UNDERSTANDING THE PUBLISHING PROCESS | HOW TO PUBLISH IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS 3
UNDERSTANDING THE PUBLISHING PROCESS
How to publish in
scholarly journals
CONTENTS
1 Introduction .................................................................... 4
2 Find the right journal ..................................................... 5
2.1 Introduction ............................................................... 5
2.2 Journal Finder ............................................................ 5
2.3 Journal metrics ........................................................... 5
2.4 Open access options .................................................. 6
3 Prepare your paper ......................................................... 7
3.1 Your manuscript ......................................................... 7
3.2 Language quality ........................................................ 9
3.3 Illustrations ................................................................ 10
3.4 Enrich your article ...................................................... 10
3.4.1 AudioSlides ......................................................... 10
3.4.2 Graphical Abstracts ............................................. 10
3.5 Adding data ................................................................ 11
3.6 Ethics .......................................................................... 11
3.7 SEO your article ......................................................... 11
4 Submit and revise your paper ......................................... 12
4.1 How to submit a paper? ............................................. 12
4.2 Peer review ................................................................. 12
4.3 Article Transfer Service ............................................... 12
4.4 Check the status of your paper .................................. 12
5 Aer acceptance .............................................................. 13
5.1 Article in press ............................................................ 13
5.2 Proong ..................................................................... 13
5.3 Share Link & oprints ................................................ 13
6 Copyright ......................................................................... 14
7 Promote your work ......................................................... 15
7.1 Share your paper ........................................................ 15
7.2 Be discovered online .................................................. 15
7.3 Conferences ................................................................ 15
7.4 Social media ............................................................... 16
7.5 Scholarly collaboration networks ............................... 16
7.6 Media relations .......................................................... 16
8 Montor your impact ........................................................ 17
8.1 Introduction ............................................................... 17
8.2 Mendeley Stats .......................................................... 17
8.3 Article metrics ............................................................ 18
9 Why publish with Elsevier .............................................. 19
9.1 Introduction ............................................................... 19
9.2 Innovation .................................................................. 19
9.3 ScienceDirect ............................................................. 19
9.4 Scopus ........................................................................ 19
9.5 Mendeley .................................................................... 20
10 Further information and training .................................. 21
10.1 Publishing Campus ................................................... 21
10.2 Authors’ Update ....................................................... 21
10.3 Postdoc Free Access Program .................................. 21
