Dave Wilson talked to us about writing and publishing in international academic journals, both in a general context, and from a PhD.
The first depressing thing he said was that publishing in highly ranked journals improved the perceived quality of a business school, which gave rise to pressure to publish in top journals, which would want high quality business schools to write for them. It sounds cyclical - at least that's how I sketched it. He referred to Barley (2006) who wrote about "transgressive papers" (slightly misquoted) that get normalised by a process that stifles innovation. Citation clubs exist to boost their own publication rates (Cynic). The lesson is that you should cite.
The first depressing thing he said was that publishing in highly ranked journals improved the perceived quality of a business school, which gave rise to pressure to publish in top journals, which would want high quality business schools to write for them. It sounds cyclical - at least that's how I sketched it. He referred to Barley (2006) who wrote about "transgressive papers" (slightly misquoted) that get normalised by a process that stifles innovation. Citation clubs exist to boost their own publication rates (Cynic). The lesson is that you should cite.
Advice:
- submit to special issues
- write with others to demonstrate you can work in a team
- write for A and B rated journals
- have a theoretical or methodological or empirical core message
- address the "so what?" question "This work is important because .."
- be able to describe your PhD in 4-5 sentences
- match the subject to the journal
- don't try to rush it! (this was so depressing because you may not publish till four years after your PhD)
- use your conclusion of your first draft as an introduction to your second draft
- if you get a "revise and resubmit" response, that's a reason for champagne-opening!
The greatest buzz is when you get cited!
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