Scholarly Publishing
What Is The Process of Publishing My Work?
Researchers collect and evaluate data and ideas to distribute to others in the scholarly community. As a researcher, publishing your work includes evaluating journals or publishers, submitting your work, undergoing peer review and editing your work, and then sharing your published work through institutional repositories, social media, or links and DOIs.
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The Research Lifecycle
The Research Lifecycle is the process of discovering, sharing, and preserving research.
4 Steps of the Research Lifecycle:
1. Plan
Ask questions and develop your research topic. Find data, seek funding, and begin organizing your work. Submit plans and materials to the IRB if needed.
2. Develop
Conduct analyses, collect and clean data, and engage in active research.
3. Disseminate
Choose a method for sharing your work. Review your publishing options, such as open access, and your copyright options. Evaluate academic journals and submit your work for publication.
4. Preserve
Allow your work to be viewed, cited, and shared for the long term through self-archiving in an institutional repository. Discuss your data management options with your team, department, and librarians.
Resources for Understanding the Research Lifecycle
Where to Publish?
Many publishers are members of trade groups or publishing organizations. Some of the best known of these groups are listed below. Use these resources to help you identify where to publish:
UTK Libraries strive to support our researchers and the open access landscape through a number of investments. Visit our Open Publishing Discounts webpage to view the current list of publishers who offer different discounts to UT researchers.
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A curated list of scholarly journals with information to help researchers decide where to publish their manuscripts. Includes acceptance rates, submission guidelines, and time to review.
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UTK Libraries only has access to Cabells Journalytics.
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- Journal Citation Reports
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Using data from Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides measures for ranking, evaluating, and comparing scholarly journals in science, technology, and social sciences. Includes journal impact factors.
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Please see this FAQ for accessibility workarounds for accessing Journal Citation Reports.
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For further assistance, talk to your subject librarian. Subject librarians can suggest references that will help you identify and evaluate publishing opportunities, such as The Directory of Small Press & Magazine Editors & Publishers and other publishing directories.
Author Affiliations
Which Information Should I Include About Myself as an Author?
When submitting an article to a journal, authors will need to provide professional information about themselves. They may need to include their job title, institutional affiliation, email address, or other requested information. For authors who are transitioning to new institutions, they will likely need to list their affiliation as with the institution where their work was completed. Alternatively, some journals may request the affiliation to be the institution that is funding the work. For researchers with multiple affiliations where it is not obvious on which one to list, using the term "current affiliation" may be helpful.
Authorship Resources
For guidelines and recommendations:
- COPE: The Committee on Publication Ethics provides guidelines on responsible authorship and peer-review and case studies of research publishing questions.
- ICMJE: The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors provides resources and recommendations for research conduct, reporting, and editing.
- ProQuest and the Council of Graduate Schools commissioned the following documents from Kenneth Crews, Director of Columbia's Copyright Advisory Office: Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis: Ownership, Fair Use, and Your Rights and Responsibilities as well as Copyright Laws Around the World
For questions on author roles and affiliations:
- Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CREDIT)
- International Standards for Editors and Authors
- What Constitutes Authorship?
- Claiming Institutional Affiliations
- Defining Authorship in Your Research Paper: Examples from Taylor & Francis
- Author Affiliations FAQ from Cambridge University Press
- Research Article: What is Behind Multiple Institutional Affiliations in Academia?
Tools for Literature Reviews
Literature Review Guides
Literature reviews involve collecting and analyzing existing literature on a topic. Review the guides and resources below for help with understanding and creating literature reviews.