Writing for academic journals

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Busy academics must publish. To fulfil research output, they must write to a specific journal style and high standard while juggling other professional tasks. This book develops understanding of how writing happens, what good writing looks and feels like, what gets published and what does not and why. This book unravels the process of writing academic papers. It tells readers what good papers look like and how they can be written.

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Title Statements

Full title :Writing for academic journals / Rowena Murray.

Summary

Busy academics must publish. To fulfil research output, they must write to a specific journal style and high standard while juggling other professional tasks. This book develops understanding of how writing happens, what good writing looks and feels like, what gets published and what does not and why.

This book unravels the process of writing academic papers. It tells readers what good papers look like and how they can be written.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill Education/Open University Press
Place of Publication:Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

Notes

Previous edition: 2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 239 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780335263035, 0335263038, 9781299954854, 1299954855
oclc:ocn862048607
LC Classification:LB2369
Dewey Decimal:808.066

Introduction : Beyond reason and vanity -- Why write for academic journals? -- Targeting a journal -- Finding time to write -- Finding a topic and developing an argument -- Outlining -- Drafting -- Revising the draft -- Dialogue and feedback -- Responding to reviewers' feedback -- After publication -- Conclusion : Beyond ritual and rivalry.

Subjects

Academic language -- Study and teaching Academic writing Écriture savante Langage académique -- Étude et enseigne… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composit… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric Literature REFERENCE -- Writing Skills