Research Catalog

Title

Writing for peer reviewed journals : strategies for getting published / Pat Thomson and Barbara Kamler.

Author

Thomson, Pat, 1948-

Publication

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Kamler, Barbara

Description

x, 190 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"It's not easy getting published, but everyone has to do it. Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals presents an insider's perspective on the secret business of academic publishing, making explicit many of the dilemmas and struggles faced by all writers, but rarely discussed. Its unique approach is theorised and practical. It offers a set of moves for writing a journal article that is structured and doable but also attends to the identity issues that manifest on the page and in the politics of academic life. The book comprehensively assists anyone concerned about getting published; whether they are early in their career or moving from a practice base into higher education, or more experienced but still feeling in need of further information. Avoiding a 'tips and tricks' approach, which tends to oversimplify what is at stake in getting published, the authors emphasise the production, nurture and sustainability of scholarship through writing - a focus on both the scholar and the text or what they call text work/identity work. The chapters are ordered to develop a systematic approach to the process, including such topics as: the writer; the reader; what's the contribution?; beginning work; refining the argument; engaging with reviewers and editors. Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals uses a wide range of multi-disciplinary examples from the writing workshops the authors have run in universities around the world: including the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the United States. This international approach coupled with theoretically grounded strategies to guide the authoring process ensure that people at all stages of their career are addressed." -- Publisher's description.

Subject

• Journalism > Vocational guidance
• Peer review
• Manuscript preparation (Authorship) > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Publishers and publishing
• Peer Review

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-185) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Why this book now? -- 1. The writer -- 2. The reader -- 3. What's the contribution -- 4. So what? Who cares? -- 5. Beginning work -- 6. Refining the argument -- 7. Engaging with reviewers and editors -- 8. Writing with others -- 9. Living hand to mouse -- References -- Index.

ISBN

• 9780415809306
• 0415809304
• 9780415809313 (pbk.)
• 0415809312 (pbk.)
• 9780203097076 (e-book)
• 0203097076 (e-book)

LCCN

^^2012010077

OCLC

744299152

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library