april, 2012 how to publish your college’s big ideas and innovations dr. deborah l. floyd...
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April, 2012
How to publish your college’s big ideas and innovations
Dr. Deborah L. Floyd
Editor-in-Chief, Community College Journal of Research & Practice, [email protected]
Professor, Florida Atlantic University, [email protected]
Rivka Felsher
Editorial Assistant, Community College Journal of Research & Practice, [email protected]
Presented 92nd Annual Convention of the American Association of Community Colleges
Orlando, Florida
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What’s the Big Idea?
1. Is it well articulated?
2. Is it research or practice based, theoretical/conceptual, or essay/opinion?
3. The So-What Factor: who is your audience, is your topic relevant to them, what is the significance, and what are the implications for policy, research, and practice?
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Community College Journal of Research & Practice
• The only two-year college journal that is international in scope and purpose, and published twelve times per year.
• A multidisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners in higher education and the behavioral and social sciences.
• Promotes an increased awareness of community college issues by providing an exchange of ideas, research, and empirically tested educational innovations.
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Community College Journal of Research & Practice
CCJRP publishes:
• Full-length scholarly and research articles,
• Short-length articles in our Exchange,
• Book reviews, and
• Special issues on hot topics and critical research areas.
Visit:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/UCJC or
http://www.tandfonline.com/action/aboutThisJournal?journalCode=ucjc20
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Community College Journal of Research & Practice
Author Instructions are available at the following links.
Full-length scholarly and research manuscripts: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1066-8926&linktype=44
Short-length, Exchange section manuscripts: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/UCJCexchange.pdf
Book reviews: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/UCJCbookreviewguide.pdf
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Taylor & Francis Publishers
Taylor & Francis publishes over 1,500 journals and nearly 1,800 new books annually.
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Taylor & Francis Author Services
Taylor & Francis Author Services is provides resources and information to help authors, from seasoned researchers to graduate students, publish their ideas.
Visit:
http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/
or:
http://www.facebook.com/tandfauthorservices
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Taylor & Francis Author Services• Choose your journal for fit.
• Write something new to contribute to the field.
• Prepare a cover letter.
• Submit once article to one journal at a time.
• Revise your dissertation to fit author guidelines for submission.
• Once published, publicize yourself.
• Blog about your writing.
• Present your material at conferences.
• Add your article to CiteULike. Visit: http://www.citeulike.org/
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Don’t Take These Missteps1. Being disrespectful or rude.
2. Being disorganized.
3. Being indecisive.
4. Being angry or vengeful.
5. Being unresponsive.
6. Being disregarding of reviewer suggestions.
7. Being sloppy and ignorant of publication guidelines.
8. Writing a book report versus a book review.
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Fight the Bull
Limit scholarly jargon to expand the accessibility of your writing to a wider audience.
For a tongue in cheek approach to writing, including an online assessment tool, free downloadable software to edit your writing, and links to pages to improve your writing style, visit
http://fightthebull.com/
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Do Take These Steps1. Be respectful in all communications with an editor or publishing
staff.
2. Be organized and attach your final documents in the correct publication format, in order, per publisher guidelines, and with clear file names.
3. Be confident, humble, and don’t take rejection personal, rather accept reviewer comments as constructive criticism and take them an opportunity to develop your idea, improve your writing, or expand your research.
4. Be responsive and reply to editor communications when they are received.
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Do Take These Steps1. Be professional and return revisions and query responses by
the editor’s or publisher’s deadline, or request an extension if you need more time.
2. Be responsive to editor and reviewer suggestions and incorporate all recommendations for improvement in your revisions. If you must deny a suggestion, provide rationale as to why.
3. Do your homework:
a. Be wary of pay-to-publish journals. Some are legit, some are not.
b. Consider how journals are ranked and indexed.