HowtowriteaResearchPaperandgetitacceptedbyGoodJournalFromtitletoreferencesFromsubmissiontorevisionPresentedby:BeltonM.Fleisher,OhioStateUniversity,Columbus,OH,USAJennyHenzen,Elsevier,Amsterdam,TheNetherlandsCentralUniversityofFinanceandEconomics,Beijing,China,June15,20112Whatwillbecovered?Whoarepublishersandwhatdowedo?PracticaltipsbeforeyouwriteWhatmakesagoodmanuscript?ThearticlestructureThereviewandeditorialprocessAuthorethics3TheInventorofJournalPublishingHenryOldenburg(c1618-1677)BorninGermanyResidentinLondonfrom1652IndefatigablecorrespondentwithmajorscientistsofhisdayAppointed(joint)SecretarytotheRoyalSocietyin1663Created(aseditorandcommercialpublisher)thefirstscientificjournalin16654WhatisaSTMjournal?-Aspecializedpublicationappearingregularlythroughoutayearandfromyeartoyear(e.g.issue,volume)-ContainsanumberofarticlesineachissuereportingresultsofScientific(S),Technical(T)orMedical(M)experiments(writtenbyoneormoreauthors)-Iseditedbyanexternalresearcher,notedinthefieldcoveredbythejournal(calledtheEditor),whoisresponsibleforacceptingorrejectingsubmittedpapers(viathepeerreviewprocess)-Usuallyhasaneditorialboard(recognizedinternationalscholarsinthefieldofthejournal)51100100001665176518651965YearNooftitleslaunchedandstillextant2001Peer-ReviewedJournalGrowth1665-2001Source:MAMabeThenumberandgrowthofjournalsSerials16(2).191-7,2003PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSociety(London)6Elsevier’sEconomicsPublishingProgram67FromYu&Gao:ChinaEconomicReview(recentpublication)8FromYuandGao:UniversitiesbyPublicationsinSSCIJournals20005-2009Top50Journals9SolicitandmanagesubmissionsManagepeerreviewProductionPublishanddisseminateEditandprepareArchiveandpromoteuseElsevierandPublishing•30MillionResearchers•180+countries•480million+downloadsperyear•7,000editors•70,000editorialboardmembers•7millionauthor/publishercommunications/year•500,000reviewers•600,000authorspublishing•2,000journals•19,000books•2,000newbooksperyear•40–90%ofarticlesrejected•9.8millionarticlesnowavailable•450,000newarticlesproducedeachyear•185yearsofbackissuesscanned,processedanddata-tagged1010SomeTrendsinPublishingAuthorshipMultipleauthorsperarticleInternationalcollaborationisincreasingPrinttoonlineNewbusinessmodels(AuthorPays,Delayedopenaccess,pay-per-viewetc.)Onlinesubmission&reviewingPublishinginnovationExperimentationwithreviewingNorevisionsoption(EconomicInquiryandalsoJournalofLaborEconomics)Waterfallmethod(AERandAEAjournals)OpenrefereeingNewupcomingcountriesChina,India,BrazilAfterhardsciences,socialsciencesandeconomicsfollow11ArticleInnovation11HighlightsMandatoryforthisjournal.Theyconsistofashortcollectionofbulletpointsthatconveythecorefindingsofthearticle.GraphicalabstractOptionalforthisjournal,aGraphicalabstractshouldsummarizethecontentsofthearticleinaconcise,pictorialformdesignedtocapturetheattentionofawidereadershiponline.12ArticleBasedPublishing1213Whypublish?Publishingisoneofthenecessarystepsembeddedinthescientificresearchprocess.Itisalsonecessaryforgraduationandcareerprogression.Whattopublish:NewandoriginalresultsormethodsReviewsorsummariesofparticularsubjectManuscriptsthatadvancetheknowledgeandunderstandinginacertainscientificfieldWhatNOTtopublish:ReportsofnoscientificinterestOutofdateworkDuplicationsofpreviouslypublishedworkIncorrect/unacceptableconclusionsYouneedaGOODmanuscripttopresentyourcontributionstothescientificcommunity14TheProcess15PublishingspeedTimetopublishisimportant.Manyjournalshavenowintroduceda“FastRejection“processbythejournalEditorSubmissiontoAcceptance(short)SubmissiontoAcceptance(long)Submissiontofirstonline(short)Submissiontofirstonline(long)SubmissiontoPrint(short)SubmissiontoPrint(long)5258311350Longandshortpublishingtimes(weeks)32116ImpactFactor[theaverageannualnumberofcitationsperarticlepublished]Forexample,the2010impactfactorforajournaliscalculatedasfollows:A=thenumberoftimesarticlespublishedin2008and2009werecitedinindexedjournalsduring2010B=thenumberofcitableitems(usuallyarticles,reviews,proceedingsornotes;noteditorialsandletters-to-the-Editor)publishedin2008and20092010impactfactor=A/Be.g.600citations=2150+150articlesChinaEconomicReview=1.066WhatistheImpactFactor(IF)?17ImpactFactorandotherbibliometricparametersHowToGetYourArticlePublishedBeforeyoustart19ThinkaboutWHYyouwanttopublishyourwork.Isitnewandinteresting?Isitacurrenthottopic?Haveyouprovidedsolutionstosomedifficultproblems?Areyoureadytopublishatthispoint?Ifallanswersare“yes”,thenstartpreparationsforyourmanuscriptQuestionstoanswerbeforeyouwrite20HowtoprepareagoodmanuscriptSourcesofPublishedWorkandWorkingPapersSocialScienceResearchNetworkEconlitEconLitisprovidedbylibrariesanduniversitiesthroughouttheworld.Toobtaininformationonaccessforlibrariesorotherorganizations,contactanyoftheEconLitinformationserviceproviders.IndividualAEAMemberswillhaveaccesstoEconLitforMembers21Fullarticles/Originalarticles:themostimportantpapers.Oftensubstantialandsignificantcompletedpiecesofresearch.Letters/RapidCommunications/Shor