Tag Archives: journals

seven reasons why journals reject papers

Posted on May 20, 2013 by pat thomson

I’ve written about rejections several times, and most of this is scattered throughout the blog, so I thought it might be helpful to amalgamate the most important points together. All in one place. There are some very common reasons why … Continue reading →

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literature review step one, scoping. #acwrimo work in progress

Posted on November 11, 2012 by pat thomson

One of the things that we all have to do when starting a piece of research is to find out what else has been said about our topic. This is usually called the literature review, although I prefer to think … Continue reading →

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writing from the PhD thesis – the publishing plan

Posted on September 7, 2012 by pat thomson

I’m assuming that if you’re reading this post you have a publishing agenda – that is a list of potential articles from the PhD arranged in priority order. I’m also assuming that this might include a book – but I’m … Continue reading →