December 7, 2009

Publishing your journal article

A panel of experts takes you through the process of submitting, editing, reviewing and publishing an article in a scholarly journal.

Career Corner 2009


Presenters: (From left to right): Tom Nesbit, editor of the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education; Ian MacLachlan, editor of the Canadian Geographer; Jim Frideres, editor of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal.

Moderator: Kel Morin-Parsons, manager of the CFHSS Aid to Scholarly Publications Program.

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How do you get reviewers for your publication? (8:53)


0:00 - 2:41   Intro, format of the talk
2:41 - 4:38   Use of a panel of experts as reviewers
4:38 - 7:36   Reviewing a manuscript takes a long time
7:36 - 8:53   Use of editorial board to suggest reviewers

From manuscript to print (7:42)


0:00 - 3:13   Time scale from the receipt of the manuscript to when it gets published
3:13 - 7:42   Format restrictions when submitting an article to a journal

 

Rejections without reviews (3:46)


0:00 - 3:46  Very few manuscripts are rejected without reviews

 

Submission guidelines (6:42)


0:00 - 2:23   Be sure to cite article in the journal that you are submitting to
2:23 - 3:33   Aim high: Submit to the top-tiered journal in your field
3:33 - 4:38   Read articles that have been previously published in that journal
4:38 - 6:42   Only submit to one publication at a time

 

Are all reviews weighed equally? (6:41)



0:00 - 1:38   Depends on the quality of the review
1:38 - 3:05   Reviewers have different ways of writing an assessment
3:05 - 5:30   You lean towards reviews that are compelling
5:30 - 6:41   Reviewers need to take a critical look at each submission

 

Moving content online (5:42)

 

0:00 - 1:07   Not all journals are publishing online yet
1:07 - 3:43   Soon all journal content will be online
3:43 - 5:42   Online content is important, but so is having the printed journal
 

Revise and re-submit recommendations (8:45)

 

0:00 - 3:18   Revising and resubmitting an article is often encouraged
3:18 - 4:40   What to do when you receive an editor's request
4:40 - 5:30   Take the revise & re-submit request seriously
5:30 - 8:45   Clearly outline the changes you have made when you re-submit

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