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Page 1: Writing for Publication (without losing your sanity or your friends) Mary Brydon-Miller University of Cincinnati.

Writing for Publication(without losing your sanity or

your friends)

Mary Brydon-Miller

University of Cincinnati

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Publication Process•Identifying a publication

•Creating a draft

•Revision

•Submission

•Revision

•Responding to reviews

•Resubmission

•Publication

•Celebration

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Types of Publications• Print peer-reviewed journals• On-line peer-reviewed journals• Scholarly press monographs• Scholarly press edited volumes• Textbooks• Professional newsletters and publications• Popular press• On-line publications—blogs, wikis, listservs, etc.• Self-publication

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Forms of Academic Writing

• Refereed journal articles

• Book chapters

• Book reviews

• Book review essay

• Encyclopedia entries

• Response to articles

• Editing publications

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Forms of Academic Presentations

• International conferences (good luck getting there!)

• National academic conference presentation

• Regional academic conference presentation

• Professional organization meetings

• Invited guest lectures

• Workshops

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Creating a Draft

• Identify publication site

• Review submission guidelines

• Clarify your audience

• Establish your writing voice

• Develop a workable structure/outline…

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WRITE!!

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Getting Started

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Avoiding Academic Jargon

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Taking Risks and Having Fun

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Revision

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Collaborative Writing and Co-authorship

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Developing effective and ethical writing teams

• Demystify publication process• Develop academic writing skills of co-authors• Draw upon the unique skills of fellow contributors• Explore ways of allowing multiple authorial

voices to be developed• Negotiate contributions and order of authorship

ahead of time• Be willing to review decisions based on changing

circumstances

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Giving credit where credit is due…

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APA guidelines for publication assigning credit

(a) Psychologists take responsibility and credit, including authorship credit, only for work they have actually performed or to which they have substantially contributed. (See also Standard 8.12b, Publication Credit.)

(b) Principal authorship and other publication credits accurately reflect the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their relative status. Mere possession of an institutional position, such as department chair, does not justify authorship credit. Minor contributions to the research or to the writing for publications are acknowledged appropriately, such as in footnotes or in an introductory statement.

(c) Except under exceptional circumstances, a student is listed as principal author on any multiple-authored article that is substantially based on the student’s doctoral dissertation. Faculty advisors discuss publication credit with students as early as feasible and throughout the research and publication process as appropriate. (See also Standard 8.12b, Publication Credit.)

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Co-authorship Options

 Griebling, S., Zayas, V. R., Brydon-Miller, M., Gerlach, J., Norman, C. and members ofthe Action Research Seminar (in press). Exploring the Relationship between Faculty, Students, and the Social and Behavioral Ethics Review Committee through Action Research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics.

Action Research Team (2008). Postcards to Paulo: Enacting Critical Pedagogy in the Action Research Classroom. Journal of Thought, Spring-Summer,11-20.

  Allen, D., Bolden-Haraway, C., Brydon-Miller, M. Cook, A., Eby, B., Foster, W., Mack, G., Obarski, K. Ostendorf W., Thurman, S., and Welch, K. (2003). Action research and the challenges of urban education. International Journal of Learning, 10, 989-997.

 

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Submission

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What reviewers and editors look for…

• Fits with journal or volume focus

• Makes an important contribution to the field

• Provides a well-supported and clearly written description of the project

• Offers reasonable conclusions based on data…doesn’t over-reach

• Uses creative and engaging style

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Possible Reviewer Responses

• Accept without revision

• Accept with minor revision

• Accept with major revision

• Revise and resubmit

• Reject

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Responding to Reviewer Comments

• Don’t argue, don’t complain, feign gratitude

• Respond point by point

• Indicate where in draft you’ve incorporated specific recommendations

• If you do decide not to incorporate a recommendation explain why

• Throw them a bone

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Potential Outlets for Publication

 Action Learning Action Research Journal (ALARj) www.alarpm.org.au/journal

 

Action Research www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105462

 

Action Research International www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/ari/arihome.html

 

AR Expeditions www.arexpeditions.montana.edu/index.php

 

Educational Action Research www.triangle.co.uk/ear/

 

International Journal of Action Research www.Hampp-Verlag.de

 

International Learning Journal www.learningconference.com/

 

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In conclusion…

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Top Ten Tips for Successful Academic Writing

1. Have something to say. 2 Support your ideas. 3. Know your audience. 4. Follow the rules. 5. Don’t follow the rules. 6. Intelligent ≠ obtuse. 7. Be yourself. 8. Pay attention to details. 9. Flow. 10. Draft, redraft, reredraft…  and a bonus tip.. 11. If you can’t let your friends read it, why would anyone else want to? Get

feedback!

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Thank you