Scientific publishing: from a manuscript to a scientific publication

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1 Scientific publishing: from a manuscript to a scientific publication UEF Lecture Jarmo Saarti

2 Contents Scientific publishing From a manuscript to a publication Types of publications Contracts and agreements Open access and parallel publishing

3 Publication and publishing Publicity is one of the basic principles and core values in science Only those research result that are opened publicly and to criticism by others can become part of the science and its results The structures used in the scientific publishing have a long tradition and history Current evolution of the digital realm changes how research results are being published and how academics are acting publicly

4 Subramanyam model: The evolution of scientific information (Curl 2001, 458).

5 Types of scientific literature Primary research articles (aka original research articles or just research articles ) Review articles Editorials/Opinion/Commentary/Perspectives Trade publication articles News Blog posts Article comments (formal, reviewed) Technical Reports Pre-print/Post-print Gray literature Maps Conference proceedings long papers and/or abstratcts Books Book series Dissertations/Thesis ( Saarti

6 Publishing process rejection manuscript offer to publish acceptance to review review editing the manuscript acceptance agreements proof reading publishing making remarks/public criticism Saarti

7 Publication process Find a forum do you want high impact or high level of readers or both? Make a manuscript according to the journals guidelines & utilize reference management tools Send it to the journal to be evaluated Make corrections Sign the copyright agreement Get published Promote and market your publication Saarti

8 Editorial systems The process from a manuscript to a publication is managed in digital editorial systems They include guides to authors and file types They archive the history of the whole process including reviewing Saarti

9 Publishing agreement This gives right to make copies (copyright) to a publisher Retain at least academic rights to the content and rights to parallel publish and distribute to your colleagues = the publishers cannot make alterations to the contents = you have right to give a version to the university s publishing archive You can also try to negotiate other rights to yourself when needed here your academic interests and the publisher s economic interests might collide Saarti

10 What is agreed on? What rights you give to the publisher, what remains to the authors? Rights about the so-called third parties (e.g. using a colleagues picture in your paper)? When and in what form the manuscript is delivered to the publisher? Pays, fees, recompenses? When and in what form(s) the work is being published? How long the agreement is valid and how it can be cancelled? Saarti

11 Guides to authors 1.What types of publications is being published? 2.How the manuscript is finalized and who pays the costs? 3.How the manuscript is delivered, agreements on copyright and ethical issues? 4.About the reviewing process and how it is conducted? 5.What (copy)rights the authors have and what the publisher wants to be transferred? Saarti

12 Main reasons for rejection Out of scope, bad conduct/documentation of research Bad language and/or not according to the publisher s guides Results and conclusions are not vindicated and/or not enough valid data Results and conclusions are conducted badly or not at all Already known results or too little data for a valid evidence Too long, too broad, too much unfocused data Saarti

13 Main criteria used in the referee process Does the paper interest the readers Clarity style and readability How the paper is organized Novelty Conduct of the research planning and execution Tables and figures References up-to-date and coverage Saarti

14 Review result Publish as it is, Minor editing, Major editing and another review round, Rejection Saarti

15 Scientific misconduct and bad habits - contents Data manipulation of falsification. Leaving out unwanted data or results. Methodological misconduct. Partial or misinterpreted interpretation of research results. Plagiarism and copying. Giving false author information. Falsification of one s own cv-information. Saarti

16 Scientific misconduct and bad habits - publications Simultaneous publishing in several scientific forums Salami slicing Ghost writing Author is, if all of the following applies (Bailey 2000, 2005 ): 1. Conception and design of project or analysis and interpretation of the data, 2. Drafting or critically revising the content of the manuscript submitted for publication, and 3. Giving final approval of the version to be published Saarti

17 OpenAccess Enables the largest possible audience Serves also the publicity of the science and fighting against bad habits/conducts Research policies push forward the OA: EU, policy makers, Finnish Academy UEF policies: Open UEF: Saarti

18 OA routes Different OA routes: OA journals - Hybrid model - Parallel publishing - There might be OA fees $500 to $5,000 US Dollars Saarti

19 Thank you for your attention! uef.fi