PPP:

PREPARING FOR THE

PUBLICATION PROCESSTara Jankouskas Ph.D RNC

Beth M. Transue, MLS MET

Why Do You Want to Publish?

Disseminate new

knowledge

Add to the body of

evidence

Improve patient care

beyond your

practicehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Nurses_Day

Writing a Journal Article

Manage your

Resources BEFORE

They Manage You!!

PS: This is A LOT

easier than it used

to be!

Zotero

demonstration

Structure*

Introduction

Literature Review

Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion

Limitations

*depends on journal instructions and type of article

Choose a Journal

Identify common journals from

citations

Read scope and audience notes

Ask the journal

Read Instructions!

Would you use this journal article in your

research?

Avoid Predatory Publishers when

researching or publishing

"Predatory publishers often have minimal to nonexistent

review processes, a fabricated editorial board, and

journal titles and logos that mimic legitimate ones."

(Carroll, 2015)

Growth in past five years: 23 to 923 publishers

140 nursing journals

Found in Google Scholar

Beall’s List

CINAHL, Directory of Nursing Journals

Ask your librarian if unsure

Be wary of publication invitations. It’s too good to be true!!

Peer Review Process

Outcome:

Accepted with mild

revisions

Accepted with major

revisions

Rejected – WHY?

Resubmit to another

journal with better

“fit”?

Peer Review Process

Be ready for fast

turnaround!! Right,

Tara??!

You can push back

if you disagree!

Choose Keywords

Consider MeSH or

CINAHL Headings

Use keywords from

similar articles

Ask librarian

Contract Review

Read the fine print

Copyright

considerations

Open access

Disseminating Results

What does your

contract allow you to

do?

Post pre-pub

version?

Distribute X copies?

DON’T

Post article online

Send to others

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Track Results!!!

References

Carroll, V. S. (2015). Watch out for the wolves: predatory Ppblishing. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 47(1), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000126

Huber, V. C., & Vogt, H. B. (2016). So you want to be an author: a primer on writing for publication in the medical literature part I: manuscript preparation. South Dakota Medicine: The Journal Of The South Dakota State Medical Association, 69(4), 172–175. Retrieved from: https://www.sdsma.org/web/News___Publications/South_Dakota_Medicine/SDSMA/Publications/South_Dakota_Medicine.aspx

Oermann, M. H., Conklin, J. L., Nicoll, L. H., Chinn, P. L., Ashton, K. S., Edie, A. H., … Budinger, S. C. (2016). Study of predatory open access nursing journals. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(6), 624–632. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12248

Shah, J. (2015). Some rules for writing medical articles for peer-reviewed journals. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 97(4), 252–254. https://doi.org/10.1308/003588415X14181254790167

Questions/Discussions