Basic steps for successfully submitting your scientific article for publication

1. Steps for Successfully
Dr.Tamer Hamdy 2018
Submitting your Scientific
Article
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2. Types of research items

3. Capsule creation
 We need it to be …
 Helpful
 Summarized
 Interconnected
 Attractive

4. PracticallyIdeally
1. To get promoted
2. To get a job
3. To keep your job!
4. To get funding
To share research
findings & discoveries
with the hope of
improving some things

5. Good
Science
Writing Journal
Designing
Good
Good Good

7. Hirsch index

8. Number of times publication
is cited by other publications
Citation count
Number of publications
produced by individual
Publication count

9. Gorge Hirsch
Quantity
Quality
# of Papers
# of Citations

10. Web of
Science
Scopus
Researchgate
Google
Scholar
Mendeley
Orcid

12. If you have an h-index of 4, that means you
have 4 papers with at least 4 citations

13. Impact Factor
Newton

14. Steps for successfully
submitting your scientific article
Target journal
Writing
Internal reviewing
Publication

15. What happens after I’ve
submitted my manuscript?
1
2
3
Editor
Editor sends paper
out to reviewers
Reviewers communicate with editor who communicates
with you

16. Single Blind Peer Review1
Double Blind Peer Review2
Post-Publication Peer Review4
Common types of peer review
3 Open Peer Review

19. Publication Process
• Target journal selection
Pre-writing: Step 1
• Follow Guidelines
• Format The Manuscript
• Writings
Writings: Step 2
Publishing: Step 3
• Peer Review Process

20. Journal Access
Restricted Access
Target journal

21. Target journal

22. Journal Charges
Target journal

23. Target journal
Journal specialty

24. Metrics Sources

25. Target journal
Journal Indexing

26. Target journal
Journal Indexing
International Society of Indexing
Web of Science

27. Target journal

28. Target journal

29. Journal Indexing

30. Indexing Criteria
•Timeliness of publication: Late or short publication
•Quality of peer review: A journal must have a
strong peer review system
•Distinctiveness of subject area: A journal must
have a distinctive aims and scope
Thomson Reuters  Unnecessary addition
•Internationality: Authors & editorial board.
•Number of citations: Journals are often rejected
because of low citation levels in their category

32. Using the Impact Factor alone to judge a
journal is like
Using weight alone to judge a person’s health

33. Journal Ranking (metrics)
Target journal

34. SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper)

35. 1290Arabic TV Channel

37. SJR
Scientific Journal Ranking
(Prestige metric)

38. International Scientific Indexing (ISI)
Server provides indexing of major international
journals

39. International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
For
Electronic
Journals

40. Digital Object Identifier (DOI) For
Articles

41. Citation Based Metrics

42. Citation Based Metrics
• Thomson Reuters  Web of Science
– Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
• Elsevier  Scopus
– Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
• Scimago  SCIMAGOJR
– SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR)

43. Citation Based Metrics
• Thomson Reuters  Web of Science
https://jcr.incites.thomsonreuters.com/JCRJournalHo
meAction.action

44. • Thomson Reuters  Web of Science

46. Citation Based Metrics
• Elsevier  Scopus
https://www.scopus.com/sources

47. • Elsevier  Scopus

48. • Elsevier  Scopus
Q Q

49. • Elsevier  Scopus
Q

50. Citation Based Metrics
• Scimago  SCIMAGOJR
http://www.scimagojr.com/

51. • Scimago  SCIMAGOJR
Q

52. • Scimago  SCIMAGOJR
Q
Q

53. 
• Similar name to popular journals
• Poor homepage of their website
• Very wide & different journal scope
• Plagiarism
• Uneven articles quality
• Incorrect impact factor
• Not indexed in scientific database
as Scopus & ISI

54. Journal finder management
Online toolsJournal Guide
https://www.journalguide.com

55. Journal finder management

56. Writing

57. Writing

58. Avoiding Plagiarism

62. Follow precisely the format instructions of your target
journal

63. Make sure your article has a solid storyline and is
written in good English
Writing

64. Tools for writing
Synonyms
Grammar
Online tools
Paraphrasing
Plagiarism

65. Tools for writing
Online tools
Paraphrasing
http://www.paraphrasing-tool.com
http://www.youparaphrase.com

66. Tools for writing
Online tools
Synonyms
http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/tool

67. Tools for writing
Online tools
Grammar
http://www.grammarcheckforsentence.com
https://www.grammarly.com
http://www.reverso.net/

68. Tools for writing
Online tools
Plagiarism
http://www.plagiarismchecker.com
http://plagiarisma.net
https://www.quetext.com
https://noplag.com/plagiarism-checker

69. Internal reviewing

71. 1. Meets the quality standards
2. Falls under the scope of the journal
Is the research work presented in the manuscript:
Reading the cover letter & manuscript

75. The manuscript fits into the mission of the journal

76. Title
Should be clear, attractive & indicative

77. Is the title clear, attractive & indicative ?
 From10 to 15 words long
 Clearly identify the purpose of the study

78. Running Title

79. The abstract accurately reflects the content
Should describe your entire study at a glance
Abstract

80. • Provide sufficient background about your work
• Mention the research question or problem
Introduction

81. Should include details of all experiments conducted
Methods

82. Should answer the question that stated in the introduction
Results & discussion

84. If you as the reviewer can't interpret the author's
findings …… 
 Requests for clarification & explanation are entirely
suitable during the review process

85. Should include your own findings
Conclusion

86. Should list every source
References

87. References Styles …. 

88.  Reference Management Tool 

89. The language, grammar & syntax acceptable

90. Reacting to reviewers’ comments

92. To be answered

93. Rejected
The journal will publish the paper in its original form
The journal will publish
the paper & asks the
author to make small
corrections
The journal will publish the
paper provided the authors
make the changes
Accept
after major
revisions
Accepted
The journal is willing to reconsider
the paper in another round of
decision making after the authors
make major changes
The journal will not
publish the paper
Revise &
resubmit
Accept
with minor
revisions
Final
Decision

94. References
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