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Publishing Extension ResearchBeyond Journal Papers
Rasheed Sulaiman VCentre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy
Workshop on Good Practices in Extension Research and Evaluation29 Nov-2 Dec 2016, NAARM, Hyderabad
Why Publish?
Who are you in your professional life?
Beyond performing teaching, research and extension functions?
Beyond R-T-E, are we these too…..
• Analyst
• Expert
• Consultant
• Advisor
• Reviewer (of programmes)
• Evaluation specialist
• Developer/Designer
• Blogger
• Manager
• Coordinator
Why researchers publish?
Why publish? • Vital for progress of science
– Free exchange of information,
– Builds on new findings
– Review process placing his/her work in the literature and suggest new paths to be taken
– Get feedback
• Career improvement
– Identifying the best in the discipline
– Recognition
• Accountability
To the money spent on a project
• Provide Policy Advice
Publishing in scientific journals • Write a paper
• Mail the copy to editor/ publisher of a selected journal
• Editor makes a quick assessment (whether it should be send for review or reject at that stage)
• At least two anonymous reviewers examine the paper
• Recommendations to the editor
• Editor reads these reviews and make a decision on publish or not– Accept as such– Accept with revisions (major/minor)– Reject
• Resubmit with more evidence to the same journal or another journal
Reviewers spend considerable time in reading your paper and it is unpaid (in most cases)
Review Process• JAEE- (example)
• Few things I have noted
• Introduction (Introduction to the topic or paper ?)
• Review of literature Discussion
• Discussion Conclusion
• Language issues (sending before language editing)
Where can we publish extension research?-The following questions bother many who are keen to publish their
research on extension.
• Can we publish our papers only in journals having “extension” in their title?
• Which are the other journals where we could publish findings of extension research?
• Why many other social science journals that publish articles related to extension not being considered for career advancement purpose by organizations like ICAR and SAUs (in India)?
• As professionals, should we do something to include many more professionally rated high impact social science journals in indices which are used for judging professional achievement?
• But are we sufficiently aware of the wide range of available journals where we could publish our work?
http://www.aesa-gfras.net/Resources/file/Where%20we%20can%20publish%20ex
tension%20research%20-%20Final%20Note.pdf
Types of journals• Extension • Communication• Education and Information
Sciences• Management • ICTs• Pshychology• Gender• Rural Development• Social Science Research• Other social sciences• General Agricultural Journals
that also publish extension research
Review Papers: Policy Review
Review Paper: ICTs in South Asia
Other research publications
Books
Book chapters
Policy Papers
Policy Briefs
Discussion Papers/
Working Papers
Blogs
Good Practices (GFRAS/AESA)
Consultancy Report Conference proceedings
Manuals,
Guides
AESA BlogsOur experience with editing
blogs
Writing skills vary considerably
Limited motivation to write blogs-What I gain by writing a blog? (this is changing now)
Often needs several iterations
Need help with style and presentation
Need to devote time to help identify and support potential bloggers
Blogs
• Personal publishing
“a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular basis”
It is a place to express yourself to the world. A place to share your thoughts and your passions.
Every human has a voice and wishes their voice to be heard.
Promoting your work through social media and as blogs
• Social Media
– Posting in social media not considered as web publishing, but it can promote web publishing
– AESA groups in Facebookand LinkedIn
Policy Papers/Book chapters/Thematic Notes
Good Practices
Consulting
• Consulting is also research (demand-led/generation of new knowledge relevant to the user)-multiple ways to do research (beyond numerical data)
• Different types of consulting: Lead consultant, Individual consultant, National consultant, part of a team
• In Social science and policy research, the critical skills include:
– Ability to review, synthesize, link with other source of knowledge,
– articulate in macro terms (policy, sector, operational terms)
Diagnosis
Analysis of the current and possible institutional arrangements for scaling out intensification of smallholder farming systems in 8 Districts (4 in India, 2 each in Bangladesh and Nepal)
What are the major institutions and policies that currently constrain development of small holder dairying in Bihar?
Agricultural Innovation System: Diagnostic tool
To conclude
• Publishing needs quality research, good presentation and also luck
• Rejections rates are generally high (to ensure quality)-don’t worry
• Good journals provide you a lot of suggestions on improving your paper (even if they reject), learn from these
• Publishing in journal articles is important, but many decision makers rarely read the journal articles
• Beyond journal articles, there are several ways to publish and promote your work and we should fully use these
Key capacities (for publishing)
• Knowledge related to:
– Advances in social science research methods
– Advances in extension, communication and innovation studies
• Skills related to:
– Writing for different formats (including use of social media)
• Attitude
– Passion for strengthening extension
Increasingly electronic and open access
Advantages; , No offset printing, reach wider audience, reduce time, content online, downloadable as PDFs, Printable
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