RSCH-12:Don'tPerish,Publish!Peer-ReviewedPublishingwithATOBJenniferFlagg,ATOBEditor-in-ChiefLoriGeist,ATOBEditorialBoardMemberCarolynPhillips,ATOBAssociateEditorJoyZabala,ATOBEditorialBoardMember

Email:ATOBEditor@ATIA.ORG

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LearningObjectives

1. Describethreesubmissioncategoriesforarticles,andtypesofarticlesappropriateforeach.

2. IdentifythreewaystocontributetotheATcommunityviaATOB.

3. DemonstrateknowledgeofthesixmajorstagesoftheATOBpublicationprocess.

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ATOBEditorialBoardEditor-in-Chief• JenniferL.Flagg, Co-Principal Investigator,CenteronKnowledge TranslationforTechnology

Transfer, UniversityatBuffaloEmail: atobeditor@atia.org

AssociateEditors• KateHerndon, DirectorofEducational ProductResearch,AmericanPrinting HousefortheBlind

• CarolynP.Phillips, Director,ToolsforLifeGeorgiaAssistiveTechnologyActProgram

ProductionManagers• VictoriaA.Holder, Outreach Specialist, ToolsforLife,GeorgiaInstitute ofTechnology

• ElizabethA.Persaud, Trainingand OutreachCoordinator, ToolsforLife, GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology

• CarolineVanHowe, ChiefOperating Officer,ATIA

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ATOBEditorialBoardEditor-in-Chief• JenniferL.Flagg, Co-Principal

Investigator,CenteronKnowledgeTranslationforTechnologyTransfer,UniversityatBuffaloEmail: atobeditor@atia.org

AssociateEditors• KateHerndon, DirectorofEducational

ProductResearch,AmericanPrintingHousefortheBlind

• CarolynP.Phillips, Director,ToolsforLifeGeorgiaAssistiveTechnologyActProgram

ProductionManagers• VictoriaA.Holder, Outreach

Specialist, ToolsforLife,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology

• ElizabethA.Persaud, TrainingandOutreachCoordinator, ToolsforLife,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology

• CarolineVanHowe, ChiefOperatingOfficer,ATIA

EditorialBoardMembers• DavidBanes,ManagingDirector,DavidBanes,Access

andInclusionServices

• RussellT.Cross, DirectorofClinicalOperations,PrentkeRomich Company

• AnyaEvmenova, AssistantProfessor,AssistiveandSpecial EducationTechnology,GeorgeMasonUniversity

• LoriGeist, ResearchAssistantProfessor/ProjectDirector,CenterforLiteracy&DisabilityStudies,UNCChapelHill

• BenSatterfield, ResearchConsultant,CenterforATExcellence,GAToolsforLifeatGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology

• JudithSchoonover, OccupationalTherapistandAssistiveTechnologySpecialist,LoudounCountyDistrictPublicSchools,Virginia.AOTAFellow.

• MelissaSnider, ATAdvocate&Writer

• AbuYilla, ClinicalAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofKinesiology,UniversityofTexas,Arlington

• JoyZabala,Co-Director,NationalCenteronAccessibleEducationalMaterials(AEMCenter),DirectorofTechnicalAssistance,CAST

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ATOBHistory

• Firstpublishedin2004• PartnershipbetweenATIAandTheSpecialEducationAssistiveTechnology(SEAT)CenteratIllinoisState

• Editor-in-Chief:HowardPParette• ProductionManager:BrianWojcik• FocusedIssueEditors:Multiplecontributors

• ArchivedissuesavailableonATOBwebpage– www.atia.org/atob

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PurposeandAudience

• “…toadvancetheATindustryby– (a)fosteringcommunicationamongstakeholdersinterestedinthefieldofAT,includingmanufacturers,vendors,practitioners,policymakers,researchers,consumerswithdisabilities,andfamilymembers;

– (b)facilitatingevidence-baseddemonstrationsandcase-baseddialogueregardingeffectiveATdevicesandservices;and

– (c)helpingstakeholdersadvocateforeffectiveATdevicesandservices.”

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ATOBWebpage(continued)

Allissuesfrom2004-2017areonlineandopen-access:https://www.atia.org/at-resources/atob/

AccessibleWordandPDFformats

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EditorialPolicy- KeyPoints

• 3SubmissionCategories– Field,Industry,andAcademia

• TypesofArticles– Applied/ClinicalResearch;CaseStudies;Design;MarketingResearch;Project/ProgramDescription;ApproachestoServiceDelivery;ConsumerandCaregiverPerspectives.

