How to get your article published
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How to get published
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Why publish in a journal?
Choosing the right journal
Preparing your article
Publication ethics
Peer review, editor decisions and revising
Life after acceptance
The online journal
Intellectual property rights
Open Access
Maximizing the impact of your article
Helpful resources
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How the publication process works
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Why should you consider
publication?
● Quality
• Do you have a contribution to make?
• Peer review process / Journal reputation
• Academic advancement
● Dissemination
• Journal website (+ SAGE media channels)
• Consortia and Developing World Initiatives
• Society members receive issues of a journal
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Which journal should you submit to?
● Aims and Scope
● Metrics
• Thompson Reuters (ISI)
• Scopus (Elsevier)
• REF (UK) / ERIH (Euro) / ERA (Aus)
● Journal usage
● Publication speed
● Accept / Reject rates
● Discuss with senior colleagues
● What journals do you read?
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Preparing your manuscript
● READ the manuscript submission guidelines
• Referencing style
• Word limit
• Title, abstract, keywords
• Conventions of academic writing
• Supplemental data?
● Proof read
● Cover letter
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Preparing your manuscript
- Copyright and Ethics
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Obtain permission for all copyrighted material
Authorship / Acknowledgment
Funding statement
Conflict of interest
Plagiarism (don’t do it)
Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement
COPE - http://publicationethics.org/
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Preparing your manuscript
● Check the JOURNAL WEBSITE
● Check the SAGE AUTHOR GATEWAY
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway/authorGateway.htm
● English language editing services http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway/engLang.htm
● Supplementary data http://www.uk.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/doc/Supplemental_data_on_sjo_guidel
ines_for_authors.doc
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Submit!
● Submit to one journal at a time
● Online manuscript submission system
• Scholar One (SAGE Track)
● Email
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What happens next?
PEER REVIEW
● First impressions count – submit the best possible product
● Academic Editors are busy people
● Check the review policy – some journals will indicate
turnaround times
● Look at the editorial board/associate editor list – potential
reviewers of your paper
● Check the online submission system for updates
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Peer review: the nuts and bolts
A new guide from Sense about Science
● Basics of peer review with early career
researchers in mind
● 91% of researchers from a 2009 survey
believe that their last paper was
improved through the peer review
process
● Free booklet available online
● Advice from editors, reviewers,
publishers and journalists
www.senseaboutscience.org/resources
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Typical first decisions
● Revisions are nearly always requested
● DECISION TYPES
• Desk reject
• Reject after review
• Major revisions required
• Conditional accept with minor revisions
• Accept without change – extremely rare
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Handling revisions
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Follow the timeframes requested for review
Demonstrate what you have changed
Address each referee point in a covering note
If you can’t meet all criticisms, explain why
Be positive
Process can take 2-3 iterations
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Handling rejection
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Read the referees’ report and the Editor’s letter
Focus on why
Try and re-work the paper
Consider submitting to an
alternative journal
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Life after acceptance
Production
Copyediting
Typesetting
PDF Proofs
Author Review
Editor Review
Proof corrections collated
Revised PDF created
Online First publication
Published online ahead of assignment to an issue 3 -4 months after acceptance
Publication in an issue
Sent to press
Available to subscribers in print and online
Author access
PDF of final article sent to author
Opportunities to purchase or receive offprints
Promotion
Social media
International dissemination through
journal sales
Impact & Citations
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SAGE Journals Online Platform
● Hosted by Highwire, 50million+ monthly users
● Highwire hosted articles rank higher on major search
engines
● Toll free inter-journal reference linking
● Mobile optimized sites
● OnlineFirst
● Social bookmarking and sharing links
● Most read and cited article lists
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What are my intellectual property rights
as a SAGE author?
Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement
● Exclusive licence
● © The Author(s)
● Permissions handled by SAGE who ensure protection
against infringement of copyright
● Authors have a right to re-publish in a book
● Authors can distribute on a non commercial basis
● Post prints can be deposited in a repository after 12 months
www.sagepub.com/journalgateway/pubPolicies.htm#
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SAGE Open Access options
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm
http://sgo.sagepub.com/
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Maximising the impact of your article
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Additional resources
SAGE Journal Author
Gateway
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway
‘Publishing Journal
Articles’
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books
/Book236083/title
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Thank you for listening
www.sagepub.com
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