In July, SAGE editors from the Humanities and Social Sciences Journal team visited the University of Sussex Research Hive to present to researchers on the theme of successfully publishing in academic journals.

1. How to get your article published
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2. How to get published
● Why publish in a journal?
● Choosing the right journal
● Preparing your article
● Publication ethics
● Peer review, editor decisions and revising
● Life after acceptance
● The online journal
● Intellectual property rights
● Open Access
● Maximizing the impact of your article
● Helpful resources
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3. Why should you consider
publication?
● Quality
• Do you have a contribution to make?
• Peer review process / Journal reputation
• Academic advancement
● Dissemination
• Journal website (+ SAGE media channels)
• Consortia and Developing World Initiatives
• Society members receive issues of a journal
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4. Which journal should you submit to?
● Aims and Scope
● Metrics
• Thompson Reuters (ISI)
• Scopus (Elsevier)
• REF (UK) / ERIH (Euro) / ERA (Aus)
● Journal usage
● Publication speed
● Accept / Reject rates
● Discuss with senior colleagues
● What journals do you read?
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5. Preparing your manuscript
● READ the manuscript submission guidelines
• Referencing style
• Word limit
• Title, abstract, keywords
• Conventions of academic writing
• Supplemental data?
● Proof read
● Cover letter
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6. Preparing your manuscript
- Copyright and Ethics
● Obtain permission for all copyrighted material
● Authorship / Acknowledgment
● Funding statement
● Conflict of interest
● Plagiarism (don’t do it)
● Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement
● COPE - http://publicationethics.org/
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7. Preparing your manuscript
● Check the JOURNAL WEBSITE
● Check the SAGE AUTHOR GATEWAY
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway/authorGateway.htm
● English language editing services -
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway/engLang.htm
● Supplementary data -
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/doc/Supplemental_data_on_sjo_guidel
ines_for_authors.doc
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8. Submit!
● Submit to one journal at a time
● Online manuscript submission system
• Scholar One (SAGE Track)
● Email
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9. What happens next?
PEER REVIEW
● First impressions count – submit the best possible product
● Academic Editors are busy people
● Check the review policy – some journals will indicate
turnaround times
● Look at the editorial board/associate editor list – potential
reviewers of your paper
● Check the online submission system for updates
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10. Peer review: the nuts and bolts
A new guide from Sense about Science
● Basics of peer review with early career
researchers in mind
● 91% of researchers from a 2009 survey
believe that their last paper was
improved through the peer review
process
● Free booklet available online
● Advice from editors, reviewers,
publishers and journalists
www.senseaboutscience.org/resources
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11. Typical first decisions
● Revisions are nearly always requested
● DECISION TYPES
• Desk reject
• Reject after review
• Major revisions required
• Conditional accept with minor revisions
• Accept without change – extremely rare
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12. Handling revisions
● Follow the timeframes requested for review
● Demonstrate what you have changed
● Address each referee point in a covering note
● If you can’t meet all criticisms, explain why
● Be positive
● Process can take 2-3 iterations
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13. Handling rejection
● Read the referees’ report and the Editor’s letter
● Focus on why
● Try and re-work the paper
● Consider submitting to an
alternative journal
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14. Life after acceptance
Production
Copyediting Typesetting
PDF Proofs
Author Review Editor Review Proof corrections collated Revised PDF created
Online First publication
Published online ahead of assignment to an issue 3 -4 months after acceptance
Publication in an issue
Sent to press Available to subscribers in print and online
Author access
PDF of final article sent to author Opportunities to purchase or receive offprints
Promotion
International dissemination through
Social media Impact & Citations
journal sales
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15. SAGE Journals Online Platform
● Hosted by Highwire, 50million+ monthly users
● Highwire hosted articles rank higher on major search
engines
● Toll free inter-journal reference linking
● Mobile optimized sites
● OnlineFirst
● Social bookmarking and sharing links
● Most read and cited article lists
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16. What are my intellectual property rights
as a SAGE author?
Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement
● Exclusive licence
● © The Author(s)
● Permissions handled by SAGE who ensure protection
against infringement of copyright
● Authors have a right to re-publish in a book
● Authors can distribute on a non commercial basis
● Post prints can be deposited in a repository after 12 months
www.sagepub.com/journalgateway/pubPolicies.htm#
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17. SAGE Open Access options
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm
http://sgo.sagepub.com/
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18. Maximising the impact of your article
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19. Additional resources
SAGE Journal Author ‘Publishing Journal
Gateway Articles’
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books
/Book236083/title
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway
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20. Thank you for listening
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