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This book is a guide specifically for Early Career Researchers on how to publish in the Biological Sciences, whether that be your first manuscript or if you’re already experienced – there’s something for everyone. Following on from How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences: A Guide for the Uninitiated, it will guide you through taking your manuscript to publication in peer-reviewed journals and disseminating your research more broadly. It talks you through the peer-review process, including how to respond to reviewers’ comments, the meaning and importance of Impact Factors and how to get citations. It also explores the challenges in the academic community around Open Access and other debates, including transparency, overlay journals, paywalls, publication bias, predatory journals and the dangers of bullying. Whether you are a student just completing your studies, or a supervisor struggling with rejections, this book will provide the insider information you need to get ahead.
Getting your manuscript ready for submission
The transition from closed to open
What is a scientific journal for?
What is peer review?
Transparency in publishing
What can you publish?
What is Impact Factor, and why is it so important?
When should you be an author?
Citations and metrics
Growing your network
Preprints
Submission, reviews and reviewing, revising and resubmitting
Writing your cover letter
Suggesting reviewers
Choosing the right journal
Open Access or a paywall for your manuscript?
Submitting a paper to a journal for peer review
Expectations of peer review?
Receiving the editor’s decision
Why should an editor read your submission?
Once your paper is published
Now that your manuscript has been accepted
Once your paper is accepted
Writing a press release
Why write a popular article?
Altmetrics from traditional and social media
Further challenges in academia
Is Open Access good?
How to conduct peer review
The problems with peer review
What are predatory journals?
Why did some journals go behind paywalls?
Are researchers writing more, and is more better?
When should you correct or retract your paper?
Are you bullying or being bullied?
Keeping track of your mental health
Habilitation, DSc and Tenure