The document discusses the publishing process for academic journals. It covers key aspects of the process including peer review, revision, production, and publication. The impact factor is defined as the average number of citations to articles published in the past two years. Guidelines for publishing such as CONSORT and PRISMA are mentioned to enhance quality and transparency in health research. Authorship, plagiarism, and retraction policies are also summarized.

1. The publishing process
Roger Watson
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Advanced Nursing
Editor, Nursing Open

2. International editorial board
12 issues per year
Impact factor: 1.741 (10/110)
12024 cites (2014)

4. Understand the publishing
process

6. Quality assurance in the publication process:
authors, editors, reviewers, publishers
Submission
Peer review
Editorial decision and input
Revision
Production
Publication
• submission requirements
based on international
standards (e.g. ICMJE) re
content, ethics, authorship etc
• peer review (blind or open)
• reasons for rejection/revision
include plagiarism,
redundancy, sub-standard
research, faulty or incomplete
analysis, poor or incomplete
reporting
• revision aims to improve
quality
• further checks at production
• post-publication scrutiny

7. Understand the publishing
process
Write first for:
•Editors
•Reviewers
•Your audience

8. 2014:
55 countries
1110 submissions

9. Journal guidelines

10. Impact factor
In a given year, the impact factor of a journal is the average number
of citations to those papers that were published during the two
preceding years.
For example, the 2014 impact factor of a journal would be calculated
as follows:
2014 impact factor = A/B
where:
A = the number of times articles published in 2012 and 2013
were cited by indexed journals during 2014
B = the total number of "citable items" published in 2012 and
2014. ("Citable items" are usually articles, reviews,
proceedings, or notes; not editorials or Letters-to-the-Editor.)

11. Which papers get cited most
(long term)?
•Methodological papers
•Discussion papers (including concept analysis)
•Review papers
•Original research

12. Which papers get cited most
(short term)?
•Review papers
•Methodological papers
•Discussion papers (including concept analysis)
•Original research

13. What gets published
•Editorials
•Review papers
•Research papers
• Original papers
• Research Methodology
• Instrument Development
• Research protocols
• Pilot studies
•Discussion papers
•Concept analysis
•Consensus guidelines
•Correspondence

14. Aims and scope
Tells you:
• The mission of the journal
• What it publishes
• Who is expected to write for the journal
• The nature of the articles published
• Who is the intended readership

16. Double-blind peer review

17. Open peer review

18. Peer review
… is a means of sieving out evident error, currently unacceptable
practices, repetition of previously published work without
acknowledgement, and trivial contributions that add little to
knowledge.
Russell report on ‘Climategate’

20. Enhancing the QUAlity and
Transparency Of health Research

21. Enhancing the QUAlity and
Transparency Of health Research
CONSORT http://www.consort-statement.org/

24. Enhancing the QUAlity and
Transparency Of health Research
CONSORT http://www.consort-statement.org/
PRISMA http://www.prisma-statement.org/

27. Promoting integrity in research
publication
COPE http://publicationethics.org/

30. Authorship
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
at http://www.icmje.org/ states authorship is based on:
1) substantial contributions to the conception and design of a
paper, or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation
of data, and,
2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important
intellectual content and final approval of the version to be
published.

31. Preventing Plagiarism in Published Works

33. Retraction on the basis of plagiarism
“The retraction has been agreed due to overlap with other previously
published material written by third parties”

35. Retraction on the basis of duplication
“The retraction has been agreed due to duplicate publication of the same
article in two journals”

36. What to expect after acceptance of a manuscript
Edited manuscript returned for final points to be
addressed
Returned to Editor-in-Chief for final
check
Manuscript
to
production Proof issued for
correction
Published
online early
with doi
Published in a journal volume

38. Digital object identifier (doi)
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI®) System is for
identifying content objects in the digital environment.
DOI® names are assigned to any entity for use on digital
networks.
They are used to provide current information, including
where they (or information about them) can be found on
the Internet. Information about a digital object may change
over time, including where to find it, but its DOI name will
not change.
http://www.doi.org/

39. Edited by Karen Holland and Roger Watson
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40. Thank you
Email: r.watson@hull.ac.uk
@rwatson1955