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Publication without tearsTips for aspiring authors
EMMA COONANJOURNAL OF INFORMATION
LITERACY
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• Down the rabbit hole? • Framing your article• On writing
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Have you submitted an article for publication?
Do you edit or peer review already?
You might enjoy this Scholarly Kitchen article if so.
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Down the rabbit hole
Managing editor: Cathie Jackson
Book review editor: Ian Hunter
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Articles should be …• Research-informed and evidence-based• Designed around an arguable research question• Contextualised with reference to previous and current
advances in IL thinking• Methodologically robust with a demonstrable research
design
Publication requirements
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Articles should be …• Research-informed and evidence-based• Designed around an arguable research question• Contextualised with reference to previous and current
advances in IL thinking• Methodologically robust with a demonstrable research
design – more about this later!
Publication requirements
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• Relevance to the journal’s remit• Originality and interest to our audience • Title and abstract• Method• Use of literature and referencing • Clarity of expression and structure
Peer review criteria
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• Relevance to the journal’s remit – research- or practice-based investigations into information literacy• Originality and interest to our audience - useful contribution to
knowledge or good practice?• Title and abstract – appropriate wording and length and
informative?• Approach and method – appropriate? rigorous?• Use of literature and referencing – good analysis of literature?
Good referencing or signs of plagiarism?• Clarity of expression and structure – clear exposition of
argument? Logical structure? Spell out acronyms, avoid jargon!
Peer review criteria
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Accept for publication without amendment - almost never!
Revisions requiredMajor revisions required followed by peer reviewDecline submission – submit elsewhere
Reviewer recommendations
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Editor-in-ChiefEmma Coonan
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• Make a list of all the changes requested
• If you can’t or don’t want to meet them, discuss this with Emma
• Revise the paper (using Track Changes) and resubmit it
• Include cover email describing your changes
What to do with reviewer comments
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Addressing these changes may unearth other suggested amendments -several rounds of revisions may be required
What to do with reviewer comments
You might also like this Storify on dealing with the “Ow” factor
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• ‘Resubmit’ doesn’t mean ‘Reject’It’s been known for authors to react as though they’re the same thing• Journals have a specific scope and remit
If your article doesn’t fit, our container is the wrong shape!• We are writers too
… and we know it sucks to have your writing criticised
Remember …
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Feedback should be constructive, comprehensive and courteous ... The role of peer reviewer is a privileged one and must be undertaken with empathy and integrity.
JIL Author Guidelines
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“help[ed] to make a potentially very scary process a lot more manageable.”
“The author would like to thank …the reviewers, whose comments were invaluable.”
Reviewing the reviewers
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JIL copyeditors
Lizzie Seals
Sharon Lawler
Helen Bader
Lisa Hutchins
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JIL Copyeditors’ advice
• Use the publication template• Define acronyms and abbreviations on first use• Format your references using the journal’s house style• Ensure all in-text citations are given a full reference at
the end, and that all references are cited in the text• Ensure diagrams and images are copyright-cleared
and/or attributed
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Framing YOUR article
Author:You
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What is a journal article?
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Presentation vs. paper
• Length!• Structure – conventional divisions• Tone and register – more formal• Use of evidence – more overt, interwoven throughout• Purpose – original contribution; an investigation, not a
description
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Light green Lego brick by Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0
You might find this blog post useful too.
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What could you publish?
• Literature review – e.g. Tewell (2015), CIL 9(1)• Action research – e.g. Rothera (2015), JIL 9(2)• Measurable impact of practice – e.g. Hicks (forthcoming), JIL
10(1)
Not about what you do but what your students do
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Framing YOUR article
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Tell your reader …
• Context - you’re contributing to a dialogue• Approach and method that underpin the
research• Rigour - the validity of your approach and
findings• What/why/how of your research
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What/why/how
• What is your research?
• Why are you doing it?
• How are you doing it?
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What/why/how• What is your research?What questions does it address (or ask)?
• Why are you doing it?Why does it matter? What will it change?What interests/frustrates/niggles you about the topic?
• How are you doing it?What’s your approach or method? How does it frame your findings?How does it help you mitigate bias?
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On writing
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• Keep focused Pin your hypothesis or question and your what/why/how analysis by your desk. Everything you write is directed towards answering the question.
• Flatpack itDive in wherever you feel you have something to say. Write up the section which comes most naturally and compile the sections later.
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• Free-writingDon’t wait until you know what you want to say – get ideas out of your head so you can reflect on and develop them
• Join (or start) a writers’ groupYou can read why I love them in this blog post.
• Break it down It’s like eating an elephant!
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• It’s iterativeDraft, redraft, draft again (and see Lamott on first drafts!)
• Find (or bribe) a proofreader This could be a colleague, friend or family member, but always get someone else to read it through!
• Read critically to help you write critically Become a reviewer – or ‘buddy up’ with another aspiring author and support each other
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Emma Coonan, Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Information Literacy
Twitter: LibGoddess
Alice images by John Tenniel (public domain)