JOURNALSProfessor Dr Zulikha JamaludinUniversiti Utara Malaysiazulie@uum.edu.myA workshop conducted for PERSATU members of UUM on 24 August, 2015

IN HIGH IMPACTWRITING & GET PUBLISHED

ZULIKHA BINTI JAMALUDINPhD (Computer Science) USM Malaysia

MSc (Computer Science) University of Exeter, England

BSc (Computer Science) University of Lancaster, England

zulie@uum.edu.my

LIFETIME MEMBER OF EMERALD LITERATILISTED IN SCOPUS AUTHOR DIRECTORY SINCE 2003

http://meetingwords.com/persatu-zu

ALSO: http://padlet.com/zulie/persatu

Writing& me

Me: researcher, author, reviewer and editor.

For any author: important to review papers from

colleagues

I review an average of 30-40 papers per year-

(gives a broader view of the hot topics for

publication)

Simple rulesdedication and hard work.

How to increase our chances of getting a paper accepted

Flowchart

Type your article’s TITLE (to be) in the meetingwords’ pad

THE WORKSHOP

OVERVIEWReasons for Paper being rejectedWhy publish?The structure of a journal-standard paperThe paper:

TitleAbstractOutline of contentIntroductionContent methodsDiscussionConclusion

FormattingPublishing – high impact journalsReasons researchers do not writeTools!

PAPERSBEINGREASONSFOR

(ASEAN)

Faulty methods

Inadequate reference

Poor quality figures

Out of journals’ scope

Inadequate contribution to field

Authors do not follow instructions

Titles not representative

Subjects of little interest

Others

WHYPUBLISH?

Research is complete only when the results are shared with the scientific community

(first sentence of Chapter

1, Publication Manual of the APA)

Scientific journals are the repository

of the accumulated knowledge in a field

Sampaikanlah...

THE STRUCTURE OF A

PAPERRESEARCH

THE STRUCTURETITLE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BODY

DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

GENERAL

PARTICULAR

PARTICULAR

GENERAL

CHOOSING THE

TITLE PhD

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Dana

CoE

SCOPUS

Utilising Natural Cyclomarin to kill

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by

Targeting the ClpC1 Subunit

(online article in Angewandte Chemie International,

11 May 2011)

EXAMPLESAnti-Tuberculosis agent

Cyclomarin.

Easy to understand

Precise

Attractive

Ethnographically

-informed

systems design

for air traffic

control

Bahasa Melayu

reading pattern

of dyslexic

children in

Kedah

QoSOnt: a QoS

ontology for

Cud-Int unit

In service-centric

systems

Which of these two titles make you read the paper?

Check your grammar especially in the TITLE!

DO NOT WASTE TIME ON

DEAD/DYINGTOPICS

If most recent reference is 10 years old – it is a DEAD issueIf 5 years old – it is a DYING issue

Inability to find enough references indicates• You have not read the literature• Others are not interested in the topic,

so it is unlikely to get published

For outdated topics – very difficult for editor to find suitable referees

Where do they ?

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EDIT TITLE Hands-on 1

Abstracts are published separately from articles in on-line indices, SO MAKE IT CLEAR.

?WHAT IS AN

Accurate

Self-contained

Concise and specific

5% of article or 500 words at most

Be creative in generating curiosity

THE ‘MUST HAVE’ IN

THE MESSAGE TO DELIVER

KEYWORDSSELECTION

NOTES ON

long tail keywords

Keywords appear in the article title &

abstract

Use sparingly in the body –

not overstated

EDIT ABSTRACT & Hands-on 2

KEYWORDS

INTRODUCTION

BODY

CONCLUSION

Provide problem &

hook (significant)

State claim

NOT in the form of

research report title

Tell what we have

already told

NO NEW input

INTRODUCTION

dyslexic children and pesona

design

primary pesona reading pattern

requirement definition document

Storyboard with interaction design

analysis

the DC-READ prototype

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION BODY CONCLUSION

SECTION 3

EDIT HEADINGS & Hands-on 3

SUB-HEADINGS

SECTION 4TH

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D IntroductionA methodology for developing multimedia courseware

The changing roles and challenges for better quality of

education evolves the need for the development of diverse

and efficient teaching methods….

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In Malaysian education scenario, to accept the challenges

for a better quality of education, the government has

introduce many projects…

:

Reaching back too far!

