Publishing your thesis
Researchers and authors look forward to getting their work published in high-impact journals with ease, but this is not as simple as you may wish it to be. Getting your manuscripts and thesis published in a high-quality international journal is challenging. We will discuss some tips in this article to get your work published in a high-quality and reputed journal with ease.
Why it isn’t easy to get your work published in high-impact journals
Now the question is why getting your work published in high-impact journals is so difficult. The answer is the stringent assessment procedures adopted by high-impact journals. But this should not disappoint you. There are strategies and techniques which may help you boost your chances of getting your work published in a high-impact international journal.
Most of the thesis and manuscript writers are unaware of the ways and strategies they can adapt to get their work published in an internationally reputed journal.
Here are some strategies you can adapt to get your work published in a high-quality journal.
1. Quality of your manuscript:
The quality of your manuscript and thesis is the paramount consideration. Now what are the benchmarks for quality? You can probably brainstorm and answer these questions, and if you feel that you have truly done this, you can go ahead and try to get your manuscript published in a high-quality journal.
Here are some of the questions that you need to ask yourself to get your work published in a high-quality journal:
- Is there something innovative, something not available earlier, that has been done in your manuscript? This is an important question that you need to answer sincerely. If your work is just a repeat of work already done or simply summarizes the outcomes of many published works, then you have minimal chances of getting your work accepted to be published in a high-impact journal. Give new outcomes, new results, and a new way not existing in any earlier published work. This will boost your chances of your manuscript or article getting published in a high-quality international journal.
- The other thing which needs to be analyzed or looked into is whether you have done something challenging in your work. The research was difficult to implement. It may be that the subject area is very interesting and already exists, but still, few have attempted it because of the challenges involved. If you have overcome those challenges to complete your manuscript or thesis, the editors of high-impact journals may get interested in publishing your work.
- The results of your work are another important criterion. Does your manuscript or work have some interesting conclusions that might interest other researchers? If the answer is positive, you have passed one of the criteria for applying your work to be published in a high-impact journal.
All the above points simply suggest the quality of your work. You have good chances if your work is worthwhile and not simply a repeat.
2. Editing and proofreading of your work:
This is very important. Once your work is ready, you must get it proofread by a professional proofreading service provider. High-quality editors are employed by editing and proofreading companies.
Here is why editing your manuscript is essential before you forward your work to any high-impact journal:
- It enhances your expressions – Editors can help enhance your expressions. It removes any vagueness of language and brings clarity. Apart from that, your manuscript may require restructuring. Editing serves many purposes, including removing minute errors in language.
- Gets your work ready for being published – Professional English editing ensures that your work is ready to be reviewed by the editors of high-impact journals.
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3. Make sure that your manuscript is worthy of being published:
It makes great sense to ensure that your work is worthy of publication in a renowned international journal. Here are the things that you need to ensure before you forward your work to a publisher.
Now your simple query may be as to how you can make your work worthy of publication. We will suggest you some ways:
- Present your topic clearly and simply – It’s important to present it clearly and simply throughout your manuscript. The core message of your work should be very-very clear.
- Structure and formatting – Work on proper structuring and formatting of your topic.
- The title and the abstract – The title and the abstract of your manuscript need to be right. The title of the manuscript should be concise, and the core concept or theme of your manuscript should be reflected. The manuscript’s abstract should tell the entire story of the work clearly and concisely.
4. A high-quality cover letter:
A good and high-quality cover letter is important before you submit your work to a prestigious journal. The cover letter should tell the core message, and it should be interesting, informative, and innovative. Your cover letter is very important to make the first impression about your manuscript.
Here are some of the tips for writing a good cover letter for your manuscript.
- You have to brainstorm why the journal should accept your work and whether it fits the overall structure and theme of the journal. This is a very important question. You should be sure that your manuscript is a good fit to be accepted for publication in the journal.
- You need to present your manuscript in a very interesting way to the publisher. Your idea should look exciting, interesting, and innovative to the publisher. Your cover letter must have the winning points which impress the publisher in a way that he gets ready to publish your work.
- Try to bring out the positives and ignore any negative points in your cover letter.
5. Results and References:
You need to have a results section wherein you can write down the results of your research. Please ensure that you write the results clearly and simply, making it easy for the readers to understand. A statistical analysis of your research needs to be there in the results section.
References are important as well. The references acknowledge the source materials which you may have referred to write your manuscript. This is very important that you credit all the papers to whom you have referred in order to publish your paper. There are, however, important considerations for you to note while noting down your references. Make sure that you cite the main publications on which your work is based. This is also suggested that you do not use too many references. It somewhat affects the originality of your work.
The references and acknowledgment section is very important. Ensure you give credit to all papers you referenced and to people who have been helpful in the success of your research. Here are some quick tips for this section. Try to have a variety of references. Do not source all your references from a single geographical area. It should not give an impression that there is a closed group of very similar published works to which you have referred. It is advised that you refer from a variety of resources that are varied in terms of geography as well as time to make your references more convincing and useful to your publisher.
6. Pictures and Graphs:
It is said that a picture tells a thousand words, and this is as true as the sunlight in the day. Pictures and infographics help you to explain your subject matter.
7. Collect feedback from your peers and mentor:
Try collecting feedback from your peers and mentors for the work you have done. The suggestions may draw your attention toward some of your mistakes. It may also help you to open a different dimension for your manuscript. Apart from that, simple language errors and formatting can also be removed.
8. Do not cram too many objectives in one paper:
It’s important that you do not cram too many objectives in one single manuscript. It will make your work confused. Also, it is advisable that you create different papers based on objectives or divide your work into different sets of papers. This is a more logical way. Also, it’s not possible to write everything about your Ph.D. in just 6000 words. It’s not possible.
9. Revise and resubmit your work:
It is suggested that you directly respond to the comments of the review and make the correction and resubmit your work. Be logical and factual in your responses. It also means that you fact-check your responses. Illogical or false responses may affect the chances of publication. It may also show your awareness of related topics in your manuscript. So be knowledgeable and do a lot of homework on your responses. You must resubmit your work after clearly dealing with all the review points. You can challenge the reviewed points, but as suggested above, you must do your homework. Do not quickly respond to your reviewer. it should not be based on presumptions.