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Welcome! We designed this guide with faculty in mind and included resources that can help you at any point in the writing process. Refer to the navigation menu on the left for guidance, but here are some quick hits to get you started:
Deciding Where to Publish
The Library offers many resources to help you in deciding where to submit your work for publication. Important things to consider when selecting potential publications are the Journals' Acceptance Rates and the Impact and Immediacy Rankings.
Writing Advice
We've been there- the ideas and concepts are all churning in your head but you can't figure out how to get them onto that digital page. We've gathered some resources that might help.
Open Access
Consider publishing your work in an Open Access repository or journal. Go to Author's Rights, Open Access, or DigitalCommons@Fairfield to learn more.
Selecting the journal(s) to send your manuscript to is an important part of the academic publishing process. Here are the main criteria to consider:
Circulation Statistics
The best place to find the circulation numbers for prospective journals is often on the website of the journal itself. Ask a Librarian if you need help!
You can also consult:
Journal acceptance rates yield important statistical information about the selectivity of a journal.
Some good places to check for journal acceptance rates are:
By Discipline
The resources listed below contain information on acceptance rates for scholarly journals in specific disciplines. If your discipline is not listed below, consult Cabell's or ask a librarian for more help!
Economics & Finance
Education & Library Science
English
Nursing & Health Administration
Psychology
Determining a Journal's Prestige
In considering the prestige of a journal, two common factors are considered:
In addition, in the sciences, the Eigenfactor may also play a part.
Finding Prestige Stats
An increasing number of alternative metrics (altmetrics) are available to address the shortcomings of the impact factor and other established metrics. For a good overview, see the following articles:
Finding Cited References Using Databases
Cited References count how many times a given work has been cited by others.
The resources listed below contain information on cited reference counts. As different sources index different titles, it is best to check all of the applicable sources and remove duplicate cited references for an accurate count.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
BY DISCIPLINE
Art
Business
Chemistry
Communication
Computing
Environmental Studies
History
Information Systems and Technology
Music
Nursing
Psychology
Sociology
Don't see your field of study listed? Don't worry, use our database finder here.
Finding Cited References in Books
Finding citations inside books can be difficult. Luckily, there are plenty of digitized books or native e-books that can make it somewhat easier. Consider using:
1. Know Your Rights as the Author
This information adapted from SPARC.
2. Think about Retaining Your Rights as the Author
Retain Your Author's Rights
This information adapted from SPARC.
Transferring copyright doesn’t have to be all or nothing.The law allows you to transfer copyright while holding back rights for yourself and others. Some available options:
3. Advice on SPARC Author Addendum or Creative Commons License
What if the Publisher Rejects the Author Addendum or Creative Commons License?
This information taken from SPARC.
4. Submitting your Work to DigitalCommons@Fairfield Guidelines
Copyright and Submitting to the Repository - DigitalCommons@Fairfield
Adapted from the University of Connecticut's Copyright Guidelines.
Learn more about Digital Commons
Visit DigitalCommons@Fairfield
Author With Copyright: Any author publishing work in DigitalCommons@Fairfield must either be the copyright owner for the work or have the permission of the copyright holder to publish it in the Repository. If the author retains copyright for their submission, no further efforts are required, and they may proceed to the submission process. |
Author Without Copyright: If the author does not maintain copyright, he/she still may be able to submit material to the repository. Many publishers will allow placement in an institutional repository of articles published in their journals or books as a form of "self archiving" in pre-print or post-print form. SHERPA-RoMEO provides information by publisher on what kind of self-archiving activity is allowed for articles in their journals, and one can search for a particular journal and its policies here. If after consulting these sources and/or the publisher, an author is unable to determine whether they retain the right to post their material in the repository, they can email digitalcommons@fairfield.edu for assistance. |
Preserve Self Archiving Rights: Remember, authors can always preserve basic self archiving rights when negotiating copyright issues in book and journal contracts. The DiMenna-Nyselius Library endorses the SPARC Author Addendum which contains language that allows for the posting of published documents in an institutional repository, and which can be attached to any publisher’s publication agreement. We encourage authors to use this form or otherwise protect their rights when submitting documents to a publisher.
