Editorial Requirements for Work Products
While there are many avenues for PhD research presentation and publication, the most common venues are peer-reviewed academic journals and national conferences. Every journal and conference will have publishing and presentation requirements in order for your work to be accepted for publication or for you to be accepted to present your work. When preparing work for an article submission or conference presentation, access the submission requirements, and then carefully adhere to each requirement. Academic journals are categorized into tiers according to the impact factor of the journal.
It is difficult for young academics to publish in a tier 1 journal (Johnson, 2010). Co-writing an article with an established scholar may help your article be accepted for publication, but the key is the quality of the work, so publication is never guaranteed. Tier 2 and 3 journals are easier journals with lower impact factors to be published, but even for tier 2 and 3 journals, until you amass a scholarly record of publication, your submission has more of a chance of being accepted if you include an established scholar as second author. Most peer reviews are blinded, meaning the reviewer does not see the names of the author(s). The reason for published with an established scholar is less about the scholar’s name recognition and more about the scholar’s experience in crafting an effective manuscript more likely to be published. In general, publishing is difficult in academia, but the key is not to give up. Conduct research with established scholars and keep submitting articles for publication (Becker & Denicolo, 2012).
Author requirements for article submission typically include the style required. Examples of these styles include APA, Modern Language Association, American Medical Association, and Chicago style). Other requirements include total word count, the subsection titles for the article (e.g., Introduction, Method, Findings, Discussion), and table and illustration requirements. Adhering to every guideline in preparing your article submission is critical for it to be considered for review and not being rejected.
Examples of peer-reviewed academic journals include The International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, The Journal of Higher Education, and The Middle School Journal.
While conferences are not divided into tiers like academic journals, some national association memberships are more recognized than others in one’s education specialization. For assistance in selecting appropriate academic journals and conferences when you are accepted into the dissertation phase of your PhD, seek advice from your dissertation Chair. Be sure to seek advice from colleagues at your place of employment who have published and presented their work or attended conferences (Salmons & Kara, 2019).
Examples of national conferences include The Joint Mathematics Conference, hosted by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS), and the Shaping the Future of Higher Education Conference, hosted by theAmerican Association of Colleges and Universities.Most K-12 education professional organizations hold a yearly conference and invite submissions for presentations and poster sessions. While most conferences welcome workshop or session presentations, it is easier as a new PhD scholar to have your work accepted for a poster session.
Each academic journal and national conference will have specific requirements for submitting your work. The majority of academic journals will require APA style for article submission, and the majority of national and international conferences will require APA style for poster submissions. Therefore, for this week’s assignment, you will select a journal and conference in your topic area that requires APA formatting for an article and workshop presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint.
There are several ways to identify an academic journal for article submission. First, review the journals of articles that you have already cited to support your research topic (Johnson, 2010). Those journals have already published articles on your topic, so they are potential journals for publishing your own work. Second, search the SUU library for journals that publish articles on your topic that you may have missed. The SUU librarians are excellent resources to help you with that search if needed. Once you have identified 2 to 3 possible journals, type each journal’s name into your internet search engine (e.g., Google, Google Scholar). This search will usually produce a link to the journal’s website, which will list the author’s requirements for submission.
Use a similar approach to identify relevant national conferences. Using an internet search engine, type in your topic area and the word conferences; for example, higher education conferences. Also, talk with colleagues at work regarding what national organizations they belong to and ask your professors for recommendations for national organizations that hold national conferences in your topic area. You will use what you discover about journals and conferences related to your interests in order to complete this week’s assignment.
References
Becker, L., & Denicolo, P. (2012). Success in research: Publishing journal articles. SAGE. doi:10.4135/9781446288139
Johnson, N. F. (2010). Publishing from your PhD: Negotiating a crowded jungle. Routledge.
Salmons, J., & Kara, H. (2019). Publishing from your doctoral research: Create and use a publication strategy. Routledge.
Resources
Impact Factor Guide
Assignment
Specify Submission Requirements for Two Academic Journals and a National Conference
Part 1
Using a search engine, conduct a search for two academic journals pertaining to your research topic. Remember to identify a journal that requires use of APA formatting. Access the submission requirements online. Save the article submission requirements as a PDFs.
Then, conduct this same exercise for one national conference. For the national conference, save two PDF files: a) the submission requirements for a workshop session, and b) the submission requirements for a poster session. Note: If all the conference submission information is listed consecutively on the conference website, save as one PDF.
Part 2
In a Word document, write two to three paragraphs on why you chose those particular journals and the particular conference. Upload it with your PDF files for the assignment.
You may be uploading up to five documents to complete this two-part assignment:
– 2 journal article submissions PDFs,
– 1 conference workshop requirements PDF,
– 1 poster session requirements PDF, and
– 1 reflection Word document.
Length: The length is however many pages it takes to list all the submission requirements for the academic journal and the national conference, in addition to your submission reflections.
References: No scholarly resources are required for this assignment.
The completed assignment should address all of the assignment requirements, exhibit evidence of concept knowledge, and demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the content presented in the course.
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