Togar M. Simatupang gave a presentation on conducting research and getting work published. He discussed the process of developing research ideas, choosing appropriate research methods, structuring manuscripts, and navigating the publication process. He emphasized that publishing papers regularly is important for academic careers. The presentation outlined key steps like selecting target journals, responding to peer reviews, and improving manuscripts based on feedback in order to get work published.

1. Research:
From Ideas to Publication
Togar M. Simatupang
School of Business and Management
Bandung Institute of Technology
Monday, 24 June 2013

2. Bio
Togar M. Simatupang
Service
• Professor of Management Science (2010-
now)
• Head of Master and Doctorate Program in
Management Science (2009-2010)
• Assessor of National Accreditation Board
of Indonesia (BAN PT)
• Member of Academy of Management USA
• Member of Knowledge Management
Society of Indonesia (KMSI)
• Reviewer: Business Process Management
Journal, Supply Chain Management: An
International Journal
Publication
• Management Decision
• Total Quality Management
• International Journal of Logistics
Management
• Business Process Management Journal
• Supply Chain Management: An International
Journal
• Benchmarking: An International Journal
• International Journal of Physical Distribution
& Logistics Management
• International Journal of Value Chain
Management
• Gadjah Mada International Journal of
Business
• International Journal of Logistics Systems and
Management
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3. Outline
• BOK of management
• Theory of management science
• Ideas
• Criteria
• Empirical research strategy
• Overview of research methods
• Category of research
• Structure of a manuscript
• Structure of scientific article
• Publication process
• Example
• End note
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4. Performance, Quality, Leadership, Culture, Ethics
Decision Making and Negotiation
People Operations Marketing Finance
Entrepreneurship and Management of Technology
Strategy &
Business
Economics
Body of Knowledge of Management
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5. Theory of Management Science
Prediction
Proposition
Real World
Theory and
Model
Abduction Deduction
ActionInduction
Observation
Verification
Problem Finding
Modeling
Facts
Data
Problems 5

6. Ideas
• Real world
• Previous research
• Sponsor
• Government
• Supervisor
• Past research experience
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7. Criteria
1. Originality: the researcher
2. Contribution: thesis and evidence
3. Rigorousness: methodology
4. Coherence: linear and consistent
5. Presentation: communication
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8. Empirical Research Strategy
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9. Academic Publication
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Why publish
• Publications are central to your long term career
– Without them, you won’t have one
– They are the main criteria for jobs and promotion in
academia
– You must have pubs to compete seriously in the academic
job market as a new PhD
• Only published studies count
– They are the only real proof of valid research activity
• Grant money and publication are inextricable

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Publishing must be done –
early, often, always
• You need to start publishing as early as possible
• You need to focus on quality more than quantity
• But you need steady productivity, of about 1-2 good
papers a year, starting the day you finish your PhD
• Non-refereed publications don’t count for much

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Selecting your journal
• Make a conscious decision and have a strategy
• Read the paper/ have a poster at a conference and
ask people
• Give people a draft and ask them
• Look at people working in your field – where is their
work being published?
• Read the “scope” statements of journals carefully,
and recent contents
• An invitation to publish in a place doesn’t make it the
right one

13. Journal Target!
“Many papers are rejected simply because they don’t fulfil journal
requirements. They don’t even go into the review process.”
• Read the Author Guidelines – this is the definition of the journal
• Find out where to send your paper (editor, regional editor, subject area editor).
Check journal homepages or publisher websites
• Send the outline or abstract and ask if it looks interesting to the Editor
• Confirm how an editor would like a submission – e-mail; hard copy/copies
• Read at least one issue of the journal

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High vs. low status journals
• Top-tier journals have high citation rates, visibility,
but equally high rejection rate
• About 10% of the papers get 90% of the citations
• Current rankings by discipline are available “journal
citation reports” in web of science
• Ranking counts, but isn’t everything
• Ask yourself: who do I want to associate with
professionally? Who do I want to be reading my
work… and what journals do they read?

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Structure of a Manuscript
• Title : summary of contribution
• Abstract : summary of problem and solution
• Introduction : what is the problem?
• Literature review: are other research relevant?
why previous research insufficient?
• Body : what did you do? Details of what,
how, and why?
• Results : what is your finding?
• Conclusion : why is it important?

16. Structure of Scientific Article
Style of IMRD
• Introduction
• Method
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• Implication
Style of Non-IMRD
• Flexible format
• Review articles
• Argumentative articles
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17. Publication Process
Research Completion
Manuscript Preparation
Submission
Alignment and Peer Review
Decision
Revision
Re-submission
Review
Acceptance
Publication
Rejection
Rejection
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Steps in scientific journal writing
• Preparation:
– Setting the stage
– Preparing your paper
• Selecting your journal
• Paper submission
• Dealing with revision and rejection
• The editing process
• JAR (copyright issues)

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Dear Editor,
• “I am submitting X to your journal Y”
• Point being, cover letter needed
• No, you cannot send it to another journal in
case this one rejects it or to save time.

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What will I hear?
• Editor will summarize with response
• Peer reviewers comments are usually included
• Usually 4 possible outcomes
– Accepted without revisions
– Accepted contingent on minor revisions
– Revise and resubmit (R & R): most often
– Go away (usually at least 50%)

21. Example: Comments to the Authors
(Emerald)
Common Questions:
1. Originality: Does the paper contain new and significant information adequate to justify publication?
2. Relationship to Literature: Does the paper demonstrate an adequate understanding of the relevant
literature in the field and cite an appropriate range of literature sources? Is any signficant work ignored?
3. Methodology: Is the paper's argument built on an appropriate base of theory, concepts, or other ideas?
Has the research or equivalent intellectual work on which the paper is based been well designed? Are
the methods employed appropriate?
4. Results: Are results presented clearly and analysed appropriately? Do the conclusions adequately tie
together the other elements of the paper?
5. Practicality and/or Research implications: Does the paper identify clearly any implications for practice
and/or further research? Are these implications consistent with the findings and conclusions of the
paper?
6. Quality of Communication: Does the paper clearly express its case, measured against the technical
language of the field and the expected knowledge of the journal's readership? Has attention been paid
to the clarity of expression and readability, such as sentence structure, jargon use, acronyms, etc.?
Specific comments:
1. Summary of the manuscript
2. Analysis (and review) of the manuscript
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Dealing with Criticism and Rejection
Ask why, and listen carefully!
• Most editors will give detailed comments (their own or referees’) for a
rejected paper. If not, ask. Take a deep breath, and listen to what is being
said.
Try again!
• Try to improve the paper, and resubmit somewhere else. Do your
homework, and target your paper as closely as you can
Don’t give up!
• At least 50% of papers in business and management don’t get published.
Everybody has been rejected at least once.

23. How do you respond the reviewer(s)?
Reviewer Comments:
critiques, disagreements,
misunderstanding, etc.
Parallel Response:
Your responses
Reviewer Comments:
critiques, disagreements,
misunderstanding, etc.
Serial Response:
Your responses
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24. Example of response (1)
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25. Example of response (2)
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26. Publication
Use "ebsco" as a user
name and "dikti" as a
password.
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27. End Note
• Publication is part of scholar’s responsibility.
• A scholar is judged from the results of
publication not from what has been started.
• Publication is a process of learning by doing.
• The effective way to learn is to learn from the
exemplar.
• Keep improving and never surrender.
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28. Thank You
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