GETTING YOUR

RESEARCH WORK
PUBLISHED
Prepared by B.A. Salami, PhD
 Introduction
TODAY'S RUNDOWN Finding the right journal
What We'll Be Discussing
Manuscript preparation
Before you submit
After you submit
Understanding reviews
Summary
NOTA BENE

ACADEMIC SUCCESS DEPENDS ON

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS.
PHILIP ZIMBARDO

INTRODUCTION
Your audience helps you
select the right journal to
submit your research
articles (Letters and rapid
and short comunication,
review paper, full articles,
research elements etc)
As reserachers, our role is to advance
essential knowledge.
Why? Your achievements can save loves and
improve living conditions
To your audience - Are you ready to share
your knowledge?
To yourself - Ask two questions to asked
(a) Do I have a story to tell?
- Original and Innovative work by editors and
reviewers (sound conclusions based on sufficiently
robust data)
(b) Is there an audience for my research?
- More original and Innovative work, more
audience (either local, regional or international
audience)
 * Finding the right journal makes reaching the right
audience easy
- article type - references in article - journal guide for
authors - aim and scope of journal
NB: Submit to ONLY one journal at a time

* Journal finder

FINDING THE RIGHT Elsevier - https://journalfinder.elsevier.com/

Springer - https://journalsuggester.springer.com/

JOURNAL Wiley - https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-

resources/Journal-Authors/find-a-journal/index.html

* Journal metrics
To decide on which journal, one or two metrics could help
to decide
(a) review speed and online publication time
(b) geographical location of corresponding authors
and journal usage
(c) journal impact (citescore, impact factor, SNIP, SJR)

*Open access option (free and permanent access to

published research, reader can share and use)