How and when to publish

How to managethe publication processwhen and how to publish

Roger Watson PhD FRCP Edin FAANEditor-in-Chief JAN

Editor Nursing Open

CREATIVE FUTURESCAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

FOR PGR STUDENTS AND ECRSEdinburgh

31 March 2017

2015

56 countries

1126 submissions

Understand the publishing process

Write first for

bullEditors

bullReviewers

bullYour audience

The four rules of writing

Read the guidelines

Set realistic targets and count words

Seek criticism

Treat a rejection as the start of the next submission

Journal guidelines

Journal guidelines

Journal guidelines

Length

Layout

Organisation

Referencing system

Seeking criticism

Find a lsquocritical friendrsquo

Seek criticism of your writing

NOT THIS

OR THIS

THIS

Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research


CONSORT httpwwwconsort-statementorg



PRISMA httpwwwprisma-statementorg

Promoting integrity in research publication

COPE httppublicationethicsorg

Authorship

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) at httpwwwicmjeorg states authorship is based on

1) substantial contributions to the conception and design of a paper or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data and

2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published

Preventing Plagiarism in Published Works

International relevance

Keep asking yourself whether a reader in a region or country very different from your own will be able to make sense of everything in your paper

Abstract

bullrefer in the aims andor background to the global relevance of the topic

bullinclude names of countryies in which the work was undertaken

bullemphasise the international relevance of the conclusions

Expect to have several revisions

hellipIrsquom one of the worldrsquos greatest rewriters

James Mitchener

Learn when to let go

Dealing with reviewerrsquos comments

Apply the lsquogolden rulesrsquo (Williams 2004)

Rule 1 Answer completely

Rule 2 Answer politely

Rule 3 Answer with evidence

Answer completely

Deal with every point even if you donrsquot agree or canrsquot change it

Make a list of points ndash even if not presented with a list

Answer politely

Donrsquot start with

lsquoWe completely disagree with the comments of the reviewerrsquo

lsquoWho on earth are your reviewersrsquo

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Answer with evidence

If you disagree with the reviewer then provide evidence facts and references

Do you feel like this

I just donrsquot get Twitter

The power of

Can Tweets Predict Citations Metrics of Social Impact

Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact

Gunther EysenbachJMIR (2011)Highly tweeted articles were 11 times more likely to be

highly cited than less-tweeted articles (912 or 75 of highly tweeted article were highly cited while only 343 or 7 of less-tweeted articles were highly cited rate ratio 075007 = 1075 95 confidence interval 34ndash336) Top-cited articles can be predicted from top-tweeted articles with 93 specificity and 75 sensitivity

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The odds of an article being highly cited were significantly increased by a mention in social media OR 258 plt0001

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Altmetrics

In scholarly and scientific publishing Altmetrics are new metrics proposed as an alternative to the widely used journal impact factor and personal citation indices like the h-index

(Wikipedia)

bull High standard rigorous peer reviewbull Quality and reputationbull Immediate open accessbull Fully compliant with all open access mandatesbull Authors retain copyrightndasharticles publish under CC-BY license

Open access research in all aspects of nursingand midwifery practice research education and policy

EditorRoger Watson University of Hull

wwwnursingopenjournalcom

Edited by Karen Holland and Roger Watson

An invaluable guide on writing for publication enabling

the reader to develop skills in writing articles book reviews and other forms

of publications written by experts in the field

September 2012 288 pagesISBN

9780470657829pound1999 euro2590 $3295

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Writing for Publication in Nursing and Healthcare

Getting It Right

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Writing for Publication in Nursing and Healthcare Getting It Right

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2015

56 countries

1126 submissions


Write first for

bullEditors

bullReviewers

bullYour audience


Read the guidelines


Seek criticism


Journal guidelines

Journal guidelines

Journal guidelines

Length

Layout

Organisation

Referencing system

Seeking criticism



NOT THIS

OR THIS

THIS









Authorship







Abstract






James Mitchener







Answer completely



Answer politely




hellipetc





The power of





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ns

Twimpact


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Altmetrics


(Wikipedia)










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Getting It Right

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0000-0001-8040-7625

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NOT THIS

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0000-0001-8040-7625

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0000-0001-8040-7625

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