Table of Contents

When, What and Where to Publish
Why Are You Going to Write an Article?
When Should You Write an Article?
What Should You Publish?
Where Should You Place an Article?
Selecting Your Topic/Adapting Your Work
Selecting Your Topic
Adapting Your Work
Planning and Getting Started
Spider Charts
Flow Charts
Brainstorms
Mind Mapping
Coping with Writer′s Block
Getting the Style Right
Your Writing Style
If You Are Writing in Your Second Language
The Structure of Your Article
The Abstract
The Introduction
The Article on the Page
Signposting and Structure
Presenting Technical Data
Textual Options
Concluding Your Article
The Language of Your Article
Your Readership
Writing Simply
Improving Your Style
Editing Your Article
Polishing Your Article
Learning How to Stop Writing Your Article
Why You Need to Stop
Why You Cannot Seem to Stop
Learning How to Stop
And Then Not Really Stopping
Working with Editors and Reviewers
Recovering from Rejection
Telling People
Prepare for Rejection
Use the Reviews
Make a Plan of Action
Intellectual Property Rights
Some Final Thoughts
Further Reading
Index

About the Author

Lucinda Becker is Professor of Pedagogy and an award-winning lecturer and tutor at the University of Reading. She has dedicated her professional life to creating independent learners who are confident in themselves intellectually, professionally and personally. Lucinda has written numerous study guides for students and works with undergraduates and postgraduates across the university. She is also a professional trainer and consultant, helping new graduates in engineering, science and law to become successful communicators and leaders.

Working across a range of disciplines (Psychology, Health & Social Care and Pharmacy), Pam Denicolo, a Professor Emerita from the University of Reading,  a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, has wide-ranging experience both of using a range of research approaches and methods and of teaching how to use them well to a broad range of students and professionals world-wide. She has served on executive boards and committees of national and international learned societies and organisations devoted to research and teaching. She continues to publish widely student support materials, books, and journal articles on research because she remains passionately committed to mentoring and coaching newer researchers and academics.

Reviews

The advantage of this book compared to many others on this topic, is that on the one hand, it is very concise, simple, and in plain language; on the other hand, it covers all the stages of writing and publishing an article
Liia L
Methodspace Book Reviews Group Maybe the strongest accolade I can give this book is that it has now become one of the core texts for the SRA’s training courses on writing research reports and publishing research... Publishing Journal Articles... holds your hand, provides practical guidance and does it with a good sense of empathy... In summary, it′s well worth a read if you are new to this area.
Dr Simon Haslam
SRA: Reviews

   ′Publishing Journal Articles by Lucinda Becker and Pam Denicolo is short, accessible, and useful contributions that will help readers overcome some of their own foibles. Full of suggestions, advice, tips and techniques, this short book presents writing as a series of choices to be considered. Throughout, it offers reflections based on the author’s impressive and varied experience. As part of the Success in Research series, this effort seeks to assist researchers to better organize, present, and manage their writing careers. It largely succeeds. [...]This will be a useful introduction for some and an invaluable guide for many others. The authors should be commended for finding ways to offer general tips that transcend disciplinary boundaries′
*Johannes Wheeldon*