Scholarly Publishing Series
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Publishing Research Papers in Academic Journals Understanding the scholarly publishing world, the pressures to publish in scientific journals and the role of women in research
Rafael Hernandez Barros
2014 Scholar Network, S.L. Madrid, Spain
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About the e-Book Series on Scholarly Publishing This e-book is part of a series on scholarly publishing and the academic world, based on the reflections captured by the author in his weekly blog www.howtopublishinjournals.com since December 2012. With an affordable price, each containing 4,500 to 7,500 words, and an easy and quick read, make them the perfect mini-manuals as reference and self-help books to improve the knowledge and performance when disseminating research and publishing in scientific journals. The series is initially composed of three books:
1. (The small book on) Publishing Research Papers in Academic Journals Understanding the scholarly publishing world, the pressures to publish in scientific journals and the role of women in academia
2. (The small book on) Academic Writing, Citations and SEO How to increase the probabilities of your research paper to be cited through writing and academic SEO
3. (The small book on) Understanding Academic Journals and its Editors The world through the eyes of the editors of scientific journals
Preface This small e-book, ‘Publishing Research Papers in Academic Journals’, is focused on helping academics, my peers, to get their research published in journals. How? By doing what I know to do and what I love: researching, writing and spreading my knowledge to others, which is why I am a university professor. It is not that I am a champion of publication in journals, that everything that I send it is published at the first or that I break publication records; it is not the case even remotely. But I have been able to identify several small things of which I believe are the key in this topic, and which I would like to share:
To give it the importance that it deserves, neither much nor little.
To incorporate the routine and the obligation to publish into our complicated agendas.
To understand the network of participants in this business: editors, journal managers and owners, publishing companies or reviewers, among others.
To identify the journals in which to publish, which index category, quartile or relevance, country or specialty, and how often to do it.
To build useful relationships with publishers.
To develop a method for producing attractive articles for editors and readers.
And many other things.
This e-book therefore is not aimed at successful academics, with great local or international recognition, who think they do not need to publish in journals, but rather it is aimed at professors like me, hungry, wanting to build a consistent int’l curriculum and experience, who desperately look for approaching the publishing process in a smart and agile way. Well, almost nothing!
Contents Preface 1. Publishing in General -Start your Love Story with Journals -Selecting the right journal for your academic article -Reasons when selecting a journal to submit a paper -The future of research quality assessment -Impact Factor: The Golden Calf -Is it really worth academically attending conferences? 2. Peer-review -Best practices for peer reviewers -Worst practices for peer reviewers 3. Teaching and Researching -A professor’s self-examination -Best practices for university professors -Professors and editors building a better academic world 4. Women, Science, and Research -Women academics on fire, the sciences on ice 5. Conclusions Web Pages and Links About the Author About the e-Book: ‘Publish in Journals 3.0’ About Gaudeamus
About the Author Rafael Hernandez Barros is the founder of Gaudeamus - the academic network for publishing in journals, dedicated to build a better academic world helping scholars to get their research published in journals and enabling editors to find content. Rafael is professor of Corporate Finance at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in several Spanish universities, and his research activities and main areas of interest include Finance and Information Sciences. His articles are regularly published in peer-reviewed indexed journals and serves as a board member and editor-in-chief of recognized international scholarly publications. Rafael’s blog, www.howtopublishinjournals.com, is widely cited for introducing best practices and simple methods to understand the publishing process and to improve the chances of being published in indexed journals. The content of the blog is read by 5000 scholars every day, one of the most popular scholarly publishing blogs in the world. Rafael is also the author of the bestselling book ‘Publish in Journals 3.0’. He is a frequent speaker and provides training and consulting to scholars and Universities around the world, having a clear vision of the web 3.0 and open access changes that are occurring in the scholarly environment and how they affect to academics, their publications and their impact. Rafael earned a PhD in Finance (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) and an MBA (IESE Business School). He is married with three children and lives in Madrid, Spain. You can contact him on:
[email protected] or at http://howtopublishinjournals.com/about/contact/
About the e-Book: ‘Publish in Journals 3.0’ This book aims to persuade academics to present their ideas and innovation in a better way to be disseminated and used by society, and why not, to help scientists to improve their curriculum and stand out. There are many books already written on how to publish in journals, to identify a suitable journal or to write a paper. This book does not replace them, because it is focused on how you can holistically and effectively organize your impact, written from a professional/practitioner perspective for other busy academics and researchers.
Available at Amazon (eBook Kindle) at : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ESZ7O0C
About Gaudeamus Gaudeamus - the academic network for publishing in journals is an online community of scholars (professor, researchers and journals’ editors). It was founded to provide a tool for academics to help them to get their research published in journals, enabling them to network with editors and to share what they have learned and discovered about publishing. Every day, many academics successfully find love with journals on Gaudeamus, so why not get started now? Join for free and start contacting our international community of professors, editors and journals at: www.gaudeamusacademia.com.
Connecting journals and papers, researchers and editors.
