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Publication without tearsTips for aspiring authors EMMA COONAN
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION LITERACY
• Inside the ‘black box’ • Framing your article• On writing
Have you submitted an article for publication?
Do you edit or peer review already?
You might enjoy this Scholarly Kitchen article if so.
Inside the ‘black box’
Managing editor: Cathie Jackson
Book review editor: Ian Hunter
Articles should be …• Research-informed and evidence-based• Designed around an arguable research question• Contextualised with reference to previous and current
advances in IL thinking• Methodologically robust with a demonstrable research
design
Publication criteria
• Relevance to the journal’s remit• Originality and interest to our audience • Title and abstract• Approach and method• Use of literature and referencing • Clarity of expression and structure
Peer review criteria
• Relevance to the journal’s remit – research- or practice-based investigations into information literacy• Originality and interest to our audience - useful contribution to
knowledge or good practice?• Title and abstract – appropriate wording and length and
informative?• Approach and method – appropriate? rigorous?• Use of literature and referencing – good analysis of literature?
Good referencing or signs of plagiarism?• Clarity of expression and structure – clear exposition of
argument? Logical structure? Spell out acronyms, avoid jargon!
Peer review criteria
Accept for publication without amendment - almost never!
Revisions requiredMajor revisions required followed by peer reviewResubmit elsewhereDecline submission
Reviewer recommendations
Editor-in-ChiefEmma Coonan
• Make a list of all the actions needed of you
• If you can’t meet them, discuss this with the editors
• Revise the paper and resubmit it
• If there were comments you didn’t address, because you couldn’t or because you disagreed with them, say why
• Remember that addressing these comments may unearth other suggested changes – several rounds of revisions may be required
What to do with reviewer comments
• Make a list of all the actions needed of you Can you address them? If so, how?• If you can’t meet them, discuss this with the editors
Tell us why (you can take your article elsewhere!) • Revise the paper and resubmit it
with a covering letter detailing how you have addressed each comment
You might also like this Storify.
What to do with reviewer comments
• ‘Resubmit’ doesn’t mean ‘Reject’It’s been known for authors to react as though they’re the same thing• Journals have a specific scope and remit
If your article doesn’t fit, our container is the wrong shape!• We are writers too
… and we know it sucks to have your writing criticised
Remember …
Feedback should be constructive, comprehensive and courteous ... The role of peer reviewer is a privileged one and must be undertaken with empathy and integrity.
JIL Author Guidelines
“help[ed] to make a potentially very scary process a lot more manageable.”
“The author would like to thank …the reviewers, whose comments were invaluable.”
Reviewing the reviewers
“I would like to thank you again for all the constructive and benevolent effort that you and your reviewers put into this review and for the graciousness with which you did it. I have been through several submission processes that have been quite impersonal and where the critical feedback has been either on the verge of cruelty or entirely neglectful. You and your reviewers stand apart …”
Reviewing the reviewers
JIL copyeditors
Lizzie Seals
Sharon Lawler
Helen Bader
Lisa Hutchins
JIL Copyeditors’ advice
• Use the publication template if there is one• Define acronyms and abbreviations on first use• Format your references using the journal’s house style• Ensure all in-text citations are given a full reference at
the end, and that all references are cited in the text• Ensure diagrams and images are copyright-cleared
and/or attributed
Tweet by Academia Obscura reproduced with permission
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Once it is published• Add it to your institutional repository if publisher
permits• Tell the world - use the DOI where possible
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Framing YOUR article
Author:You
What is a journal article?
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You might find this blog post useful too.
What could you publish?
What could you publish?
• Literature review• Data• Your ‘beloved darlings’
Think of publishing something from your research, not your thesis
Framing YOUR article
Author:You
On writing
Tell your reader …
• Context - you’re contributing to a dialogue• Approach and method that underpin the
research• Rigour - the validity of your approach and
findings• What/why/how of your research
What/why/how
• What is your research?
• Why are you doing it?
• How are you doing it?
What/why/how• What is your research?What questions does it address (or ask)?
• Why are you doing it?Why does it matter? What will it change?What interests/frustrates/niggles you about the topic?
• How are you doing it?What’s your approach or method? How does it frame your findings?How does it help you mitigate bias?
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Emma Coonan, Editor-in-ChiefJournal of Information [email protected]
Twitter: LibGoddess
A bit more on writing
• Keep focused Pin your hypothesis or question and your what/why/how analysis by your desk. Everything you write is directed towards answering the question.
• Flatpack itDive in wherever you feel you have something to say. Write up the section which comes most naturally and compile the sections later.
• It’s iterativeDraft, redraft, draft again (and see Lamott on first drafts!)
• Find (or bribe) a proofreader This could be a colleague, friend or family member, but always get someone else to read it through!
• Read critically to help you write critically Become a reviewer – or ‘buddy up’ with another aspiring author and support each other
• Free-writingDon’t wait until you know what you want to say – get ideas out of your head so you can reflect on and develop them
• Join (or start) a writers’ groupYou can read why I love them in this blog post.
• Break it down It’s like eating an elephant!
http://patthomson.net/
http://explorationsofstyle.com/
Emma Coonan, Editor-in-ChiefJournal of Information [email protected]
Twitter: LibGoddess