researcher knowhow: getting published with clare hooper

Getting Published

September 2016Clare Hooper, Head of Journals

• Founded in 1899• UK’s third oldest UP• 70 books, 28 journals• 13 members of staff

The Publication Process

Finding the right journal

• Check your article is within the scope of the journal you are submitting to!

• Familiarise yourself with the journal – speak with colleagues/mentors – read it online?

• Follow the author guidelines/submission procedures

• Send a speculative email to the editor if you are unsure

• Don’t submit to more than one journal at once!

Open Access?

• Is journal fully OA/Hybrid?• Funder requirements?• CC – BY licence You are free to:Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or formatAdapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Indications of quality

• Editorial Board – distinguished? International?• Brand – aware of the journal? • Altmetrics?• Abstracting & Indexing• Impact Factor?

What is an Impact Factor?

the average number of times articles from the journal published in the last two years have been

cited in the JCR year

Thomson - “a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. The

annual JCR impact factor is a ratio between citations and recent citable items published. Thus, the impact factor of a journal is calculated by

dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years”

• A = the number of times that all items published in that journal in 2013 and 2014 were cited by ISI journals

during 2015.

• B = the total number of "citable items" published by that journal in 2013 and 2014. ("Citable items" - articles,

reviews, proceedings, or notes).

• A/B = 2015 Impact Factor • 2015 Impact Factor published in 2016

Submitting your paper

• Abstract – needs to be clear and concise, outline your argument

• Prepare your paper – title, authors, keyword list, abstract, acknowledgments, references, illustrations

• Ask a colleague to check your work• Write a review or a response – this is a good way to

get published (esp. for people at the beginning of their career)

• Cover letter – don’t repeat abstract

Copyright

As the author, you need to ensure that you get permission to use content you have not created (to avoid delays, this should be done before you submit your work)

Supply written confirmation from the copyright holder when submitting your manuscript

If permission cannot be cleared, cannot publish that specific content

Editorial decision making

www.editage.com

How long?

• Editor does initial read – determine subject matter/research appropriate

• Contacting of reviewers• Reviewers – around 6-8 weeks to complete• Editor assesses reviews and makes decision• Usually takes around 3 months – can vary!

What happens if the paper is rejected?

• Ask for feedback • Take feedback into account, improve the

paper, resubmit somewhere else? • Don’t give up

Promoting your work

Your article has been accepted and published!

Promoting your work• Share your work• Be visible online• Conferences – present your work• Social Media

• Increase visiblity & impact• Create ‘profiles’ for published articles• Claim article, enrich with content, share to

social channels• Measure impact of activity• www.growkudos.com

• collect article level metrics and the online conversations around research papers by tracking a selection of online indicators to give a measurement of digital impact and reach

• ‘Altmetric Attention Score’ to reflect the idea that the aim is to measure the attention around a given article, not just citations

• You can also measure your impact through usage statistics (your publisher can supply) and citations (what are the most valuable in your subject area/country?)

Thank you

Clare Hooper, Head of JournalsLiverpool University Press

Clare.Hooper@liverpool.ac.uk@ClareHooperLUP