{"id":8356,"date":"2021-08-03T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T12:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/elesig\/?p=8356"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:43:56","slug":"tips-on-getting-published-in-an-academic-journal-editor-and-author-meet-up-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2021\/08\/tips-on-getting-published-in-an-academic-journal-editor-and-author-meet-up-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on getting published in an academic journal: \u2018Editor and Author Meet Up\u2019 webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post reviews the\u00a0recent\u00a0\u201cALT ELESIG Editor and Author Meet Up\u201d webinar which invited editors from\u00a0four\u00a0academic\u00a0journals to talk about their journal\u2019s policies, procedures, feedback processes and their own experiences of submitting. The aim of the session was to help demystify\u00a0and help\u00a0humanise\u00a0the\u00a0process of submitting articles to journal. Editors know from their own experiences some of the issues facing authors and can\u00a0offer\u00a0advice and\u00a0encouragement to\u00a0potential authors\u00a0help smooth what is inevitably a\u00a0bumpy,\u00a0long but rewarding journey. The session also connected to\u00a0ALT\u00a0ELESIG\u2019s current\u00a0pilot\u00a0scholar scheme which is supporting\u00a0those wishing to research\u00a0and publish\u00a0in the area of technology and learning.<\/p>\n<p>The speakers were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"11\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Andy Townsend, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham. He is the Coordinating editor of the journal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/reac20\/current\">Educational Action\u00a0<\/a>Research\u00a0\u00a0which\u00a0publishes articles based often on small scale action research studies, practitioner research or examples of learning from reflective practice.<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"11\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Brett Bligh,\u00a0co-Director of the Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning\u00a0at\u00a0University of Lancaster\u00a0is co-editor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/https\/\/stel.pubpub.org\">Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning<\/a>\u00a0open access journal which aims to provide a lively forum for debate and reflection on a wide range of issues connected with technology enhanced learning in disparate settings\u00a0and to provide a space for ongoing conversation and debate rather than tidy consensus.<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"11\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Tunde Varga-Atkins and Dr Simon Thomson\u00a0from\u00a0University of Liverpool. T\u00fcnde is an editor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journal.alt.ac.uk\/index.php\/rlt\/index\/\">Research in Learning Technology<\/a>\u00a0and associate editor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.ac.uk\/eddev\/journal\/\">Developing Academic Practice<\/a>\u00a0journals.<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"11\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Michael Flavin,\u00a0is an academic at King\u2019s College London and the interim editor-in-chief of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journal.alt.ac.uk\/index.php\/rlt\/index\/\">Research in Learning Technology<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Useful to see editors as \u2018real people\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Writing up and seeking publication in a journal can be a long and\u00a0dispiriting\u00a0process. Many journals will\u00a0provide\u00a0feedback which is usually\u00a0anonymized\u00a0and will come across as critical of the work that you have\u00a0invested\u00a0many hours of your personal time.\u00a0The session worked well in terms of demystifying and humanizing the process of\u00a0submitting\u00a0research to journals.\u00a0\u00a0All the editors talked about their own research and the difficulties of getting published.\u00a0They are busy people that take on these\u00a0unpaid\u00a0roles on top of their normal workload and\u00a0recognise\u00a0how crushed\u00a0an author\u00a0can feel from\u00a0peer review\u00a0comments they\u00a0receive.\u00a0They also discussed many of the mistakes that authors make that can lead to rejection.<\/p>\n<h2>Find the right journal<\/h2>\n<p>A key process is finding the right journal. This should be done as early in the process as possible.\u00a0There were suggestions of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Looking through the references in your paper to see if there were any\u00a0reoccurring\u00a0journal titles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Using tools such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xS3AgeRd9h?amp=1\">https:\/\/scimagojr.com<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0identify\u00a0the most likely journal.<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Some\u00a0journals\u00a0publish\u00a0special\u00a0issues\u00a0such as the way the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/https\/\/stel.pubpub.org\">Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning<\/a>\u00a0journal works. They\u00a0allow authors to submit abstracts for consideration before fully developing their\u00a0paper.\u00a0This process can provide early feedback on an\u00a0idea you\u00a0are considering writing more about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>First impressions &#8211;\u00a0Strong title and abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Editors\u00a0have to\u00a0look at many papers, and it is a human trait that they will begin to judge your paper on the very first elements, the title and\u00a0abstract. They are thinking of whether the subject is appropriate for their audience and meets their quality standards.\u00a0Suggestions included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"12\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Never have any spelling mistakes in these areas (or in any other sections) it\u00a0gives\u00a0a very bad impression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"12\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Make sure these elements fit with the acceptance criteria of the journal, busy editors find it dispiriting the number of articles submitted that clearly have not read about the journal they are submitting to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>It\u2019s not a report it\u2019s an argument<\/h2>\n<p>When writing up a\u00a0research\u00a0project it is easy to slip into a type of review of the project rather than concentrating on what it is that you really want to say about the project.\u00a0Try to move away from recounting what happened during the project and its details to what the argument it is that you are making, that the project contributes to in terms of new knowledge\u00a0or ideas.\u00a0Taking the idea of an argument allows you to present what we previously thought about something and how this might support or contradict that.<\/p>\n<h2>Make a friend of failure \u2013 hopefully not a permanent friend\u00a0:-)<\/h2>\n<p>Try to accept that you will get rejections,\u00a0and\u00a0that\u00a0rejections are an important part of the process. It is your\u00a0colleagues\u00a0trying to share their knowledge and help you shape your research practice.\u00a0Try to think about the people that read your paper, the time they gave up\u00a0to do\u00a0that and write feedback.\u00a0The process may help direct you to the area of research that you will be more successful in or change the way you think or carry out research.\u00a0Remember there is a vast range of\u00a0academic\u00a0journals to\u00a0submit\u00a0to that will look at your work from\u00a0very different\u00a0perspectives.\u00a0Don\u2019t\u00a0forget that all those\u00a0at the journal that read your submission have been on a similar journey.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked\u00a0this\u00a0you might be interested in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/elesig\/#gref\">our other blogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is also this\u00a0Blog post on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/six-ideas-to-improve-your-research-skills\/\">six ideas to improve your research skills<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This blog post reviews the\u00a0recent\u00a0\u201cALT ELESIG Editor and Author Meet Up\u201d webinar which invited editors from\u00a0four\u00a0academic\u00a0journals to talk about their journal\u2019s policies, procedures, feedback processes and their own experiences of submitting. 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