- 192 pages
- English
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The Academic′s Guide to Publishing
About This Book
This definitive guide to successfully publishing social science research demonstrates that completing a project is only the first phase of research. Dissemination is the second phase, and it requires specific skills and knowledge.
The Academics? Guide to Publishing: explains the different ways in which research can be disseminated: in journals, books, reports, the Internet, popular media, and conferences; demonstrates how the structures, practices and procedures involved work - making them easily understood and transparent; and situates research in the larger and changing context of Higher Education.
For postgraduates or academics in the social sciences The Academics? Guide to Publishing provides essential guidance on how to secure a job, how to gain tenure, how to survive research assessment exercises, and how to obtain promotion.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 - Publishing research
- Chapter 2 - A strategic approach to publication
- Chapter 3 - Working with others
- Chapter 4 - General writing advice
- Chapter 5 - Malpractices and intellectural property
- Chapter 6 - Writing for journals and edited books
- Chapter 7 - Writing reports
- Chapter 8 - Publishing on the internet
- Chapter 9 - Dissemination through popular media
- Chapter 10 - Types of books and selecting a publisher
- Chapter 11 - Writing and submitting a book proposal
- Chapter 12 - Negotiating a book contract
- Chapter 13 - Writing a book
- Chapter 14 - Editing a book or special issue
- Chapter 15 - Self-publishing a book
- Chapter 16 - Proposing a new journal or book series
- Chapter 17 - Editing a journal or newsletter
- Chapter 18 - The production process
- Chapter 19 - Attending conferences and presenting papers and posters
- Chapter 20 - Making and keeping contacts
- Chapter 21 - Organizing events
- Chapter 22 - Final words
- Appendix I: Useful references and resources
- Appendix II: Questions jurnal editors are often asked
- Appendix III: Refereeing for journals, publishers and conferences
- Index