ABSTRACT
This book is a guide specifically for Early Career Researchers on how to publish in the Biological Sciences, whether that be your first manuscript or if you’re already experienced – there’s something for everyone.
Following on from How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences: A Guide for the Uninitiated, it will guide you through taking your manuscript to publication in peer-reviewed journals and disseminating your research more broadly. It talks you through the peer-review process, including how to respond to reviewers’ comments, the meaning and importance of Impact Factors and how to get citations. It also explores the challenges in the academic community around Open Access and other debates, including transparency, overlay journals, paywalls, publication bias, predatory journals and the dangers of bullying.
Whether you are a student just completing your studies, or a supervisor struggling with rejections, this book will provide the insider information you need to get ahead.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|80 pages
Getting ready for submission
chapter 21|8 pages
The transition from closed to open
chapter 2|2 pages
What is a scientific journal for?
chapter 3|10 pages
What is peer review?
chapter 4|6 pages
Transparency in publishing
chapter 5|6 pages
What can you publish?
chapter 6|6 pages
What is Impact Factor, and why is it so important?
chapter 7|6 pages
When should you be an author?
chapter 8|12 pages
Citations and metrics
chapter 9|8 pages
Growing your network
chapter 10|14 pages
Preprints
part II|50 pages
Publishing your work
chapter 8211|4 pages
Writing your cover letter
chapter 12|4 pages
Suggesting reviewers
chapter 13|8 pages
Choosing the right journal
chapter 14|6 pages
Open Access or a paywall for your manuscript?
chapter 15|6 pages
Submitting a paper to a journal for peer review
chapter 16|6 pages
Expectations of peer review?
chapter 17|10 pages
Receiving the editor's decision
chapter 18|4 pages
Why should an editor read your submission?
part III|18 pages
After your paper is accepted
chapter 13219|2 pages
Now that your manuscript has been accepted
chapter 20|6 pages
Once your paper is accepted
chapter 21|2 pages
Writing a press release
chapter 22|2 pages
Why write a popular article?
chapter 23|4 pages
Altmetrics from traditional and social media
part IV|70 pages
Further challenges in academia