Publishing Journal Articles
- Lucinda Becker - Reading University, UK
- Pam Denicolo - Consultant on Doctoral Education and Training
Success in Research
This accessible, informative and entertaining book provides practical strategies to help maximize the chances of success in getting your work published in the journal of your choice. It offers advice on vital topics such as: how to write and get the style right; what to select for publication; how to plan for success; how to cope with writer's block; working with editors and reviewers; and how to cope with rejection. It is a must-have book for anyone seeking to write for successful journal publication.
Really useful text for students who would like to go on to publish material from their research dissertation. Lucinda's book provides useful guidelines to enable novice researchers to navigate the field of publishing their material.
Good introductory guidelines for writing articles.
A good guide to help students with the publishing process.
limited application for PGCE students, though good hints on writing style which has been supportive for my students for whom English is not a first language
Whist the book was extremely useful to me personally, this would only be relevant to a small number of students on the MSc course, hence the supplemental adoption rather than recommended.
there are enough Dutch books on this theme. Dutch is prefered language for our students
A very easily read volume, provides great tips all along the way from deciding your topic to dealing with rejection. The Exercises throughout the chapters are valuable for being specific to your own topic. As a guide on writing, it is really useful, with practical hints that early careers will find helpful.
Recommended to students to students that end up publishing
Highly informative for all who wish to have an article published in a journal. It gives hints and tips around the complex systematic process to save you time and energy achieving your aim
This is a fantastic text for anyone in the final stages of a PhD. The section on writers block was particularly appertaining to me, as I suffer from 'boredom' and 'distraction'. As a result I have taken up the advice of the author and decided to fill in this feedback to reduce stress levels by completing one of my many tasks!
