If you have finished listening or reading those guides on publishing in international journals, I believe that you will conclude that: (1) the publishing world is competitive; (2) it requires dedication and hard work.
However, there were cases in which good researchers were not properly rewarded. I like the responses in this short note “A Few Good Finance Researchers“.
In my earlier post on “What’s the Fuss about KPI?” (click here), I speculated that those who made a big fuss about KPI is because they have been misinformed about academic life.
For those who are considering a career in academia, I strongly recommend this essay “Academic Finance as a Career: The Good, the Bad, and the Not-so-Pretty” written by Don Chance. Even though the discussion is on finance, the information provided is relevant to other disciplines as well.
If the original link does not work, then click here.
Nowadays, with Google, it is not difficult to find materials on publishing tips. From the many materials that have been downloaded, I recommend the following five:
Wiley Chinese Scholars Network (CSN) provides text, audio, and video resources to support the journey to publication for Chinese authors in an English-language journal.
In CSN’s website, you can interact with experts and your peers, access detailed explanations of the peer review process, and discover the latest news from your discipline.
Even though the objective of CSN is to support Chinese scholarship, I find that the materials on the site are useful for most researchers, in particularly the Audio Presentations and Video Lectures.
Check it out here. This is cool!
For academics, presenting their papers at conferences is a routine task. But have you attended an online conference before?
In a newsletter that I received from Wiley-Blackwell, the publisher announced its first economics online conference, entitled Communications with Economists: Current and Future Trends. This exciting new conference promises to set the benchmark for events within the economics community.
The conference is free to all and will take place online on Wednesday 16th, Thursday 17th and Friday 18th November 2011.
To register for the conference, click here. This is cool!
Nowadays, greater weight is being given to publications in good quality journals, especially those indexed by Thomson ISI/WoS. Researchers, especially early career or those from developing countries, are eager for publishing tips.
I came across this useful page of Wiley-Blackwell on the Opportunities for Publishing in International Journals in Economics. This page publishes videos from the recent Econometric Society World Congress in Shanghai. The speakers are all editors of international journals.
To get some publishing tips, listen to those videos here.