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“In studying <1- the semantic meaning of thetopic>, these keywords is operationally defined as<2- the operational definition of the keywordsappeared in the title>. As such <3-major problems>will be examined. In order to do so, <4- thevariables related to major problems> must beinvestigated. So that in the end <5- the claim or thesignificance>can be shown/proven.“

Note:Items 2, 3, 4 – can be more than one variable.

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“In studying <1- the semantic meaning of thetopic>, these keywords is operationally defined as<2- the operational definition of the keywordsappeared in the title>. As such <3-major problems>will be examined. In order to do so, <4- thevariables related to major problems> must beinvestigated. So that in the end <5- the claim or thesignificance>can be shown/proven.“

Note:Items 2, 3, 4 – can be more than one variable.

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“In studying <1- the semantic meaning of thetopic>, these keywords is operationally defined as<2- the operational definition of the keywordsappeared in the title>. As such <3-majorproblem/gaps> will be examined. In order to do so,<4- the variables related to major problems> mustbe investigated. So that in the end <5- the claim orthe significance>can be shown/proven.“

Note:Items 2, 3, 4 – can be more than one variable.

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“In studying <1- the semantic meaning of thetopic>, these keywords is operationally defined as<2- the operational definition of the keywordsappeared in the title>. As such <3-majorproblem/gaps> will be examined. In order to do so,<4- the variables related to major problems> mustbe investigated. So that in the end <5- the claim orthe significance>can be shown/proven.“

Note:Items 2, 3, 4 – can be more than one variable.

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“In studying <1- the semantic meaning of thetopic>, these keywords is operationally defined as<2- the operational definition of the keywordsappeared in the title>. As such <3-majorproblems/gap> will be examined. In order to do so,<4- the variables related to major problems> mustbe investigated. So that in the end <5- the claim orthe significance>can be shown/proven.“

Note:Items 2, 3, 4 – can be more than one variable.

The

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In studying websites trustworthiness…, types of e-frauds and their characteristics will be examined… In order to do so, techniques of identifying e-fraud in websites must be investigated... So that in the end, a generalize method for curbing e-frauds can be shown

The scene

The ‘bridge’

The claim

EXAMPLE

In studying how technology can enhance narrative for learning using digital graphic

novels, we define narratives for learning as a series of respondents’ real life

experience, given in order and with established connections between them. The

experiences must be filtered, abstracted, and enhanced to produce a solid learning

content. As such, this study examines methods in abstracting the narratives and

enhancing it with the help of technology to produce a DGN. The DGN is to be used as

a tool to overcome one of the many problems in teaching and learning difficult

courses at higher degree level. In order to do so, the contents of the narratives must

first be analysed, converted into DGN, and then be evaluated for its effectiveness. So

that in the end, we can prove that DGN is one of a legal and legitimate learning tool

to be utilized in the form of teaching materials, assignments, or any other tangible

learning objects such as the one adopted by The University of Colorado. In fact the

university provides its own massive open online courses (MOOCs) on comics and

graphic novels via Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/course/comics).

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Digital graphic novels: Technology enhanced narrative for learning

EDIT INTRO Hands-on 4

JUSTIFICATIONS

SCOPE

ELEMENTS OF SCOPE

THE SCOPE

WITH LITERATURE BACK-UPS

This study aims at producing a method for detecting lies in

religious websites using familiar interaction design dimensions

Method Lies

Detection

IxD

dimension

Religious

sites

process

techniqueprocedure

Best

practice

pattern

entity

tools

text

video

animation

audio

graphic

combination

identify

highlight

capture

deleteupdate

dbase

activate

agent

Islam

Christian

HinduBudha

form

behaviour

content

combination

justification

justification

justification

justificationjustification

EXAMPLE

EDIT SCOPEHands-on 5

WHO

SIGNIFICANCE

BENEFIT

HOW

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CONTENT

METHODSFINDINGS

Overall study

Collect data

Analyse data

Overall study

Collect data

Analyse data

Overall study

Collect data

Analyse data

STATISTICS

INFORMATIONFACTS

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

ILLUSTRATION

LITERATURE REVIEW/BACKGROUND

NOTE ON

“To make my work looks GOOD, I have to make other people’s

work look BAD”

OFFENSIVE CITATIONEXAMPLE OF

“The deficiency of Asgar’s approach is...”

