Paper Publishing
Paper Publishing Content
High Impact Journals (HIJ) require your paper to be original, profound and novel.
Original in that it has never been published before.
Profound in that it moves the knowledge boundary.
Novel in that it changes the paradigm of thought.
All of these aspects can be achieved in many ways. However, researchers have to study much information, techniques, procedures and methodologies. Also, every HIJ has its own set of rules and regulation for formats and publication. Therefore researchers do not know 'where to start' and conducting a study and writing a paper become a daunting task for even the most ardent of them.
Publishing Process
Write a paper
Find a journal
Obtain the Author Guide
Format the paper
Submit the paper
Revise as per journal editorial
Track the submission
Track the accepted article
Share and promote
A good sample paper publishing documentation is available here.
1. Write a Paper
Research
Know more about what is in your field
See how other papers have been put together
Mendeley reference manager (Mendeley Desktop, Web Importer and Word Plug-In)
Write
Create the outline
Formulate the novelty
Edit
Read and critiqued by peers
Figures, Diagrams, and Tables
Use figure, diagrams, and table
Organize the article to read easily
Persuade with evidence from experimental data
Why is your paper important?
Argue clearly throughout the sections of the paper
Explain why the paper is significant
Describe the context and its novelty
Evaluate the significance of the work
2. Find a Journal
Find a Journal
There are many types of journals - some paid others free. Free to publish does not mean free to share, e.g. in ResearchGate or Academia.edu. You can physically search by a journal name that you know or use a journal finder. Some links may not work but you can search directly.
Open Access Journals
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Click here
International Annals of Science Click here
Traditional Journals
Scopus (Elsevier)
Web of Science (WoS) - Institute of Scientific Information (ISI)
Thomson-Reuters
ScienceDirect Click here
Oxford Academic Click here
Wiley Journal Finder Beta Click here
Springer Journal Suggester Click here
Elsevier Journal Finder Click here
IEEE Publication Recommender Click here
Sage Journal Finder Click here
Emerald Insight Click here
Online Journals
International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR)
3. Obtain the Author Guide
Every journal has its own guide. Look for your Journal's author guide.
Sage Click here
Elsevier Click here
4. Format the Paper
Manuscript
Prepare the manuscript according to the Journal format and conform to the number of words requirement (e.g. between 4,500 and 8,000 words in length, including references, tables and figures).
Conform to the layout
Every journal article follows a specific organizational format, such as Abstract; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References. Future scope and limitation can also be included in your paper.
Paper format
Paper format must be strictly adhered to.
Research Publish Journals Click here
5. Submit the Paper
Submission
You will be guided step wise through (the creation) and uploading of your files.
The system automatically converts source files to a single PDF file of the article which is used in the peer-review process.
Source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. Resolution of graphs and images is usually an important factor.
Review
Double blind reviewing policy - referee and author remain anonymous.
Remove all identifying features from the paper and ensure Authors' identity is not revealed.
Authors can cite their own works in a manner that does not make explicit their identity.
Important instruction
Authors are advised to submit their work according to journal's.
Always use the template provided for writing your research paper.
All papers, dissertation, project and thesis submitted should be plagiarism free.
Only original research, new ideas and innovations are published.
Pay Publication fees
Some journals charge authors for fees to publish their papers.
Pre-publication fees, such as a submission fee or membership fee, are less common.
Post-publication fees, such as an article processing charge or page fee are more likely from good publishers.
6. Revise as per Journal Editorial
When a journal editorial asks for a revision, chances are your paper would be accepted. You must revise your paper as required by the editorial.
7. Track the Submission
You can track the status of your submitted paper online. The system you use to track your submission will be the same system to which you submitted. Use the reference number you received after submission to track your submission.
8. Track the Accepted Paper
Once your paper is accepted for publication, you will receive a reference number and a direct link that lets you follow its publication status.
9. Share and Promote
After your article is published, promote it to make a bigger impact with your research. Sharing research, accomplishments and ambitions with a wider audience makes you more visible in your field. This helps you get cited more, enabling you to cultivate a stronger reputation, promote your research and move forward in your career.
Publishing Jargon
Web of Science
The Web of Science is an indexing system for the literature in the world. It connects publications and researchers through cited references.
Clarivate Analytics
Clarivate Analytics (click here) maintains the Master Journal List through several Web of Science collections. These collections are searchable databases of journals.
Journal Impact Factor
The journal impact factor (JIF) or impact factor (IF) of an academic journal is a measure reflecting the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. Impact factors are calculated yearly starting from 1975 for journals listed in the Journal Citation Report.
Journal Citation Report
Use the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) to locate impact factors. The impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. The JCR also lists journals and their impact factors and ranking in the context of their specific field(s).
H-Index or a journal
The H-index (Hirsch-Index) is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications.
Quartile Journal
Q1 - Journal is in top 25% of its subject category
Q2 - Journal is in the 25 - 50% of its subject category
Q3 - Journal is in the 50 - 75% of its subject category
Q4 - Journal is in the 75 - 100% of its subject category
Journal Citation Ranking and Quartile Scores (Q1-Q4) Based on Impact Factor (IF) data, the Journal Citation Reports published by Thomson Reuters (see also here) provides yearly rankings of science and social science journals, in the subject categories relevant for the journal (in fact, there may be more than one).
Scopus
Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles.
SCOPUS Indexed
Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 22,000 titles from over 5,000 publishers, of which 20,000 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences.
SJR
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from
SNIP
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
Searching for Documents
Using the Scopus Document search form.
Many styles available depending on your discipline:
PRiSM
PRISMA
STROBE
CONSORT