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Effectively CommunicatingResearch in Humanities and Social Sciences

for Experienced Researchers

Chulalongkorn University14 May 2015

Download at: edanzediting.com/chula_2015

Dr Jeffrey RobensDr William Yajima

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Be an effective communicator

Your goal is not only to be published, but also to be widely read/cited

Logically organizing your ideas in your manuscript

Choosing the most appropriate journal

Writing impressive cover letters

Successfully navigating peer review

Manuscript structure

Section 1

Coverage and Staffing PlanManuscript

structure

General introduction

Specific aimsAims

Current state of the field

Problem in the field

Introduction


structure Literature review

How did these lead to more recent studies?What are the knowledge gaps?

What is your hypothesis?

What did earlier studies show?

Previous studies

Currentstudy


structure

AimsThe purpose of this study is threefold: first, to determine the effect of peer attitudes and behaviour on the likelihood of cheating; secondly, to establish the significance of self-efficacy in promoting academic integrity; lastly, to ascertain effective ways of deterring academic dishonesty.

Problem…little has been conducted to qualitatively assess whether peer influence and self-efficacy affect the likelihood of students engaging in academic dishonesty.

Writing the Introduction

Modified from: Nora & Zhang Asia Pacific Educ Rev. 2010; 11: 573–584.

Your aims should directly address the problem


structure Methods

How it was done

• Methodology/analyses• Constructs/parameters• Define all variables

• Quantification methods• Statistical tests– Consult a statistician

Who/what was used

• Participants• Instruments• Data collection

How it was analyzed

Study design


structure Results

1. Initial observation2. Characterization3. Application

Logical presentation

Example:1. Observe a correlation between depression and

Internet use2. Characterize the severity of depression, time spent

online, websites visited3. Demonstrate decreased Internet use improves

severity of depression


structure Results

1. Initial observation2. Characterization3. Application

Each subsection corresponds to

one figure

What you found, not what it means

Logical presentation

Subsections

Factual description


structure Discussion

Summary of findings

Relevance of findings

Conclusion

Similarities/differencesUnexpected/negative resultsLimitations

Implications


structure Conclusions

The Spanish version of AIDA showed good psychometric properties in Mexico and can be used to assess the construct “pathology-related identity integration vs. diffusion” with reliability, validity, and content equivalence in comparison with the original AIDA questionnaire. This finding supports the cross-cultural generalizability of the underlying concept and confirms the importance of culture-specific test adaption in addition to literal translation of the questionnaire. Nevertheless, some items should be improved. Therefore, the test version of “AIDA Spanish – Mexico” should be further adapted and should be tested in a more heterogeneous population.

Conclusion

Implications

Future directions

Why your work is important to your readers

Kassin et al. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2013; 7: 25.


structureLinking your ideas in

your manuscript

Background

Objectives

Methodology

Results and figures

Summary of findings

Implications

Relevance of findings

Problems in the field

Logically link your ideas throughout your manuscript

Current state of the fieldIntroduction

Methods

Results

Discussion


structure

Important points

Summarize key finding Contains keywords Less than 20 words

Avoid

Effective titles

Your title should be a concise summary of your most important finding

QuestionsDescribing methodsAbbreviations“New” or “novel”


structure Abstracts

First impression of your paper

Importance of your results

Validity of your conclusions

Relevance of your aims

Judge your writing style

Probably only part that will be read


structureSections of an abstract

Concise summary of your research

Aims

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Why the study was done

Your hypothesis

Techniques/analyses

Most important findings

Conclusion/implications

Journal selection

Section 2

Journal selection

Author guidelines• Manuscript structure• Word limits• Reference style

Aims and scope• Topics• Readership• Be sure to emphasize

Relevant references Writing style

When to choose a journal?

Choose the journal before you write your manuscript

*Recently published article

Journal selectionEvaluating significance

How new are your findings?Low or high impact journalNovelty

How broadly relevant are your findings?International/regional & general/specializedRelevance

Journal selectionFactors to consider

when choosing a journal

Which factor is most important to you?

Aims & scope Readership

Open access Impact factorIndexing

Government/industryDeveloping countries

Varies by field

Journal selectionJournal Selector

www.edanzediting.com/journal_selector

Insert your proposed abstractor keywords

Journal selection

Filter by:• Field of study• Impact factor• Indexed in SCI• Open access• Publishing frequency

Journal Selectorwww.edanzediting.com/journal_sele

ctor

Journal’s aims & scope, IF, and publication frequency

Journal selection

• Author guidelines• Journal website

Are they currently publishing similar articles?

Similar published articles

Have you cited any of these articles?

Journal Selectorwww.edanzediting.com/journal_sele

ctor

Impressive cover letters

Section 3

Cover letters

First impression for journal editors

SignificanceRelevance

Writing styleInteresting to their readers?

Why your work is important!

Cover letters

Cover letters

Dear Dr Ellenbogen,

Please find enclosed our manuscript entitled “Presenteeism among Thai employees: Personality and job stress”, which we would like to submit for publication as a Research Paper in Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal.

This study examines presenteeism, the situation in which workers are present at work, but their ability to do their jobs is impaired by physical or mental symptoms. This topic is important to companies as studies have found that the costs of presenteeism can be higher than medical costs associated with treating the underlying conditions. Currently, the relationships between common mental health symptoms and presenteeism, as well as the effects of job strain and workplace social support, are unclear. We aimed to evaluate these relationships and consider the effect of personality traits on both presenteeism and common mental health symptoms.

We used an online questionnaire incorporating several well-established and verified questionnaires to assess presenteeism, mental disturbance, job strain and workplace support, and temperament and character. We found that common mental health symptoms are a good predictor of presenteeism. Although workplace social support is generally agreed to reduce the severity of common mental health symptoms, we found no direct effect on presenteeism.

