1. Introduction to Publishing – Manuscript’s Ready, Now What?
Dr. Vina Tan Phei Sean & Wiley

2. WORK = RESEARCH
SHARE = PUBLISH
JOURNAL =
VALIDATION

3. From the horse’s mouth… Wiley
Allyn Molina
Fiona Hutton
Simone Taylor
Andrew Moore

4. Finding Mr. Right Attracting Mr. Right Which journal to publish?
What are you offering?

5. Journal’s Characteristics
Mr. Right’s a.k.a.
Journal’s Characteristics
Short turn around time
Review time
Scope of journal
Fees*
Quality of journal*

6. Accepted by Editorial Board 21 Feb 2014
Review time
Received for review 22 Nov 2013
Accepted by Editorial Board 21 Feb 2014
Published on 8 April 2014

7. Review time Submitted for publication Mac 2014
Accepted for publication June 2014
Published on Feb 2015

8. Local vs Regional vs Global
Scope of journal
Who is your Audience?
Cite your research
Help their work
Local vs Regional vs Global
Future collaborators

9. *Publication Fees Submission fee Accept to be publish fee
Cost by page (black & white)
Cost per image/colour page
Open access publications fee
No fees

10. *Quality of Journal Impact factor Quartile scores
Impact factor – X number of citations for the journal’s article published in the past 2 years based on JCR (Journal Citation Records)

11. Quartile score https://researchassessment.fbk.eu/quartile_score
“Following this line, a quartile score (indeed, a discrete distribution) is associated to any paper published in IF-ranked journals by uniformly distributing a unitary mass over the quartile rankings of the journal in which the paper was published (for that year). So, for example, papers published in 2009 in the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS are given a quartile score of [Q1=1, Q2=0, Q3=0, Q4=0], since in the (unique) subject category ROBOTICS the journal ranks 2-nd out of 16 journals. On the other hand, a paper published in 2008 in COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE would be given a quartile score of [Q1=0, Q2=1/2, Q3=1/4, Q4=1/4], since the journal ranks 41-st out of 94 journals (Q2) in COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS, 35-th out of 84 (Q2), in COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS, 40-th out of 52 (Q4) in ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL, and 14-th out of 20 journals (Q3) in MEDICAL INFORMATICS.”

12. Quartile score In 2009, published in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS
In 2009, published in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS 
Ranked by IF, 2nd out of 16 journals in ROBOTIC
Quertile score (2009) : Q1 = 1, Q2 = 0, Q3 = 0, Q4 = 0

13. Quartile score
In 2008, published in COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 
Quartile score of [Q1=0, Q2=1/2, Q3=1/4, Q4=1/4],
Ranks 41st out of 94 journals (Q2) in COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
35th out of 84 (Q2), in COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS
40th out of 52 (Q4) in ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL
14th out of 20 journals (Q3) in MEDICAL INFORMATICS

14. Activity 1 Before starting, say ‘Thank You’…
for having technology and information at our fingertips
Go to:
Go to your reference list. Look for THREE journals
JournalGuide
USM Library resources
Google
Look for Mr. Right! Tip: try key words

15. Activity (cont.)
List down three journals to consider with relevant info
Journal name:
Review time:
Scope of journal:
Publication fees:
Quality of journal:

17. Mr. Right = Editors + Publishers
What does Mr. Right want?
Mr. Right = Editors + Publishers

18. How to know what Mr. Right wants?
AUTHOR GUIDELINES

19. Author Guidelines You have a story to tell? Tell. BUT
Why is this important to me?
I have limited time (# of words)
Sorry, I don’t understand
Time is money (fees)
Next person is also trying to tell their story…

20. Bad Research + Good Writing = No Mr. Right
Good Research + Bad Writing = No Mr. anything…

21. Tip 1 – Optimise Communication
RULE #1: Think of your audience Who is the audience? Broad knowledge or specific interest? Who would want to read your article?

22. Optimise Communication
RULE #2: Think of your audience Write clearly Write concisely Key principle of article

23. Keep it ethical but SELL the paper
Tip 2 – Titleology
Keep it ethical but SELL the paper
Keywords up-front
15 words limit
Punctuation
Consider a subtitle
Statement vs Question

24. Tip 3 - Abstractology Serial Position Effect of Free Recall
DYMM Yang DiPertuan Agong
Dining experience
Wednesday
Free
Deese & Kaufman (1957) J Exp Psychol 54:180-7
Murdock (1962) J Exp Psychol 64:482-8

25. Tip 4 - Googleology
Consider how searches are made Write title and abstract with discoverability in mind Attract more attention (of audience), Editors fall in love

26. Check list before submission
Scope of journal
Quality of research
Results, analysis, conclusion are valid
Tables and figures presented correctly
Correct calculations, stats, models
Literature cited appropriately
Language
Ethics, where applicable

27. Activity 2 Look at your title and identify the main idea.
Google the main idea/phrase in i) Google Search & ii) Google Scholar
From your searches, what is similar/unique/different than your title
Any new insights or ideas?

28. Activity 3 Title make-over:
State your finding in the title near the front.
Is the article to inform or to query?
If searched, will your title be ‘chosen’?

29. Activity 4 Abstract = 3-min Thesis Intro & Objective = Conclusion
Content – specific, informative
BioEssays editorial 2009 onwards, “The state of scientific English and how to improve it.

30. Activity 5 Cover-letter writing = your love letter to Editor
What is attractive (about the article)
How it is align to scope of journal
SELL, SELL, SELL – hot, new, interesting, a solution
Recommend referees

31. Q & A & Sharing session…

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