Publishing During Your PhD: The Things I Have Learned

Dr Steven VaughanBirmingham Law School

3 key bits of advice:

1. Publish

2. Publish

3. Publish

Why publish?

Fame, Fortune, Future

Competing Factors

Finishing on Time

Passing

Gainful Employment

When?

What?

Articles

Case Notes

Book Reviews

Blogs

Legal Journalism

Working Papers

Conference Papers

Where?

The Modern Law Review isn’t always the best option…

Tips:

1. Find someone to write with

2. Do something simple to start off

3. Factor in ‘drawer’ time

4. Get feedback from as many people as possible

Journal Processes1. You send it in

2. Normally, the editor reads it

3. It goes out for review

4. Reviewers send in comments

5. Acceptance/Rejection/Resubmission

6. Copyright Form + Proofs

7. Publication

Feedback + Rejection

“It may be that you are just not capable of the sort of scholarship we are looking for…”

Publishing your PhD as a Book

1. Do your publisher research

2. Don’t send your proposal off ‘cold’

3. Don’t send off your entire thesis, unless asked

4. Be prepared for a bit of a fight

• http://www.palgrave-journals.com/eps/journal/v2/n2/pdf/eps20039a.pdf

• http://www.palgrave-journals.com/eps/journal/v2/n3/pdf/eps200323a.pdf

• http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=857344

• http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/researchAndDevelopment/gettingPublished/gettingPublishedTimesHigher.pdf

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