JALT Writers' Peer Support Group

"This handout ... provides a detailed outline of how to construct a research study, focused to manuscripts concerning an English as a Foreign Language [education-related topic], using quantitative or qualitative methodology, or both" (Abstract, 2916.07.28).

"Recently, academics are receiving an increasing number of email invitations to submit papers. While some are legitimate announcements from reputable organizations, many are a new kind of spam from what Beall (2012) calls "predatory publishers" (p. 179). Basically, they track you down through the titles of your work and invite you to submit manuscripts. They promise quick turnaround and imply guaranteed acceptance. If you are a novice researcher, you might be flattered into submitting. However, you may find later that there is a hefty fee. We wrote this paper to help you identify suspicious solicitations so that you can avoid being duped" (¶1).

The video in this post introduced the APA's institutional mega-service! Do you have any hands-on experience? If so, what are your impressions? Does it compare favorably with other reference management tools or suites?

This TomProf post encapsulated "advice on how to limit the power of your inner critic when you sit down to do your next writing" (Message Number: 1503, Folks, ¶1).

Final program for symposium at Tsuda College, 2016.03.05

"This article provides research guidelines for authors intending to sub-mit their manuscripts to TESOL Quarterly. These guidelines includeinformation about the TESOL Quarterly review process, advice on converting a dissertation into a research article, broad introductions to a number of research methods, and a section on research ethics." (Abstract)

"This is the second article in a two-part series dealing with writing for publication."

"This is a list of bloggers, magazines and groups happy to review self-pub ELT ebooks."

"In many ways writing and creating your own book is the easy part of self-publishing. The really difficult part comes when you start trying to sell it. This is especially difficult for many writers. We are writers not marketing specialists ...." (Peachey, 2015).

"How do you make sense of the quality of resources and evaluate their authority and appropriateness for your research?" This library guide advocates careful evaluation of the suitability, authority, and other indicators of resource quality, and provides pointers to a number of reference works and related websites.

"Mendeley Profile - your professional public face We continue to refine the look, feel and functionality of your Profile page. This will make it easier for you to complete your profile, and for others to see your professional interests and achievements, at a glance. Over time this will also make profiles more discoverable. We are also extremely excited about the upcoming integration between Mendeley and Scopus - the leading scientific bibliographic database. This will give Mendeley users an easy way to access and add curated metadata about millions of publications."

This post contains links to Kindle and Epub versions of a free ebook.

"TESOL Press is currently accepting responses to calls as well as unsolicited manuscripts. More information and the proposal form can be found by clicking on the Read & Publish tab on the TESOL webpage and then clicking on Information for Authors."

"An academic or scientific abstract should briefly and comprehensively summarise the contents of the paper it precedes. It should not contain information that is not present in the article and it should report, not evaluate, what can be found in the paper" (Abstract, ¶1, 2015.07.11).

Tetzner suggested, "It is always best to choose a refereed or peer-reviewed journal because this means that the research articles published by that journal have been evaluated by scholars and researchers who specialise in the subject area" (¶2), and recommended, "Ulrich's Periodical Directory, online access to which can be gained through most university libraries, … to determine whether a journal is peer reviewed" (¶2).

This page presents various options and restrictions for open access publishing with the Taylor & Francis Group.

This page lists items to include with a book project proposal.

"Every researcher now needs to know about open access and we're here to help you find out how" (deck, ¶1, 2015.06.16).

"This is the pre-publication version of the article which will be published in volume 8, no, 2 of Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. / To reference this paper: Saunders MNK and Rojon C (2015) Dealing with reviewers' comments in the publication process. Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. DOI: 10.1080/17521882.2015.104746" (deck, 2015.06.18).