Tips and ideas for academics on ways to get published.

1. 19 ways to get
published in an
academic
environment
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2. One.
• Look at each of your academic activities as an
opportunity to publish. Everything an
academician does can and should be turned into
a publication.
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3. Two.
• Publish your expertise in other fields. If your
expertise is in helping English as a second
language students, find disciplines in which your
expertise would be helpful. For example, an
article on how to work with ESL students for
engineering professors.
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4. Three.
• Use other people's work to get some of your
own work out. You can do this by commenting
on someone else's work or adding your own
work to theirs.
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5. Four.
• Think small. Opinion pieces, book reviews,
letters to the editor and articles in newsletters
will often get your name out in front of the
public better than major journals in your field
will.
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6. Five.
• Take one publication and rewrite it to fit other
fields who could benefit from your research.
Another technique is choosing smaller pieces of
a larger project and creating niche articles for
many different markets.
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7. Six.
• Join with another author to create a publication
that uses both of your competencies.
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8. Seven.
• Find someone who can look at your work before
you send it out to a scholarly publisher and give
you tips on improving it.
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9. Eight.
• Make a list of the journals you would like to be
published in starting with your "dream" journal
and moving down from there. That way, you
have a plan of action if the first journal or second
journal doesn't accept your article.
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10. Nine.
• Make sure you are sending the article to the
right journal. If you aren't, you will lose a lot of
time trying to get it published.
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11. Ten.
• Send a query letter to the editor to see if your
article would be approved at that journal. It will
save you several months waiting to hear from
them.
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12. Eleven.
• Follow the instructions required by the journal as
far as formatting requirements, etc.
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13. Twelve.
• Make sure your manuscript is free of errors and
is written in an engaging style.
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14. Thirteen.
• Submit clean copy with nicely spaced margins.
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15. Fourteen.
• Write a letter that entices the editor to publish
your article. Tell them why they should publish it.
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16. Fifteen.
• Send only one article at a time to each publisher.
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17. Sixteen.
• Be cooperative with your editor. If they want you
to do something and it isn't too major just agree
to it.
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18. Seventeen.
• Keep a file of everything you've sent out and to
whom.
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19. Eighteen.
• Be positive.
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20. Nineteen.
• Don't give up. Just because you've gotten 10
rejections doesn't mean the 11th won't accept
it.
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