friends
– Posting in online discussion boards :
https://nowcomment.com/

17. Thanks
For patiently listening me for 3 hours