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Publishing Your Research
- 1. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B WHERE TO PUBLISH: QUALITY, REPUTATION, AND IMPACT
- 2. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B KEY POINTS : • Where to publish? • When to publish? • How do I get published?
- 3. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B WHERE TO PUBLISH: JOURNALS Be Strategic: Consider… • Your audience • Your timeline and the Journal’s timeline • Your long and short term publishing goals
- 4. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B WHERE TO PUBLISH Be Strategic: Consider… • Your audience - Where does your supervisor publish? - Where do other experts in your area publish? - Relevance of the journal to your paper/study (who reads this journal?) • Your timeline and the Journal’s timeline • Your long and short term publishing goals
- 5. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B WHERE TO PUBLISH Be Strategic: Consider… • Your audience • Your timeline and the Journal’s timeline - What is the journal’s acceptance/rejection rate? - How long will it take the journal to review your research? - What is your publishing timeline? How many papers/how quickly do you want/need to publish? • Your long and short term publishing goals
- 6. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B WHERE TO PUBLISH Be Strategic: Consider… • Your audience • Your timeline and the Journal’s timeline • Your long and short term publishing goals - Quantity/Quality… - Publish during your thesis… - Publish after submitting your thesis…
- 7. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B WHERE TO PUBLISH Publish in the ‘right’ journal for you/your research: Journal Ranking Lists • ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council) Journal Citation Rates • SCImago Journal Rankings – main metric is SJR value • Journal Citation Reports – main metric is Impact Factor • Google Scholar Metrics – main metric is h5 index & h5 median • ERA 2012 – inclusion on the list indicates it is recognised as good journal General information about Journals • Ulrich’s – journal scope, publication frequency, language etc. • Cabell’s – acceptance rate, time to review, number of internal and external reviewers etc.
- 8. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B WHY EVALUATE JOURNALS? Use journal metrics to evaluate the quality of journals for: • Grant applications • Academic employment/promotion • Identify which journals are best for you to publish in
- 9. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B THE PUBLISHING PROCESS… Identify audience or readership Determine publication priorities and time frame Check quality of journal/publisher/editorial board Consider publishing options e.g. open access Potential target journal(s) selected
- 10. ONCE POTENTIAL JOURNALS IDENTIFIED: Is the journal peer-reviewed? Does the scope, publication frequency, acceptance rate etc. fit with your goals Is the journal of high quality? Is the journal open-access? Yes No Forget it! Depends on your goals - Ulrich’s - Cabell’s Consult - Journal website Consult - Ulrich’s - Cabell’s - Journal website ConsultNo Forget it! - JCR - SJR - Google Scholar - ERA Yes Consult YesNo Give careful thought about publishing here Submitting your article to this journal seems appropriate
- 11. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B GENERAL TIPS • Look at the reference lists of papers you read regularly to see which journals are publishing the articles which are central to your research. • Identify a couple of options for you to publish in (rejection is always a possibility). • Skim read some of the titles/abstracts/authors who have published in possible journals for the past 6 months/year to determine if your research fits with what the journal has published in recent history
- 12. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B SUMMARY 1. Consider the match b/w your research and the journal (Ulrich’s, Cabell’s) 2. Develop a shortlist of potential journals which seem appropriate 3. Evaluate the quality/impact of these journals (JCR, SJR, Scholar metrics) … then submit! Good Luck!
- 13. Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B MORE INFO For information on making publishing decisions and using tools to evaluate journal quality, contact: • Your Faculty Liaison librarian • Check out our website • Try Elsevier’s Journal Finder tool
Editor's Notes
- NOTE: high impact journals generally take longer to review your research and have a low acceptance rate. However, middle of the range journals with similar quality can sometimes widely differ in how long the review process takes.
- Intro this slide by saying, “After considering your strategic goals, your second aim should be to publish in a journal of at least moderate quality, and you may even want to aim higher. You can evaluate the quality of journals using a number of tools. This slide lists some of these tools, so you can be selective and strategic in which journals you choose to submit your manuscript to”. *This is a summary of the tools – you will note I have not included everything. I think that ERA can be confusing since it doesn’t actually rank journals (but to be on the list a journal must be of decent quality). I see this slide as an overview of some of the key tools and not as a comprehensive list. I have not included much detail on the slide as I see you using this as an introduction to the tools and then demonstrating how to use each of them by going live.
- Point 2: to demonstrate impact of your work
- Find out more about the journal by searching for it on Ulrich’s, Cabell’s or the journals website. Consider the topic of your research – does it match the scope of the journal? What about your timeline – does the journal’s review time match yours – do you have a deadline/time when you need this paper accepted? Is the journal open access? Peer-reviewed etc.? Select a couple of journals that you think might be appropriate to publish your research in (always give yourself a back-up as rejection does occur – in fact, many journals have very high rejection rates and this differs with the quality of the journal – with higher quality journals having lower acceptance rates). Use factors such as the quality/impact of the selected journals, in conjunction with whether the journal is open access, peer-reviewed, the acceptance rate and how long the review process takes to decide which journal to submit your paper to.