Publishing Tips from the Field Nathan Grills

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Publishing: tips from the field Letting your experience and results see the light of day Nathan Grills (MBBS, DPHIL, DPH, MPH), Associate Editor - Academic, CJGH Daniel O’Neill (MD, MA(TS)) Managing Editor, CJGH

Transcript of Publishing Tips from the Field Nathan Grills

Publishing: tips from the field

Letting your experience and results see the light of day Nathan Grills (MBBS, DPHIL, DPH, MPH),

Associate Editor - Academic, CJGH

Daniel O’Neill (MD, MA(TS)) Managing Editor, CJGH

Open Access Since 2014: 16,743 sessions 58,765 page views Authors 57% USA, 26% LMIC Peer-reviewed, No APC PubMed Indexing soon

Why research and publish?

• Participate in collective wisdom and dialogue • Good stewardship of your skills / experiences • Refines and improves the quality of your work • Improve the quality of the work of others

– Eg of ebola • Advocate for people that you serve:

– if they aren’t counted they don’t count • Highlight your organization • Links you to some amazing people • Professional development • You might die if you don’t publish! (promotion!)

– Publish or perish! – Or perish whilst publishing...

Planning phase

• A lot of what you do is research already – A new clinical method for LMICs? – Investigating strange associations? – Evaluation of a new program eg. disability

community outreach • Recognise it as research...not in retrospect

– Work backwards from the final result Journal CJGH Paper showing importance ethics required Authors endline data baseline data research assistants clear methodology

• Bring collaborators/authors together – http://www.icmje.org (medical journal editors) – Avoid conflict by planning ahead

Submission: where to publish?

• Choose the right journal (CJGH) – Impact factor, journal scope, editorial board, Indexed,

peer reviewed, who has published there http://www.globalhealthpolicy.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Global-Health-

Journals-2012.pdf

• Aim high ....and have a thick skin – Lancet, NEJM, JAMA

• Choose an affordable journal (CJGH) – Trap- realising the fee is $2400 after acceptance....

and they don’t waive it! • Open access vs subscription journals?

– Lower threshold for publishing – Wider readership including in LMICs

Avoid predatory journals

• Aim high but don’t stoop to low • Predatory journals and conferences:

– Beware your ego getting in the way. “Hey baby, your so intelligent.... come and publish with me”.

– If you are asked to submit (unless you are famous) then its probably predatory!

– Low quality journals – Drag your name through the mud – Publishing in such a journal can devalue your

work and name – Hard to pick these days

• Addressed in the USA – https://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/

Pick the dodgy journal

Peer review

The Peer review process

• Follow directions and guidelines...mostly • CJGH works with you, not against you

– Mentoring, advise, feedback – Missional in its vision – to serve Christ’s workers – Contact the editor before submission if you are

unsure (CJGH is responsive) • Editorial board review- quick Yes/No:

– editors keen to find a quick reason to cull – This is helpful for you – Spending 1 year in the journal review merri-go-

round can see your work become irrelevant • Then sent out to peer review

– 4 week process, Back and forth, email editor if no news

Responding to reviewers

Responding to reviewers

• Its not personal – usually.......

• Be nice – your comments may go back to reviewers – Acknowledge their input – its time intensive and usually voluntary

• Feel free to disagree...but give a rationale – a good “short communication”? no! – “should include children” not redoing study

• Still not accepted? – Persevere with reviews – take feedback and move on

Overcoming the Obstacles

• Peer review rigor? Review others articles • Tyranny of urgent? Designate time • Poor Library access? Free on line • No skills in research? Recruit partners • No Research Assistants? Recruit

volunteers and interns – University: MD student research etc

• No IRB? Understand the Common Rule • Cost? Can we afford not to?

Publishing Options

• Some relevant journals – The Lancet Global Health

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo – Global Health Science and Practice

http://www.ghspjournal.org – Christian Journal for Global Health http://journal.cjgh.org – The Journal of Global Health http://www.jogh.org – Global Health Action http://www.globalhealthaction.net – Bulletin of the World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/ – Journal of Global Health (Colombia University)

http://www.ghjournal.org/ – Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

http://www.jegh.org – British Medical Journal http://www.bmj.com – PLOS1 Global Health

http://journals.plos.one/browse/global_health

Mission Journals

• EMQ www.emqonline.com • IBMR www.internationalbulletin.org, • MDJ http://missiodeijournal.com/ • IAMS http://missionstudies.org/ • ASM http://asmweb.org/content/missiology • JMP http://journalofmissionalpractice.com/ • IJFM http://www.ijfm.org/ • WCIDJ http://www.wcidjournal.org • Oxford http://trn.sagepub.com

Acknowledgements:

CCIH The CJGH editorial board

Centre4Him, CJGH Reviewers

CJGH Editors

Journal.cjgh.org

We look forward to receiving...and accepting ....

your submission / review soon! [email protected] [email protected]

Thank you!