• OpenAccessPolicy

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ATOBConsumerPerspectives

• ATOBwelcomessubmissionsfromindividualswithdisabilities,theirfamilymembers,orcaregivers.– Intendedtohighlighttheuser’sperspectiveandopinionsaboutAT.

–Whensharingexperienceandopinions,avoidgeneralizations.

– Sampleoutlineavailable.

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ManuscriptSubmissionProcess

1. InitialSubmission2. DeskAcceptance3. PeerReview&Revisions4. CopyEditing5. Galleyproofs6. Publication

TheATOBEditorialBoardisavailabletoprovideassistanceatanypointintheprocess.

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PublishingGuidelines

• EachmanuscriptmustreflectthestyleguidelinesofthePublicationManualoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation(6thedition,2009).

• Manuscriptsshouldbenomorethan25pagesinlength(double-spaced),includingreferences,tables,andfigures.Duetotheelectronicformatofthejournal,allsubmissionsshouldbesubmittedasemailattachmentsinaMicrosoft®Wordformat.

• SeedetailedManuscriptPreparationGuidelinesforAuthors formoreinformationonformattingrequirementsandsubmissioninstructions.

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InstitutionalReviewBoard

• An InstitutionalReviewBoard (IRB)isacommitteeestablishedtoreviewandapproveresearchinvolvinghumansubjects.ThepurposeoftheIRBistoensurethatallhumansubjectresearchbeconductedinaccordancewithallfederal,institutional,andethicalguidelines.

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10TipsforProducingaQualityPaper

1. Beginwithawell-defined,relevantquestion– movetheATfieldforward

2. FollowIRBGuidelines3. Useperson-first,disabilitypositivelanguage4. Makesureyourdocumentisinaccessibleformat5. Figures&tablesshouldbeadequatelylabeled–

understoodontheirown6. Makeitclear&concise7. Citeappropriately8. Becandidaboutyourwork’slimitations9. Acronymsshouldbespelledoutinthefirstinstance10. Revise,revise,revise.Stepback,&thenreviseagain.

• ThankstoKaraKockelman UniversityofTexas,Austin

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PeerReviewProcess

• Allmanuscriptsareinitiallyreviewedbytwoindividuals.– Oneorbothreviewersmaybeaskedtoreconsiderarevised

manuscript.• Reviewsarefocusedonansweringthreemainquestions:

– Doesthispapermakeanimportantsubstantivecontributiontothefieldofassistivetechnology?

– Forresearchstudies,doesthemethodology(designandexecution)permitonetodrawtheconclusionstheauthorwishestomake?

– Isthepaperwellorganizedandcompleteinexplainingwhatwasdoneandwhyandhowitwasdone?

• APA,Kazdin,1998

• Manuscriptsarereviewedbyindividualswhoareintheauthor’speergroup.

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PeerReviewEvaluationCriteria

• Significanceofthemanuscripttothefield• Relevancetofocusedtopicarea• Adequacyofdiscussionregardingstateofthepractice• Organization• Clarity• Appropriatenessoftheresearchdesign,dataanalysis,andinterpretationofresults(ifapplicable)

• OutcomesandBenefits• RelevancetoReaders

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BecomeaPeerReviewer

• Weareseekingsubjectmatterexpertsfromdiversebackgrounds.

• Emailatobeditor@atia.org– Name– Company/Organization– EmailAddress– PeerGroup(Field,Industry,Academia,Consumer)– AreaofExpertise(Education,ADL,Workplace,etc)

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What’sNewwithATOB?

• Volume11availablefordownload!– AssistiveTechnologyOutcomes:MaximizingtheBenefitsofEvolvingAssistiveTechnologySolutions

• Volume12availableSummer2018– ImplementingATinPractice:NewTechnologiesandTechniques

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ATOBVolume13

• CallforPaperswillopeninSpring2018.• Theme:– SuccessfulAssistiveTechnologyDevelopment:

TheIntersectionofResearchandProductInnovation

• Signupforourmailinglisttoreceivenotice.• reviewATOB’sEditorialPolicyand

ManuscriptPreparationGuidelinesforAuthorstolearnmoreaboutthepublication.

20ATOBVolume132018Timeline• Feb2018- Volume13themeannouncedatATIAconference

• April16,2018- Opencallforpapersbegins• June15,2018- Opencallforpaperscloses• Summer/Fall2018- Peerreview,publicationdecisions,andrevisions

• Fall2018- Copyediting• Winter2018/2019- layout• Spring/Summer2019- Publication

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Questions?

Formoreinformation,contact:ATOBEditor-in-ChiefJenniferLFlaggEmail:atobeditor@atia.org