Maximizing your chances for getting published and some real examples

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Being a good fit Just knowing that a journal is of

Being a good fit

Just knowing that a journal is of good

quality is not enough—you have to do your homework
Read multiple articles published by that journal in the past few years
Browse the abstracts and citations
Talk with colleagues, esp. if they’ve published in that journal
Things to look for: commonly-cited sources, solo vs multiple authors, audience, acknowledgments and funding
Live by the Author Guidelines
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Having the “right” sources Having an article published means that you

Having the “right” sources

Having an article published means that you are

entering into a conversation—your work is not an island—and you need to put it in the right context
Be well-read in your field, not just the “classics” or seminal works, but also current articles
If you’re ignoring the literature (on purpose or not) your chances of getting published plummet
Amount and quality of citations
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Having the “right” sources Plagiarism will automatically get you rejected, and

Having the “right” sources

Plagiarism will automatically get you rejected, and many

editors will make a note in their database
Self-plagiarism, even in translation
Even if you sneak it by them, it can always come out later
Incorporating nonwestern sources
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Translations and English You absolutely cannot rely on automatic translation You

Translations and English

You absolutely cannot rely on automatic translation
You should not

rely on manual translation
Your writing will be much better if you start in English (or the journal’s target language) even if you don’t think your English is that great
Translations of your own work is not new scholarship
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Giving back/playing the game Say yes when editors ask you to

Giving back/playing the game

Say yes when editors ask you to do

reviews
And if you have to say no, tell them why and when you’d be able to review
Submit often, but never submit the same article to multiple journals at the same time
Meet your deadlines
Many editors have databases where they note if you were late, hard to work with, plagiarizing, and if you keep saying no to doing reviews
Get to know the people
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Examples from my most recent publication—citations

Examples from my most recent publication—citations

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Examples from my most recent publication—references

Examples from my most recent publication—references