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A guide to the complex and changing world of academic publishing and how to work with it to get your research out there
The times they are a-changin’ and academic publishing is no exception. The rise of open access has made more research freely available but brings its own set of challenges. Generative artificial intelligence looms large across the sector as both friend and foe, and competition for space and visibility is more cut-throat than ever. Yet, the core academic skills of writing, editing and pitching remain crucial to success, alongside an understanding of what, when and where best to publish. This spotlight guide provides pointers on how to pitch your ideas and get them down on paper but also explores peer review, open access and how to start your own journal.
Walid Saad
Virginia Tech
Victoria Pittman
University of Bristol
Rachel Herbert, Alison McIntosh
Elsevier, University of St Andrews
Walid Saad
Virginia Tech
Catherine Léglu
University of Luxembourg
Take the first steps on your academic publishing journey by evaluating your place within the sector. Our resources offer guidance on how to know when your work is ready for publication, establishing where your research fits best, and crafting a proposal that shows why your ideas are worth publishing.
Jing Tang
Elsevier
Richard Baggaley
University of Westminster
Steven Bateman, Yingchun Li
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 
Rosie Wadman, Jess Macpherson
University of Southampton
Bareq Ali Abdulhadi
Al-Mustaqbal University
Lipsa Panda
Elsevier
Pitching and reviewing is all well and good but will not get you anywhere unless you can first get your words down on paper or, more likely, a screen. Mastering the skill of academic writing takes practice and persistence – find out how to carve out the time you need to write, how to construct a solid abstract, then listen to 10 academics share their top writing tips in a special podcast.
Patricia Thomson
University of Nottingham
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Arina Ziganshina
Dubai Medical College for Girls
Cheong Fan
Macau University of Science and Technology
Mark Humphries
University of Nottingham
Alison Daniell
University of Southampton
Artificial intelligence (AI) brings huge opportunities and challenges for academic publishing, with the potential to streamline elements of the writing and review processes, alongside the administrative side of running a journal. Two academics explain how to work with generative AI (GenAI), instead of against it. 
And if you are fed up with fighting to get your work in front of journal editors, who may take months to review your submissions, consider alternative routes to getting your work out there, from launching your own journal to using university repositories – as described in the resources below.
Benjamin Luke Moorhouse
Hong Kong Baptist University
Brooke Szücs
The University of Queensland
Judith Johnson
University of Leeds
James Williams, Asma Mohseni
University of Derby
Andrew Drybrough, Philip Montgomery
Nazarbayev University
Eric O'Flynn, Ines Perić
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Melissa A. Rothfus, Catherine Gracey
Dalhousie University
Nicki Clarkson
University of Southampton
Jonathan Petters
Virginia Tech
Corinne Guimont
Virginia Tech
Your work is finally published! This may be cause for celebration but don’t relax just yet. If you want to ensure maximum impact from your published research, it’s time to promote your paper and make sure it stands out against the millions of journal articles published each year. Here are tips how to get the word out to audiences within and beyond academia.
Christopher Tancock
Elsevier
Ashleigh Johnstone
Arden University
John Weldon
Victoria University
Simon Hall
University of Cambridge
Christina Zdenek
The University of Queensland
Steven Beschloss
Arizona State University

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