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Grad. Ex Spring 2018 -19
Introduction to Academic Publishing Dr. Amy Zenger Writing Center Acting Director
Overview
Why Attend this Workshop? • Researchers need academic publishing skills in addition to those needed for thesis or dissertation. • Researchers need to know how to package their work to make it interesting and relevant for journals.
What is Academic Publishing? • Shares new knowledge using accepted research methods, giving credible results. • Uses peer review or an editorial referee system to qualify texts for publication. • Follows policies to protect the integrity of researchers and research. • Follows standards to allow the organization and retrieval of information.
Why is Publishing Important? • For academic disciplines—it generates and disseminates new knowledge based on scholarly activities and research. • For individual faculty members’ careers—it is used to decide promotion. • For universities—it enhances profiles and standing.
Topics we will discuss • • • Select a journal Plan your submission Explain your research Understand the peer review process Adhere to ethical standards Read and share to find support
Select a Journal
Know your Field 1. Find the right journal. 2. Know your readers.
1. Find the right journal A. Look at your References page • Are there journals cited more frequently than others? • Are authors cited more frequently than others? Where do they publish?
1. Find the right journal B. Examine journals • What topics, debates, methods, and theories are published? • What is the journal’s mission? • Do you know the work of the journal’s board members?
2. Know your readers B. Examine the scholars • Who is on the editorial board? • What are their research interests? Where do they publish?
Plan Your Submission
Model Your Writing • Read several articles in the journal you plan to publish in. • Use those articles to guide your decisions about the organization of ideas and structure in your submission.
Know Journal Guidelines • Guidelines are published in print journal or on journal website. • Make sure that you have understood and taken all of the guidelines into account. • Submit the article and cover letter following the directions given. • Be aware of policies on simultaneous submission and previous publication.
Explain Your Research
Explain your Research A. Package your work for a disciplinary audience, to show your work as a broader scholarly endeavor. • Define your scholarly identity. • How do you want members of the discipline to view you and your work?
Explain your Research B. Think of the contribution to the field. • Imagine you have 90 seconds to explain your research and its value to one of the scholars you cited. What would you say? • Imagine future scholars will cite your work. How would you like your work written about?
Explain your Research C. Answer the “So what? ” question. • Examine abstracts in the journal you wish to publish in. See how others indicate what the point of the research is and why the audience should read the rest of the article.
Understand the Peer Review Process
Review Process: STAGE 1 1. Author(s) send article to journal. 2. A chief editor makes an initial evaluation. (Article can be rejected at this stage. ) 3. Editor sends article to two or more reviewers.
STAGE 1: Types of reviews • Single blind review: (most common) the reviewers’ identities are hidden from the author(s) • Double blind review: Both reviewers and authors remain anonymous during the review process • Open review: Reviewers and authors are disclosed.
STAGE 1: Reviewers Academics who: • know the field • are familiar with the topic and question you are working with • do not have a conflict of interest • may be a member of the editorial board of the journal.
STAGE 1: Reviewers read for How are the core elements of the research assessed? • Introduction/statement of the problem • Data collection and analysis/ interpretation and argument • Claims and discussions • Is the question or problem stated clearly?
STAGE 1: Reviewers read for • Is the research project defined in relation to published research? • Are the methods carefully described (when relevant)? • Are the results clear and fairly represented? • Does the discussion add to the knowledge of this issue?
STAGE 1: Reviewers read for • Are all of the parts of the article or essay coherent— linked to each other and working together as a whole? • Is the title effective and informative? • Are the citations and documentation credible?
Review Process: STAGE 2 4. Reviewers return their evaluations and comments to editor. 5. Editor sends decision to author(s).
STAGE 2: Reviewer responses The response is usually a letter that explains the decision. 1. Accept without revision 2. Accept with minor revisions 3. Revise and resubmit 4. Reject
Review Process: STAGE 3 6. Author(s) revise and resubmit the article. 7. If your article is accepted for publication, be sure to withdraw your simultaneously submitted versions from other journals
Responding to reviews Do • Pay close attention to fair evaluations. • Be humble when receiving revise-andresubmit requests. • Follow the suggestions carefully. • Return the article with detailed explanations of how you have revised (or why you chose to not revise something).