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Definitions
Author Pre-Print version: the author copy PRIOR to any peer-review – [usually the initial submission for publication].
Author Post-Print version: the author copy POST peer review but PRIOR to any publisher formatting, copyediting, pagination, etc.
Publisher PDF version: the actual article as it appeared in the publication. All peer-review, formatting, copyediting and pagination has been included.
Understanding Open Access
A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access by Peter Suber
What Faculty can do to Support Open Access?
DigitalCommons@Fairfield
A service of the Library that offers open access to the collected scholarship and creative works of Fairfield University faculty, students and staff. Learn more: http://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu
SHERPA/RoMEO
Want to find out what your favorite journal's open access policy is? Search for the journal title in SHERPA/RoMEO to find out what you are permitted to do with your article post-publication.
Green: archive pre-print, post-print or publisher's PDF
Blue: post-print (final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's PDF
Yellow: pre-print (pre-refereeing)
White: Archiving not formally supported
Remember that you can ALWAYS ask to retain the right to self-archive your article!
Open Access Directories & Repositories
General
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Directory of peer-reviewed journals that operate with an open access model, ie articles are freely available to anyone.
Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)
Aggregates high-quality academic research by aggregating peer-reviewed Open Access publications from across Europe.
Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
The aim of ROAR is to promote the development of open access by providing timely information about the growth and status of repositories throughout the world.
Humanities
Open Humanities Press
Open Access Press that publishes peer-reviewed monographs and journals in the humanities.
Perseus Digital Library
Covers the history, literature, and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
Sciences
arXiv.org
Access to 791,125 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, and Statistics.
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Publishes seven peer-reviewed open-access journals in a variety of scientific disciplines.
Aquatic Commons
The Aquatic Commons is a thematic digital repository covering the natural marine, estuarine /brackish and freshwater environments.
Social Sciences
Social Science Research Network
Contains an abstract database (448,000 working papers) and an electronic paper collection (362,000 full text pdfs).
IDEAS: Economics and Finance Research
Contains 1,200,000 items, part of a large volunteer effort to enhance the free dissemination of research in Economics, RePEc.
Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics (AgEcon)
Contains working papers, conference papers and journal articles in applied economics, including the subtopics of agricultural, consumer, energy, environmental, and resource economics.
Author's Rights Resources from Scholarly Publishing and Resources Coalition (SPARC)
SPARC Author Rights Inititiative: Great starting place to explore author's rights issues.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journals (SoTL)
The Kennesaw State University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) has developed an extensive list of SoTL journals. The searchable directory is on the right-hand side of the page.
Kennesaw State University CETL Teaching Journals Directory
Journals - Calls for Articles and Editors
Community Engagement | Community Engagement - Editors
Service Learning | Service Learning - Editors
Campus Community Partnership for Health
CES4Health was launched by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) in November 2009 as a free online source of peer-reviewed products of community-engaged scholarship. CES4Health peer-reviews, publishes, and disseminates products of community-engaged scholarship that are not journal articles - videos, curricula, policy reports, digital stories and online toolkits, for example.
CES Journals - Partial List
Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice
Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning
EPiCHE Journal Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement
International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change
International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement
International Journal of Research on Service-Learning in Teacher Education
Journal for Civic Commitment (no longer publishing - archive only)
Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
Journal of Experiential Education
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
Journal of Service Learning in Higher Education
Metropolitan Universities Journal
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research
Journals Often Publishing Community Engaged Scholarship:
You've published your work, now what? How can you maximize its reach?
Social Media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and even Instagram can be incredibly useful tools to share your research with your colleagues, other researchers, your students, and the general public! How can you do it? Consider the following Tips for Using Social Media to Promote Your Research from Nature Publishing Group or these 5 Tips for Promoting Your Research using Social Media from the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
Feel free to contact your liaison to personally discuss ways you can use your existing social media platforms to promote your research.
Additional Resources to Consider
The links below point to brief informational guides for creating accurate citations. For more complete information, consult the original books at the library (see call numbers below) or contact a librarian.
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Ref. LB2369.G53 2016 |
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Questions about Citations? Save time, ask a Librarian!
RefWorks is an online citation management tool that allows you to organize your citations and quickly create bibliographies without having to type a word. Click the logo for more info!
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