ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#10 | March 18, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036
The latest article on Cambridge Journals blog is titled “Publishing your work in an academic journal – three do’s and a don’t”.
Katie Smith says, “There are ever-increasing demands on authors/researchers from both local and national authorities not only to publish widely but to do so in “reputable” journals. Indeed, in many countries this is even a requirement before a PhD is awarded. This obligation is often glossed by the need for journals to be indexed in such internationally recognized lists as the ISI.
Editors of journals are only too aware of this “pressure to publish” and it is for this scenario that I offer some personal advice based on my experience of dealing with submissions. Today I want to concentrate on adequate targeting of your work for publication. Specifically, I focus on two aspects which increase your chances of getting published: selecting your topic and target journal, and writing your paper in line with that journal’s needs.
Do your journal research as assiduously as your academic research. It is not good practice to blanket submit your carefully prepared, executed, and written-up study to all of the journals out there in your subject area”.
Publishing your work in an academic journal – three do’s and a don’t