“The problems with Asgar’s paper are...”

“A serious weakness of Asgar’s argument is that...”

“It seems that Asgar’s understanding of X

framework is questionable...”

BETTER!

“Asgar’s model was effective in solving X

problem, however in Y...”

“The X benefit of Asgar’s approach are not applicable to Y...”

LITERATURE REVIEW/BACKGROUND

NOTE ON

Warmly acknowledge

Be generous

“In his inspiring paper, Ali (2009) shows.... We develop his foundation in the following ways...”

Accurate

Be Highly SELECTIVEEnsure that they support our

points (RQs)Choose the most recent

Use correct formattingDo not try to impress by

over-referencing

LITERATURE REVIEW/BACKGROUND

NOTES ON

60 CITE?

THE WORK HAS CREDIBILITY

CREDITS TO ORIGINAL AUTHORS

AVOID PLAGIARISM

Ign

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n excu

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PARENTHETICAL CITATION/IN-TEXT CITATION

According to Jones & Alford (2005) and Westlow (2009), global warming is caused by the emissions from cans of spray cheese.

Recent studies claim that global warming is caused by the emissions from cans of spray cheese (Jones & Alford, 2005; Westlow, 2009).

Alarming indeed when Jones and Alford (2005) and Westlow(2009) claimed that global warming is caused by the emissions from cans of spray cheese.ORRecent studies claim that global warming is caused by the emissions from cans of spray cheese (Jones & Alford, 2005; Westlow, 2009).

REFERENCE Jone, A. J. & Alford, K. (2005). Global warming and the current

climate. Climate Trends. 25(3). 56-64.

Westlow, S. R. (2009). The world is warmer. New York: Thomson.

REFER HO10

WRITINGCONTENT2 methods

REVERSE PYRAMID

PYRAMID

WRITINGPARAGRAPH

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Great changes require a powerful hand to guide

them and push them forward. Governments have the

power and influence of the law to support them.

Moreover, they have access to means with which to

enforce the law and punish offenders. Individuals and

corporations that pollute our air and waters will not stop

doing so as long as they can profit from this action and

do not fear consequences. A steel producer, for instance,

will not cease dumping waste in a nearby river if it does

not affect its bottomline. Taxing this company, on the

other hand might make it change its way of doing

business. Yet it is this very question of costs that limits

anyone but the government to act against pollution.

Data without its applicationsData without scientific discussion

Insufficient reviews of the literature

AVOID

WRITINGCONTENTHands-on 5

DISCUSSIONSW

RIT

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TH

ESECTION

Hardest section to write- but the most

important.

Answer the questions posed in introduction

Correlation of your finding with the existing

knowledge

Discrepancies between new results and

previously reported results.

What is new without exaggerating

Implication, limitation and need for future works

CONCLUSIONW

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E Midastouchit is about leaving a magical impact

Intro repeatingNearest closing

Objective emphasisQuotation

Anecdote closingNatural closing

SummaryDirect statement

TYPES

STEP:FINALREVISION & PROOFREADING

FORFORMEDIT

GRAMMAR

Disturbing

Critical

Average

Adapted from Funk, McMahan & Day (2000). The Craft of

Editing.Springer-Verlag

Run-on sentenceIts/it’sSpelling mistakes:

effect/affect

Mechanics: list, bullets, commaNon-parallelVerb disagreement

Different from/thanCompare with/toSplit infinitive

MECHANICS OF WRITING

LIST?

Parallel?

Punctuation?

QUOTATION?PARAGRAPHING?

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COLON?COMMA?

GRAPHICSIN

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Have convention

Must have reference in text

Reference is close to the illustration/figure/table

Must have caption and numbering

Avoid “figure above” or “figure below”

Use ONE typeface (sans-serif)

Use ONE SIZE of typeface

Avoid shadows/glows/reflections

EDITFORFORMHands-on 6

TIPSON SELECTING

LIST 10 PEER REVIEWED

JOURNALS IN YOUR FIELD

NEVER SUBMIT TO A JOURNAL

YOU NEVER READ

TALK TO YOUR LIBRARIAN

JOURNALS

A proper choice can make a larger impact of the research

Get to know the focus and readership of the journal that you are considering.

Does your referencescite journals in the appropriate area?

CRITERIA in choosing a

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SECTION 9

INDEXEDJOURNAL?

