Research to Research to PublicationPublicationResearch to Research to PublicationPublication

MARLA MULCAHYMARLA MULCAHY

Introduction

•Are you planning on sending your work to journals for possible publication?

•What is stopping you?•Why you may want to consider

this as an option

How to get Started

• Selecting a Journal – Who is your audience?– Who is likely to read/benefit from it?– Match the topic to the journal – Match the type of article

• Quantitative vs. Qualitative • Narrative

– Quality of the Journal

• Selecting (Continued)– Circulation of the journal – Frequency of publication – Impact factor and acceptance rates – Publication fees

Suggestions for Finding a Journal

• http://biosemantics.org/jane/• Consulting experts

– Mentor

• Manually reviewing • Library resources

Possible Journals for You

• Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Excellence

• International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

• Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research

journals listed above are all fairly open-ended and not specific to any one discipline.  There aren’t any fees associated with publication in any of these journals. (Kirsten Gabriel)

Author Guidelines

• What you should expect find: – Types of manuscripts

• Solicited vs. unsolicited

– Preparation of manuscripts• Length• Citation style • Overall writing and formatting style

– Review Process– Ethics and copyright information

Example #1

Foodservice Systems Management Education Council

http://fsmec.org/journal/

“So I sent my article, now what?”

• Sent to reviewers: timeline 2-6 months for response (maybe longer)

• Editor respond with accept/reject/accept with revisions; reviewer comments

• If accepted with revisions – typically fairly short turn-around time to complete

• Editor will send “galley proofs” for final approval before publication

Concluding Thoughts

• Advantage of publishing with your mentor – Past publishing history

• Rejections – Reasons why?

Acknowledgements

Dr. Judy Anderson

Kirsten Gabriel

QUESTIONS???