Write your journal article! Selecting a journal

Audience: PG research

Date: Wednesday 19 February 2025

Times: 10.00 to 12.00

Programme: GRADskills
Programme: Write your journal article! 12 steps to submission

Key details: This workshop will run online. If you plan on taking a few workshops in the 'Write your journal article!' series, consider signing up for the programme: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/pdms/programmes.php?Programme_instanceID=92&Mode=Single

Target audience

Research PGs at any stage. You should ideally come with an idea for a journal article you would like to produce.

Qualifications needed

Optional: Write your journal article! Designing your plan for writing, Write your journal article! Advancing your argument, Write your journal article! Abstracting your article

Course pre-work

Suggested preparation: • Read Belcher’s workbook Week 4: Selecting a Journal, doing the tasks of searching for and studying journals. Make sure to fill out the Journal Evaluation Report on at least one journal. • Email your top three journal choices to the instructor by the fourth class session and be prepared to discuss them.

Follow on course

Write your journal article! Refining your works cited

Course information

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop will run online.  If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your place at least two working days before so that we can allow others onto the course.

This seminar is an introduction to the complex world of academic publishing and is designed to give writers in a variety of disciplines practical experience in getting their work published in peer-reviewed journals. We will use the core text Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (Belcher, 2019). The course explains the publication process to students and shares strategies for achieving success in the academic writing arena, including setting up a work schedule, identifying appropriate journals for submission, working with editors, writing query letters, clarifying arguments, making claims for significance, and organizing material. In a supportive environment, participants revise a draft (often a classroom paper, conference paper, or dissertation chapter) into a peer-reviewed article and submit it for publication. You can sign up for the whole programme, thematic blocks or specific sessions. Read the descriptions carefully to help you prepare for the sessions. Happy writing! 

Aims and objectives

In the first hour, we will look at strategies for selecting a journal. We will hear key aspects to consider from experienced researchers.  

In the second hour, we will continue writing our articles using the Pomodoro technique. We suggest you start writing your literature review section. 

Tutors

Dr Paula Villegas Verdu

Course provider

IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk