How to Get a Paper Published in an English Language Journal: A Workshop for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Event type:
- Workshop
This workshop will help participants develop skills necessary to get pieces of their writing finished and succesfully published in English.
The humanities and social science academic journals on average accept twenty percent of papers submitted for publication. This workshop will not only inform its participants on why it is so but also help them develop skills necessary to get pieces of their writing finished and published. It will bring the participants closer to a successful publication in English by taking them through the stages that the authors go through as they prepare their manuscripts, send them to the editor, respond to feedback from the journal, and, if necessary, resubmit their articles. Participation in the seminar will help answer the following questions:
- Why publish? Why not to publish?
- Why do editors and/or reviewers reject articles? What does a rejected paper tell us?
- How do I meet the editorial objectives of the journal?
- What are the criteria of a good article?
- How do I present my manuscript?
- What is the review and the production process?
- How do I respond to feedback from the journal?
The seminar participants will become more confident with:
- defining their writing goals;
- finding and targeting the right journal;
- drafting a synopsis or an abstract of a paper;
- writing a focus statement section of a paper;
- editing a paper for consistency and economy of style;
- articulating implications of their research;
- advancing their literature review from the summary to authorization stage;
- communicating with the journal.
- The in–class hands–on activities will result in the participants finding the right journal and drafting a focus statement or the first page of a paper.
- Trainer: Dr. Tetyana Müller-Lyaskovets
- Target group: Doctoral researchers of the Humaninies and Social Sciences
- Number of participants: max. 12
- Language: English