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THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF SUBMITTING
PAPERS TO IJPP
• Who you want your audience to be – if it’s palaeopathology then it’s IJPP!
• NB: Has a quick turnaround time
• Read the guidance – every journal has different requirements
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Type of article in IJPP
• Research articles – e.g. a population study: 6000 words excluding refs and tables
• Case studies – an individual skeleton/mummy of special significance: 2500 words
• (detailed treatment - and for people collating data on x, y or z disease)
• Justify in terms of their context at the time the individual was living
• Technical note - some new whiz bang method that everybody should know about
• Brief communication – something important but not enough to warrant a Case Study submission
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Standard paper structure I
• Read papers already published!
Abstract: a short summary of the paper, a mini paper Keywords should not repeat what is in the title Introduction and background to study Include aims, objectives, hypotheses, questions, importance of study/relevance Material and methods • The sites studied and the archaeological context • The methods used (not just Brickley and McKinley 2004, Buikstra and Ubelaker 1994); don’t assume the reader will know what methods within those references you used • Include statistical analysis; think about intra- and inter
observer error testing too
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Standard paper structure II
Results • Describes the results – no discussion
Discussion • Return to hypotheses, questions etc.
• Discuss results in context/compared to other studies • Don’t forget limitations
Conclusions • Summarise results and suggest future work
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Standard paper structure III
Acknowledgements Anyone who has helped you, e.g. your supervisor (intellectual property rights), EIC, Associate editor, reviewers, funding bodies, curators of collections References • Make sure you are up to date with the literature i.e. don’t ONLY use old references • Use clinical refs alongside palaeopathological ones – remember that
palaeopathologists have to use clinical data as a baseline; while not always appropriate it is the starting point.
• Never rely on a palaeopathological reference for a clinical piece of information Figures Arrows/scales Only ones you really need for the paper Supplementary materials
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Non-native English speakers (or indeed native English speakers!) need (may need) to have a paper vetted by a native English speaker BEFORE submission
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Once submitted • To EIC • Assigns it to an Associate Editor • Can be rejected at this stage if not suitable for the journal/so poorly executed • Associate editor selects 2 reviewers who know something about the subject • You also suggest reviewers (or people you don’t want to review it) • Associate editor reviews the paper too • Associate editor along with reviewers then make a recommendation to the EIC – so three
reviews and three recommendations • EIC makes the final decision and corresponds with the author (reject, revise, accept) Dealing with revisions • Each point in turn and explain what you have done • You don’t have to agree with everything that is suggested if you can justify your argument • Better not to get cross or depressed! • Reviewers might disagree with each other!
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Special Issues
Previous and on going examples include:
• Trauma • Paleoparasitology • Scurvy (probably the first issue/volume for next year), & • Cemental annuli and paleopathology (part of an issue for next year)
• Also excellent to have a themed symposium
(paper OR poster) at Paleopathology Association (or other) meetings and turn into a Special Issue.