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How to get your article published

How to get published

Why publish in a journal?

Choosing the right journal

Preparing your article

Publication ethics

Peer review, editor decisions and revising

Life after acceptance

The online journal

Intellectual property rights

Open Access

Maximizing the impact of your article

Helpful resources

How the publication process works

Why should you consider publication?Quality

Do you have a contribution to make?

Peer review process / Journal reputation

Academic advancement

Dissemination

Journal website (+ SAGE media channels)Consortia and Developing World Initiatives

Society members receive issues of a journal

Which journal should you submit to?

Aims and Scope

Metrics

Thompson Reuters (ISI)

Scopus (Elsevier)

REF (UK) / ERIH (Euro) / ERA (Aus)

Journal usage

Publication speed

Accept / Reject ratesDiscuss with senior colleaguesWhat journals do you read?

Preparing your manuscript

READ the manuscript submission guidelines

Referencing style

Word limit

Title, abstract, keywords

Conventions of academic writingSupplemental data?Proof read

Cover letter

Preparing your manuscript - Copyright and EthicsObtain permission for all copyrighted material

Authorship / Acknowledgment

Funding statement

Conflict of interest

Plagiarism (don’t do it)

Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement COPE - http://publicationethics.org/

Preparing your manuscript

Check the JOURNAL WEBSITE

Check the SAGE AUTHOR GATEWAY

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway/authorGateway.htm

English language editing services -

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway/engLang.htm

Supplementary data - http://www.uk.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/doc/Supplemental_data_on_sjo_guidelines_for_authors.doc

Submit!Submit to one journal at a time

Online manuscript submission system

Scholar One (SAGE Track)

Email

What happens next?

PEER REVIEW

First impressions count – submit the best possible product

Academic Editors are busy people

Check the review policy – some journals will indicate turnaround times

Look at the editorial board/associate editor list – potential reviewers of your paperCheck the online submission system for updates

Peer review: the nuts and boltsA new guide from Sense about Science

Basics of peer review with early career

researchers in mind

91% of researchers from a 2009 survey

believe that their last paper was

improved through the peer review processFree booklet available onlineAdvice from editors, reviewers, publishers and journalists

www.senseaboutscience.org/resources

Typical first decisions

Revisions are nearly always requested

DECISION TYPES

Desk reject

Reject after review

Major revisions requiredConditional accept with minor revisions

Accept without change – extremely rare

Handling revisions

Follow the timeframes requested for review

Demonstrate what you have changed

Address each referee point in a covering note

If you can’t meet all criticisms, explain why

Be positiveProcess can take 2-3 iterations

Handling rejection

Read the referees’ report and the Editor’s letter

Focus on why

Try and re-work the paper

Consider submitting to an

alternative journal

Life after acceptance

SAGE Journals Online PlatformHosted by

Highwire

, 50million+ monthly users

Highwire

hosted articles rank higher on major search engines

Toll free inter-journal reference linkingMobile optimized sitesOnlineFirstSocial bookmarking and sharing linksMost read and cited article lists

What are my intellectual property rights as a SAGE author?

Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement

Exclusive licence

© The Author(s)

Permissions handled by SAGE who ensure protection against infringement of copyright

Authors have a right to re-publish in a bookAuthors can distribute on a non commercial basisPost prints can be deposited in a repository after 12 monthswww.sagepub.com/journalgateway/pubPolicies.htm#

SAGE Open Access options

http://sgo.sagepub.com/

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm

Maximising the impact of your article

Additional resourcesSAGE Journal Author

Gateway

‘Publishing Journal

Articles’

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books

/Book236083/title

Thank you for listening

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