IEEE(IEL /IEEE Xplore)

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Scopus(ScieVerse)

ACM

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ISI (Thompson)

WEB

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SECTION 9

LEVELS ofPRESTIGE

CONFERENCE

NON-INDEXED JOURNAL

INDEXED JOURNAL

is a measure of the scientific prestige of scholarly sources: value of weighted citations per document.

Average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year.

Why impact factors and all?

2.5 million publications/year...Reading publications is impossible!

IMPACTFACTOR&SJR?

SECTION 9

IMPACTFACTOR&SJR?

E.g., the 2009 Impact factor for the journal JIT =

Number of times articles published in JIT during 2007 & 2008 were cited in indexed journals* during 2009

Number of articles published in JIT in 2007 & 2008)

*Only references in articles within the journals indexed in Web of Science are counted; does not

include citations that may cite the articles in JIT from book chapters, proceedings, or other journals

that are not indexed in Web of Science

SECTION 9

IMPACTFACTOR&SJR?

E.g., the 2009 SJR for the journal ABC =

year 2009 weighted citation* to 2008+2007+2006 articlesTotal number of articles published in 2008+2007+2006

*Only references in articles within the journals indexed in Scopus are counted

SECTION 9

NOTE!

Never compare impact factor to other metrics

across different discipline (e.g. Biophysics vs

Comp. Science) BECAUSE disfferent disciplines

have different citation patterns.

At present, none of the journal ranking tools

adequately categorise multi-disciplinary

journals.

!! KNOW YOUR FIELD.

All ACM journals need ACM classification.

-can obtain

related journals

related conferences

(whatever the reason, in my heart, I believe that There is no replacement for reading papers!! )

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can

be counted." -Albert Einstein

JOURNALARTICLESADHERING TO THE FORMAT

Sure way to annoy a reviewer: do a poor job of

formatting your paper

Many journal editors are

going to do a format

check before the reviewer

even sees the manuscript

JOURNALARTICLESADHERING TO THE FORMAT

JICT-UUM –refer format

IJHCS-AP–refer format

http://jict.uum.edu.my

http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622846/authorinstructions

ARPN Journal of Eng & Applied Sciencehttp://www.arpnjournals.com/jeas/index.htm

Medterranian Journal of Social Sciencehttp://www.mcser.org/

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REMINDER EMAIL TO EDITOR

“I am just emailing to inquire about the status of my article

titled <ArticleTitle> Which I submitted to your journal

<JournalName> on <Date>”

Send once a month or more frequent

Sometimes editors appreciate the reminder

WH

AT’s

NEXT?STEPS IN PUBLISHING YOUR WORK

REA

SO

NS

RESEARCHERSDO NOT WRITE

I am very busy

I just can’t get started

I’m not in the mood right now

Teaching preparation takes

all my time

I write so slowly I get distracted-web, emails, wa

I need big block of time

I will write as soon as…

1. Pick a time for about 1++ hours DAILY – late night? Early in the

morning? Noon? –the time that you’re most comfortable with.

2. Be discipline, maintain continuity. Write daily or else the

momentum will decrease.

3. Make an outline, build the section with annotations and

references.

4. Pick anywhere to write, not necessarily be in sequence of

sections in the paper.

5. Set target: exampletoday must finish section 3.2.

6. Set a meeting every month with friends for

dicussion/presentation/progress

7. Immitate skillful writers

SECTION 11

FINAL REMARKS:

STRATEGY

Combined with advice from Prof Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Bin Mohd Ihsan, (2010). Catatan pengalaman dan

tatacara penulisan dalam ISI/Jurnal bidang kejuruteraan/sains dan teknologi. Bangi: UKM

Guide to grammar and writing http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Building writing habit – daily journal writing: https://penzu.com/

Digital tool for researchers: http://connectedresearchers.com/online-tools-for-researchers/

Search with concept linking http://www.instagrok.com/

Thesis builder http://www.tommarch.com/electraguide/thesis.php

Check your paper quality – be your own editor: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/- highlight the common errors and long sentences that need corrections.

TOOLSALMOST USEFUL

The readability test tool http://read-able.com/

(PAID) Professional assistance to students who need advice with writing. The company has hired PhD tutors from various areas of study, so its users can get reliable help regarding the topic they need. http://www.essaymama.com/

Ada jugahttp://paper-builder.com/

TOOLSALMOST USEFUL

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