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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.
• Relevance to the journal’s remit
• Originality and interest to our audience
• Title and abstract
• Methodology
• Use of literature and referencing
• Clarity of expression and structure
Peer review criteria
• 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?
• Methodology – 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
Accept for publication without amendment - almost never!
Revisions required
Major revisions required followed by peer review
Resubmit elsewhere
Decline submission
Reviewer recommendations
• Make a list of all the actions needed of you
• If you can’t meet them, discuss this with the editors
• Revise the paper and resubmit it
• If there were comments you didn’t address, because you couldn’t or because you disagreed with them, say why
• Remember that addressing these comments may unearth other suggested changes – several rounds of revisions may be required
What to do with reviewer comments
• Make a list of all the actions needed of you Can you address them? If so, how?
• If you can’t meet them, discuss this with the editors Tell us why (you can take your article elsewhere!)
• Revise the paper and resubmit it with a covering letter detailing how you have addressed each comment
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What to do with reviewer comments
JIL Copyeditors’ advice
• Use the publication template if there is one
• 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 attributed
Once it is published
• Add it to your institutional repository if publisher permits
• Tell the world - use the DOI where possible
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What could you publish?
• Literature review
• Data
• Your ‘beloved darlings’
Think of publishing something from your research, not your thesis
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
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?
• 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 it
Dive in wherever you feel you have something to say.
Write up the section which comes most naturally and
compile the sections later.
• It’s iterative
Draft, 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
• Free-writing
Don’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’ group
You can read why I love them in this blog post.
• Break it down
It’s like eating an elephant!
Emma Coonan, Editor-in-ChiefJournal of Information Literacy
Twitter: LibGoddess