Publishing in Linguistics Session held on 14 June 2011 by: Diane Blakemore (Editor, Lingua) Paul Rowlett (Editor, Transactions of the Philological Society) David Denison (Editor, English Language & Linguistics until 2010) Nigel Vincent (Editor, Journal of Linguistics, 1983-1993) Contents Where do you publish? What kind of paper should you publish? (Diane) What is the process? How long does it take? (Paul) Writing your paper; stylistic conventions; referencing (David) Dealing with reviews (Nigel)
1. Where do you publish? What do you publish? Diane Blakemore How high do you aim? Peer reviewed articles important for cvs But you can start with working papers, conference papers Not all peer reviewed journals are the same http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/08/oct26-08_2/ Thomson Scientific, Web of Science, impact factor www.journal-ranking.com (on-line, interactive) Be realistic high prestige goes with low acceptance rate
What journal is right for my research? General theoretical linguistics journals General applied linguistics journals Specialist Phonetics journals Specialist Sociolinguistics journals Specialist theoretical journals Journals with particular theoretical orientation Areally oriented journals Interdisciplinary journals How do I know what journal is right? Look at previous and current issues Read the mission statement (in journal and on website for journal) Talk to your supervisor
What kind of paper can I submit? Aim to send every quality paper to a working papers, conference proceedings or journal BUT DON T FORGET YOUR THESIS! Short papers may be appropriate for a squib or notes section of a journal While some topics need lengthy discussion, don t try to cram too much into one paper you might need to split your paper into two 2. The process Paul Rowlett
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!"h$o6++>*$ Usually now sent to the corresponding author as a pdf attachment to an email Tight turnaround time (a few days rather than weeks); liaise with editor if likely to be out of email contact Proof stage for correcting errors; NOT an opportunity to rewrite Corrections to be marked in pen on hard copy OR using pdf annotation feature 3. Writing your paper David Denison
Before you write Why is your material interesting? Who will it be interesting to? Think about its obvious, primary audience making it interesting/comprehensible to linguists outside the special interest group What is original in your data or analysis? Is the topic reasonably well delimited? not too baggy and diffuse, not too narrow Writing your paper How are papers normally presented in the journal (or whatever) that you re submitting to? official style sheet general technical level assumed: look at other papers What are your assumptions? Conclusions? Route from assumptions to conclusions? Methodology and theoretical approach(es)? Previous work: just enough to situate yours
Mechanics Referencing. Check style sheet of journal. If in doubt, use Unified style sheet (see under Word processing and Useful links in Computer resources for linguists http://tinyurl.com/compres) Example numbering? Check style sheet. Footnotes or endnotes? MS Word, PDF, LaTeX, hardcopy!? Write it!
Revising your paper (Ideally) put it aside for a week+, then look at it again dispassionately and rewrite it. If a non-native speaker, have it read by a native speaker. Show it to useful readers (supervisors, friends) for their advice. Decide how much of their advice to take! Try to remove obvious typos, writing errors. Submit it Good luck!
4. Dealing with reviews Nigel Vincent Possible responses Outright acceptance pretty rare unless you re called Noam Chomsky! Accept but some changes required Revise and resubmit Outright rejection nasty but it happens to all of us (unless you re NC!)
Resubmit to same journal or try elsewhere? Depends on the reports they may give you no choice! Otherwise best to resubmit to the original journal Never submit to two journals at the same time How to revise go carefully through the referees comments follow the advice in the editor s letter if there are incompatibilities between the reports, think how they can be reconciled discuss revisions with a colleague or supervisor get the revised version read by someone independent
Calm down first! When to revise Not before speaking to your supervisor or some other advisor Not without doing any necessary extra reading, analysis, etc As soon as you can How to resubmit submit the revised article submit a covering letter explaining how you have addressed the referees points where in the paper the revised sections are if there are any points not addressed, why not