Publication Strategy – your work in progress

Frances BellResearch in Learning Technology http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/Workshop given on 25 June , 2013 at Institute of Learning Innovation,University of Leicester

Aim

To provoke thinking about how to develop a publishing strategy

To consider different media in the development and dissemination of ‘knowledge’

What does Wikipedia say about strategy?

;)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy

Strategy is a high level plan to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty.

Strategy is important because the resources available to achieve these goals are usually limited.

Strategy is also about attaining and maintaining a position of advantage over adversaries through the successive exploitation of known or emergent possibilities rather than committing to any specific fixed plan designed at the outset.

Some questions – 10 minute discussion

Why do you want to publish?

Where should you publish?

When to publish?

 Gestation or Night inClose colleagues:•Presentation/ feedback•Local peer review

Conference:•Presentation/ feedback

Personal network:Blogging and comments

Journal:Read contentCheck audienceOffer to reviewSubmit , and resubmitNo such thing as failure

Close colleagues

Presentation/ feedback

Local peer review

Writing partners

Not necessarily geographically close

Personal network

Social mediaWhere is your network?

#acwri #phdchat

For PhD students http://thesiswhisperer.com/ @ThomsonPat http://patthomson.wordpress.com/

http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2011/10/twitter_guide.aspxb

Blogging and comments

http://francesbell.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/comparing-two-publication-channels-academic-journals-and-blogs/

A word on Open Access

Benefits for readers and authors

Link makes article accessible via social media

http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/17163/html

Conference

Hard deadline

Presentation/ feedback

https://twitter.com/TheGilchristPG/status/349098015941865472/photo/1

Journal

Standard academic outlet - choosing is challenging

Check out chosen journalRead articles

Check audience

What next?

Offer to review

Submit , and resubmit

No such thing as failure

Fitting it all together

http://francesbell.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/comparing-two-publication-channels-academic-journals-and-blogs/

Strategy to include different media and channels

http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/using-social-media-to-enhance-your-research-activities

What is your publication strategy?

Make a note of yourGoals

Uncertainties

Resources

Plan at least one thing you will publish in nextMonth

Year

5 years

Check against your goals

Check back on questions

Why do you want to publish?

Where should you publish?

When to publish?

Summary

Personal goals important – short, medium and long term

Personal networks help –information, encouragement, feedback

Things will change – you, your life, your job, knowledge, technology

Need flexible strategy

Any other questions?

Resources

http://www.slideshare.net/lisbk/using-social-media-to-enhance-your-research-activities

http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2011/jun/30/post-doc-publishing-strategy

http://www.phd2published.com/

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JANj3JAjgTKbRjAlLB2-i0thB5jCNA7lrQUtRTwx82E/present#slide=id.gc02b65ac_0101