Journal editors share their advice on how to structure a paper, write a cover letter - and deal with awkward feedback from reviewers.
Writing for academic journals is highly competitive. Even if you overcome the first hurdle and generate a valuable idea or piece of research - how do you then sum it up in a way that will capture the interest of reviewers?
There’s no simple formula for getting published - editors’ expectations can vary both between and within subject areas. But there are some challenges that will confront all academic writers regardless of their discipline. How should you respond to reviewer feedback? Is there a correct way to structure a paper? And should you always bother revising and resubmitting? We asked journal editors from a range of backgrounds for their tips on getting published. More...
Vient de paraître - HEP 27/4 – décembre 2014
Le dernier numéro de Higher Education Policy (HEP) vient de paraître. Ce numéro spécial traite des conditions de travail des universitaires et des chercheurs débutants.
Articles sur le thème:
- Introduction: Early Career Researchers and Changing Working Conditions in Academia - Veronika Wöhrer;
- Power at the Interfaces: The Contested Orderings of Academic Presents and Futures in a Social Science Department – Tereza Stöckelová; l'intégralité de cet article est disponible ici
- Supervision and Early Career Work Experiences of Estonian Humanities Researchers Under the Conditions of Project-based Funding – Jaana Eigi, Pille Põiklik, Endla Lõhkivi et Katrin Velbaum;
- To Stay or to Go? Narratives of Early-Stage Sociologists about Persisting in Academia – Veronika Wöhrer;
- Keep on Movin’? Research Mobility’s Meanings for Italian Early-Stage Researchers - Chiara Carrozza et Sara Minucci;
Autres articles:
- Setting Policy Agenda for the Social Dimension of the Bologna Process – Yasemin Yagci;
- Inclusion of Women Academics into American Universities: Analysis of Women Status Reports - Xuhong Su et Monica Gaughan. Voir l'article...
New study offers snapshot of Canadian publishers’ export activities
By Jean-François Venne. Smaller publishers are the most active exporters, study finds.
Sometimes, the best way to get answers to questions is to do the research yourself. As an editor working on developing international markets, Stéphane Labbé was frustrated by the lack of information on the export of Canadian books. More...
How to get published in an academic journal: top tips from editors
Cyberwar and Cyberterror — New and Unwelcome Companions in Publishing and Culture
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Cyberwar and Cyberterror — New and Unwelcome Companions in Publishing and Culture
Kent Anderson, The Scholarly Kitchen, 2014/12/29
I don't think conclusion of this article, that "online publishing is not simpler, cheaper, or easier than printing ever was," follows from what we were presented. You can avoid email filters by using RSS, and you can avoid e-commerce issues by publishing openly. More...
Journals and Money at Risk
By Kaitlin Mulhere. Librarians at dozens of colleges have been scrambling to reorganize their subscriptions to academic journals after a company that manages subscriptions abruptly filed for bankruptcy this fall. Read more...
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How to Write a Resume That Stands Out
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How to Write a Resume That Stands Out
Amy Gallo, Harvard Business Review, 2014/12/25
Yes I know, there's a million of these articles out there already. But this is short, clear, and really good. It made me rethink how I wrote my own c.v. (you get to call a resumé a c.v. is you're looking for an academic position). More...
Academic Journals Lead the Way in Profits
By Lawrence Biemiller. Did you know that Elsevier, the big scholarly-journal publisher, has a more lucrative business than Apple’s? That’s among the points made in a Green Mountain College professor’s striking look at the highly profitable academic-publishing business. The professor—Jason Schmitt, director of the college’s communications-studies program—calls scholarly journals “the most profitable obsolete technology in history.” More...
Open access and the direction of travel in scholarly publishing
By . Recent moves by established journals to make research papers freely available signpost the direction of travel in academic publishing. More...
Revues, science citation Index, impact factor, open access : petite histoire de l’IST à l’usage de toutes les générations
Blog Educpros de Christophe Pérales. On lit régulièrement ici ou là des critiques, plus ou moins fouillées, plus ou moins informées, du système actuel de la publication scientifique. On en déplore souvent l’évolution, on en prédit parfois l’effondrement. On se demande rarement comment on en est arrivé là.
Ce billet ne prétend pas apporter une réponse exhaustive à cette dernière question : ce n’est pas le bon format, et cela excède largement mes connaissances. Suite...