Applying reviewers’ responses Do Not • Simply submit the same article elsewhere without taking comments into consideration.
Adhere to Ethical Standards
Adhere to Ethical Standards Lack of integrity may be evidenced in: • Falsification of results • Data fabrication or manipulation • Plagiarism
Adhere to Ethical Standards Scholarly accountability includes: • Being accurate and objective in collecting, presenting, and discussing data. • Declaring any conflict of interest in terms of finances, personal beliefs or career. • Following IRB approved ethical treatment of human or animal subjects.
Adhere to Ethical Standards Show professional courtesy: • Accurately acknowledge co-authors, funding agencies. • Acknowledge prior research and researchers. • Obtain permission to use materials when appropriate.
Read and Share to find Support
The Writing Center https: //aub. edu. lb/writingcenter Recommendations: ü Come after you selected a journal ü Have a list of specific issues you want to tackle in the session ü Schedule an appointment with a graduate student or instructor tutor
Read and share about process Blogs on publishing and writing. Raul Pacheco-Vega, Ph. D Doctoral Writing SIG Books on publishing and writing.
Read and share about process
Questions and discussion Thank you!
AFTER THESIS: GETTING PUBLISHED A Graduate Council, Writing Center and University Libraries Collaboration College hall-Auditorium B 1 April 10, 2019
PART II JOURNAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS Khaled Noubani Engineering & Architecture Librarian University Libraries
Think. Check. Submit. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=L 4 z 0 Nxq 4 Epc • From: www. thinkchecksubmit. org
Identifying a scholarly journal • Peer review • Impact factor • Editorial board/Scholars • Professional scholarly society or association or conference • Disciplinary indexes and databases
Creating a potential list of journals • Ask advisor and colleagues • Article references • Journal directories • Main keywords searching in Scopus • Ranking tools • Journal finder engines
Journal Directories • Ulrichs. Web (Periodicals Directory) • European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Ranking Tools Using Metrics Library Resources • Journal Citations Report JCR Provides quantitative tools for ranking, evaluating, categorizing, and comparing journals. ISI Web of Knowledge. • Cite. Score (Excellent for citation searching) Search by subject area, title, ISSN, or Publisher Other Tools • Google Scholar Metrics allows authors to view journal rankings and ratings by various h-indeces • SCImago Journal & Country Rank Journal evaluation tool that includes the journals and country specific indicators developed from the information contained in Scopus.
Journal Assessment Tools
Journal Assessment Databases
Cite. Score
Journal Finder Engines • Journal. Guide https: //www. journalguide. com • Journal Suggester (Springer Journals) http: //journalsuggester. springer. com/ • Elsevier Journal Finder http: //journalfinder. elsevier. com/
Thank You
Knowing your rights as an author NABILA SHEHABEDDINE HEAD OF REFERENCE AND INSTRUCTION SERVICES DEPARTMENT JAFET LIBRARY – AUB UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES COLLEGE HALL, AUDITORIUM B APRIL 10, 2019 (11: 00 - 1: 00 PM)
Outline This presentation intends to help you with: ◦ Knowing your legal rights as an author ◦ Negotiating publishers’ copyright agreements ◦ Following new trends in scholarly communication
Workshop 3 - Thesis Writing Thesis submission deadlines Thesis manual: ◦ ◦ Thesis Format Requirement Preliminary pages ◦ ◦ Title page Approval page ◦ Release Form page ◦ Project, Thesis and Dissertation Template
Release Form • AUB graduate students own the rights to their thesis • Like most research institutions, the University has an open access policy on research degree theses. • Theses are made available in two ways Print and Online. • You may wish to postpone the public release of your thesis • The maximum embargo period is three years. Why asking the library to restrict access to your thesis? • If you intend to publish all or part of your thesis • If your research has been funded by a commercial organisation, please check with your supervisor whether the organisation has made an embargo condition or has a specific open access policy. • If your thesis is in the form of papers submitted for publication
Release Form page (Mandatory) This form must be signed and dated when thesis, project or dissertation copy is deposited at the Library The student may independently choose among several levels of embargo
Publishing Agreements After final acceptance of the article, authors are asked to complete a standard Journal Publishing The copyright holder is the decision maker Agreement which is often called the Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) use of the work such as concerning future Sample agreements from • Sage • Wiley Publishing Distribution Access Selling and Terms of use.
Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) and Author’s Rights ◦ CTA limits authors rights to access, share and use their work in their educational and publishing activities. ◦ CTA gives authors a temporally access to the published version of their article. Some journals provide a copy of the published article. A way to retain the author’s rights to re-use and share their work is to negotiate and amend the CTA
Which Rights to Retain? Transferring copyright doesn’t have to be all or nothing Authors may want to retain rights to the following: 1. Educational Activities and Scholarly Communication ØMake copies of the work for educational use, including class notes, study guides or electronic reserves Ø Share copies of the work with colleagues Ø Present the work at a conference or meeting Ø Use part of the work as a basis for a future publication 2. Self Archiving
Self-Archiving allow authors to post their work on the web in ØAn Institutional Repositories ØA Subject Repository (such as Pub. Med Central or ar. Xiv) ØA Restricted or Publicly available network (such as Research Gate and Academia. edu) Self-Archiving policies varies according to the publisher and funder’s policies: Ø Archive published article (post-print copy) Ø Archive before peer-review (pre- print copy) Ø Some do not allow any archiving
Finding Publisher’s Policies Check publishers’ policies: ◦ On the journal website under “Instructions for Authors” or “Copyright Information. ” Or, contact the publisher. ◦ database of publishing policies: Search by journal title, publisher or ISSN to review the default copyright and self-archiving policies for publishers and journals. Determine the rights you may still hold to your work and/or your ability to post and share your article once published.
Negotiate the Publishing Agreement 1. Ask to add an Author’s Addendum to the agreement 2. List the right you would like to retain Addenda forms are usually provided by University Scholarly Publishing offices Addendum as examples ØAuthor Addenda list from Open Access Directory ØThe Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Open Access Publishing Retain your copyright with Open Access publishing model. In general, open access stands for the free and permanent access to published research Open Access Options? There are two main types of open access: gold and green (Gold Open Access) (Green Open Access) Free journals Subscription journals • Public access to the final published article • Access is immediate • Open access fee paid by the author or researcher funder • Free access to a version of your article • Self-archive a version of your article • Embargo period
Fees Both subscription-based and open access journals may charge a fee (typically $50 -125) at the time of manuscript submission to help to fund editorial and peer review administration. An article processing charge (APC), also known as a publication fee. It is common in open access journals and fully closed journals. This fee is usually paid by an author's institution or research funder. Open access fee is paid by the author, or on their behalf (Fee could range between $ 500 and $ 5, 000 US dollars depending on the journal)
Research Funding Some research funders request or require that work created with their funds be made available openly on the web. The Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international registry charting open access mandates of universities, research institutions and research funders
Build your Research Profile Ø Keep consistent in the style of writing your full name. ØDistinguish your name from other authors with similarity in name. ØConsider registering with ORCID or Researcher. ID. o Both provide the solution to the author ambiguity problem within the scholarly research community. ØGet your unique identifier with: ◦ ORCID ◦ Researcher. ID
Networking Join a scientific society Join an online platform for academics to share research papers ØResearch. Gate the professional network for scientists, 80 million publications, 7 million researchers ØAcademia. edu 23, 080, 282 academics have signed up to Academia. edu Social media: Linked. In, Twitter, Facebook …
More in library Research Guides: ØWhere to Publish ØScholarly Communication ØAuthor’s Rights ØOpen Access Publishing @ AUB
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