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How to get published

CSIRO PUBLISHING

Andrew Stammer, Director CSIRO PUBLISHING Australian Na4onal University , 15 May 2014

How to get published •  IntroducCons •  Thanks to Michael Mabe of STM AssociaCon and Camilla

Myers of CSIRO Publishing •  ScienCfic journals and peer review •  Choosing a journal

Stammer: How to get published, ANU, 15 May 2014

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ScienCfic Journal – some history

The invenCon of journal publishing

•  Henry Oldenburg (c1618-‐1677)

•  Secretary, Royal Society, 1663

•  Editor and publisher, first scien4fic journal, 1665

Courtesy of Michael Mabe, STM Associa4on


•  Journal Owner – profit, fulfils charter to advance knowledge, presCge

•  Editors – fame, altruism, money, presCge •  Authors – registra4on, cer4fica4on, dissemina4on,

archiving = reputa4on & promo4on = presCge – value for money in open access environment

•  Readers – assured quality, relevance, findable, persistent

•  Librarians – relevance, value for money •  Reviewers – advance awareness of research, altruism,

ego •  You – You need a job!


ScienCfic Journal – its purpose

From Oldenburg’s lehers:

•  REGISTRATION: of your discovery, made by you, on a certain date (before anyone else!) •  to assert ownership and achieve priority

• DISSEMINATION: to tell your peers about what you have discovered and advance knowledge in your field •  to ahract recogni4on and collabora4on

•  CERTIFICATION: to gain the stamp of quality for you and your research by publica4on in a peer-‐reviewed journal •  to establish your reputa4on, career, reward (future funding)

• ARCHIVE: to leave a permanent record of your research •  your legacy, immortality

Courtesy of Michael Mabe, STM Associa4on


In 1665...


Peer review – what is it?

• The defining feature of learned journals • A cri4cal assessment of the research by peers with relevant exper4se

• Quality control – reputa4on of journal

• Selec4ng reviewers is key role of journal editors • Must be expert, independent and unbiased


Peer review – what does it idenCfy?

•  Novelty, originality and significance

•  Sound methodology/study design

•  Validity of results

•  Limita4ons

•  Strength of interpreta4on and conclusions

•  Proper ahribu4on of sources

•  Match between scope of paper and journal


Which journal?

Some ques4ons to ask yourself:

• Which journals do I read? • Who do I want to read my work?

• Who do I want to influence?

• Which journals do they publish in? • What do their cita4on maps tell me?


Which journal? Using citaCon databases

Scopus and Web of Science 1)  Use Document Search

a)  using keywords b)  to give list of papers

2)  Analyse Results a)  Source 4tles b)  Author names


Choosing the right journal

•  Target readership • Distribu4on/market size •  Impact factor, total cites, etc •  Turnaround 4mes •  Cost • Website and accessibility/Open Access •  Funding agency or lab director’s preference!


Journal reputaCon

•  Impact factor •  Cita4on ranking in discipline defined by ISI •  No. of ar4cles, cita4ons per year, rejec4on rate •  Editorial Board •  Peer group opinion • Who is publishing in the journal


Journal Impact Factor

ISI Ranking

No. Articles in JCR Year

Lab Ranking

Nature 38.597 1/56 869 ?

Talanta 3.489 12/75 842 ?

Forensic Science International 2.307 5/16 464 ?

British Journal of Sports Medicine 3.668 6/84 198 ?

American Journal of Public Health 3.930 16/158 300 ?

Molecular Ecology 6.275 10/136 445 ?

PLoS One 3.730 7/56 23,406 ?

Business Strategy and Environment 3.236 6/90 38 ?

Impact Factor

2013 Impact Factor

Cita4ons during 2013 to all ar4cles published in Journal in 2010 and 2011

÷ Number of ‘citable ar4cles’ published in Journal

in 2010 and 2011


What can a journal homepage tell you?


Social media connec4ons

Online early

Email alerts & RSS feeds

Connec4ons to the press

Scope – about the journal

Society journal

Editors’ highlights

CrossRef membership (DOIs)

Journal visibility in the research community

• Maximum exposure – website taxonomy • Cri4cal mass – publisher has many related publica4ons • Society links • Email alert service, RSS feeds, social media groups • Widely abstracted/indexed (e.g. PubMed, ISI, Scopus) • CrossRef (hhp://www.crossref.org/) • Displayed at major conferences • Press coverage & ar4cle promo4on


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