Publishing Journal Articles A Scientific Guide for New Authors Worldwide

Journal publication and grant writing are two core professional skills for new scholars today. However, systematic training is not typically offered in graduate programs worldwide. This book equips readers with the current scientific knowledge by providing a concise introduction to the science of journal article publication. The overall structure generally matches the curriculum of a graduate course and each chapter features a learning sequence based on Daniel Kahneman's intuitive judgement theory. The volume analyzes the intuitive thoughts of new authors from a variety of countries, uses over fifty real-life cases, and focuses on core concepts from nearly 100 research articles. It provides scientific advice for new authors, junior researchers, and graduate students to publish their scholarly work and advance their academic careers.

Preface; Part I. Nature of Journal Article Publication: 1. Why do we publish journal articles?; 2. What does it mean by publishing journal articles; Part II. Elements of Journal Article Publication: 3. What makes our manuscripts publishable?; 4. Who are the authors of journal articles?; 5. Who are the readers of your articles?; Part III. Strategies of Planning Journal Articles: 6. How should we choose the target submission date?; 7. How should we choose we target journals?; 8. How should we identify target articles?; Part IV. Strategies of Writing Journal Articles: 9. How should we write review articles?; 10. How should we write methodological articles for publication?; 11. How should we write theoretical articles for publication?; 12. How should we write empirical articles for publication?; Part V. Strategies of Publishing Journal Articles: 13. What should we do before submitting a manuscript?; 14. What should we do after submitting a manuscript?; 15. What should we do after out manuscript is accepted?; Part VI. Future of Journal Article Publication: 16. What should we do to publish journal articles in the future?

Zheng Yan graduated from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and is now Associate Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at University at Albany. He is also the funding editor-in-chief of Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. His research focuses on answering the basic question of how modern humans live with emerging technologies.