Leana Li

Publishing Editor, Human Sciences

April 15, 2015

Author Academy: Your Guide to Publication Success

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Beijing Foreign Studies University

59

50 29

Articles

Authors

Books

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Researcher

reads journals

& books

Comes up with

a research

project

Gets funding

Does

research

Writes article

or books

Passes peer

review

Get

published

Publishing is

an

indispensable

part of

Scientific

Research

Cycle of Academic Research

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As a leading STM publisher,

What can Springer do for you?

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Springer Overview

• 170+ years in academic publishing

• 7,000 employees worldwide

• 2,200 journals and 8,400 books annually

• Innovative Products (SpringerOpen, Book Archive)

• SpringerLink, platform with 220 million downloads p/a

• ~200 Nobel laureates

1904 1921 1922 1944 1991 1999 2002

J.P. Pavlov

Medicine

Albert Einstein

Physics Niels Bohr

Physics

Otto Hahn

Chemistry

Pierre-Gilles de

Gennes

Physics Gerard ‘t Hooft

Physics

Kurt Wüthrich

Chemistry

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All Nobel laureates last year in medicine, physics, chemistry and economics are Springer authors

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Springer and most of Macmillan Science and Education to be merged

• Holtzbrinck和BC Partner管理的股权基金全资拥有合并后的集团。

• Springer和Macmillan Science and Education (MSE)都具有长期专注于出版的传统，将为客户提供

更广泛的选择，更多的内容和更大的读者群。

• MSE带来了《自然》期刊系列和优秀的人文社会科学图书书目。

• Springer带来了知名的科技图书和期刊资源以及功能强大的出版平台，还有高度发达的运营系统。

• 2013财年两家公司合并后的销售额约为15亿欧元。

• 两家公司在全球范围内拥有13000名雇员。

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Plus ~160

NPG journals

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WK Health

Sage

Elsevier

Wiley-Blackwell

CUP

Palgrave Macmillan

OUP

Taylor & Francis

Springer

Medicine Science & Technology Social Sciences & Humanities

Leading book publishers by number of new titles 2013

Data from www.puballey.com ; if a book is published simultaneously in hard- and paperback editions, only the hardback edition was included

5,920

4,651

2,342

1,459

1,500

1,389

1,945

759

241

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Publishing Fields

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Interdisciplinary Fields

K. Quinn May 2012

Water

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* MRW: Major Reference Work

Article

Review

Briefs Monograph

Handbook

MRW*/Encyclopedia

Length

Spectrum of STM Publications

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How to submit your paper to Springer

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Where to start? – Springer Author Academy

springer.com/authors

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Certificate

Quizzes

Courses:

• Journal Author Academy: Writing your

Manuscript

• Journal Author Academy: Submitting and

Peer Review

• Springer English Academy

• Peer Review Academy

• Book Author Academy

• Open Access Academy

Springer Author Academy: Online courses (Academy.springer.com)

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• Choosing a journal

(Springer Journal Selector)

• Subscription-based or open access?

• Online Submission

• MyPublication

• Article Tracking

• Congratulation and surveys

• Citation Alert

Manuscript is ready, now on to publication:

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Choosing the right journal - springer.com journal pages

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Choosing the right journal - springer.com journal pages (cont.)

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• Choosing a journal

• Subscription-based or open access?

• Online Submission

• MyPublication

• Article Tracking

• Congratulation and surveys

• Citation Alert

Manuscript is ready, now on to publication:

The majority of our Springer journals participates in the Open Choice program, where you can choose to have your paper published open access within an established subscription-based journal.

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OA publishing at Spinger – our expertise

• More than 10 years of experience with publishing open access journals

• Over 400 fully open access journals

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2013 Impact Factor

5.29

5.4

5.49

5.88

6.22

6.22

6.99

7.28

7.43

10.5

0 5 10 15

Molecular Neurodegeneration

Molecular Cancer

Molecular Autism

Breast Cancer Research

Clinical Epigenetics

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

BMC Medicine

BMC Biology

Genome Biology

164 BMC journals have a 2013 Impact Factor

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• Choosing a journal

• Subscription-based or open access?

•Online Submission

• MyPublication

• Article Tracking

• Congratulation and surveys

• Citation Alert

Manuscript is ready, now on to publication:

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• Your manuscript is processed quickly and efficiently

Online manuscript submission and review systems:

• Editorial Manager

• ManuscriptCentral

(depending on individual journal)

Submit Online link on the journal homepage

leads you directly to the system used by that journal

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• Choosing a journal

• Subscription-based or open access?

• Online Submission

•MyPublication

• Article Tracking

• Congratulation and surveys

• Citation Alert

• Article-level metrics

Manuscript is ready, now on to publication:

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• Choosing a journal

• Subscription-based or open access?

• Online Submission

• MyPublication

•Article Tracking

• Congratulation and surveys

• Citation Alert

• Article-level metrics

Manuscript is ready, now on to publication:

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• Choosing a journal

• Subscription-based or open access?

• Online Submission

• MyPublication

• Article Tracking

• Congratulation and surveys

• Citation Alert

• Article-level metrics

Manuscript is ready, now on to publication:

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• Choosing a journal

• Subscription-based or open access?

• Online Submission

• MyPublication

• Article Tracking

• Congratulation and surveys

• Citation Alert

• Article-level metrics

Manuscript is ready, now on to publication:

Citations.springer.com

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• Choosing a journal

• Subscription-based or open access?

• Online Submission

• MyPublication

• Article Tracking

• Congratulation and surveys

• Citation Alert

•Article-level metrics

Manuscript is ready, now on to publication:

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How to submit your book

proposal to Springer

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Process of Book Publication

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www.springer.com

Subject area

Choose your

subject area

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If you want to

publish your

book, please

contact the

editor

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Contact our editors for authors from Greater China

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springer.com/about+springer/what+we+do/springer+in+china

All editors from China

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www.springer.com/authors/book+authors

Book authors

can access

detailed

guidelines

from

Springer.com

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Dr. Leana Li

Editor, Human Sciences

RM 408-412 Beijing Ideal Plaza

No. 58 Northwest 4th Ring Road｜Beijing 100080｜China

Tel: 010-8267 0211

Email: Leana.Li@springer.com

Presentations can be downloaded at springer.com/chinaauthorworkshop