Our results clearly link presenteeism to common mental health symptoms, and also show the negative effects of strain and poor workplace support. This study is of interest to researchers, managers, mental health clinicians and occupational health specialists interested in the issue of workplace stress and its management. This study is likely to lead to an improved approach to preventing and managing both presenteeism and common mental health symptoms, and is applicable worldwide. Therefore, we feel this manuscript is particularly suitable for Anxiety, Stress & Coping: An International Journal and of great interest to its readers.

Give the background to the research

What was done and what was found

Interest to journal’s readers

A good cover letter

Editor’s name Manuscript title

Article type

Publication ethics disclaimers

Cover letters Publication ethics

In your cover letter

Not submitted to other journals

Source of funding

Authors agree on paper/journal

Original and unpublished

No conflicts of interest

Authorship contributions

Peer review

Section 4

Peer review What reviewers are looking for

The study

The manuscript

Relevant hypothesis Good experimental design Appropriate methodology Good data analysis Valid conclusions

Logical flow of information Manuscript structure and formatting Appropriate references High readability

Peer review Writing response letters

Revise your manuscript according to reviewer comments

Communicate revisions to the journal editor

Peer review Writing response letters

Respond to every reviewer comment

Read by the journal editor, not the reviewers

Highlight the text

Easy to see changes

Refer to line and page numbers

Use a different color font

Highlight the text

Strikethrough font for deletions

Peer review

Reviewer Comment: In your analysis of the data you have chosen to use a somewhat obscure fitting function (regression). In my opinion, a simple Gaussian function would have sufficed. Moreover, the results would be more instructive and easier to compare to previous results.

Response: We agree with the reviewer’s assessment of the analysis.

Agreeing with reviewers

Agreement

Journal editors want to know why you agree and what changes you made

Peer review


Response: We agree with the reviewer’s assessment of the analysis. Our tailored function, in its current form, makes it difficult to tell that this measurement constitutes a significant improvement over previously reported values. We describe our new analysis using a Gaussian fitting function in our revised Results section (Page 6, Lines 12–18).

Agreeing with reviewers

Agreement

RevisionsLocation

Why you agree

Peer review


Response: It is clear that this reviewer is not familiar with the current analytical methods in the field. I recommend that you identify a more suitable reviewer for my manuscript.

Disagreeing with reviewers

Peer review Disagreeing with reviewers


Response: Although a simple Gaussian fit would facilitate comparison with the results of other studies, our tailored function allows for the analysis of the data in terms of the Smith model [Smith et al., 1998]. We have now explained the use of this function and the Smith model in our revised Discussion section (Page 12, Lines 2–6).

Evidence

Revisions

Location

Support your claim with evidence

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Be an effective communicator

Your goal is not only to be published, but also to be widely read/cited

Logically organizing your ideas in your manuscript

Choosing the most appropriate journal

Writing impressive cover letters

Successfully navigating peer review

Thank you!

Any questions?

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Succeeding with Edanz

Chulalongkorn University14 May 2015

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Dr Jeffrey RobensDr William Yajima


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Overview

• Introduction – who we are, what we do• Using Edanz services• Deciding which services you need• Process• Payments• Contacting us• Working well together


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What we do

Language editing for the academic publishing industry

Support individual authors

Work with universities and institutes

Collaborate with publishers

We prepare manuscripts to pass through submission and peer review


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Who we are

Edanz vision

Raise authors’ chances of acceptance

for publication


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How are we different? Native English speakers Research experience Publishing experience In-depth knowledge of the

manuscript’s content High language and editorial skills

Our experts


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Our experts

Daniel wheeler2009 - DM Critical Care and Anaesthesiology, University of Oxford2006 - PhD Neurobiology, University of Cambridge1994 - BM BCh Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford• Lecturer and honorary consultant anaesthetist at the University of Cambridge• Member of the Royal College of Physicians since 1997• Published over 40 scientific papers

Ludovic Croxford2000 - PhD Medical Immunology, University College London1994 - BSc Biochemistry and Toxicology, University of Surrey• Multi-disciplinary immunologist with research experience in a wide

range of fields, especially neuroimmunology, autoimmunity and oncology

• Published over 40 peer-reviewed papers, reviews and book chapters in journals including Nature, Nature Immunology and Nature Medicine


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Our publisher partnerships


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To raise the number and quality of journal publications

To support Chulalongkorn University authors during the publication process

To make access to high quality services easy and cost-effective

Why are we working with Chulalongkorn

University?


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Key people at Edanz

Dr William Yajima

Senior Editor and Project Manager

Ms Megumi Hara

Global Customer Service


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1. Assess which services you need

2. Use the Chulalongkorn University portal

3. Send us all the appropriate files

Using our services


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Our services

1. Language editing• Language edit - compulsory• Second edit• Review edit• Point by point edit

2. Content services• Journal selection• Expert scientific review• Cover letter development• Reviewer recommendation• Abstract development• Custom services (e.g., rewriting, reformatting)


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Language editing:

Edits for grammar, clarity and accuracy of scientific expression

Clearly communicates the novelty and significance of your research

Edits to the requirements of your target journal

Our services


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Second edit:

Strongly recommended!

Send it back for more help or clarification

Revise your manuscript, add data, respond to questions

Our services


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Review edit:

After peer review

After you have revised your manuscript

Our services


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Point-by-point edit:

After peer review

After you have revised your manuscript

After you have written your response letter

Edanz will check:• Responses• Revisions Appropriate & correct

Our services


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Expert scientific review:

Pre-submission peer review

Support revising a rejected manuscript

Expect to make revisions after the review

Expect to supply new data or rationale

Our services


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Journal selection:

Help choosing the most appropriate target journal

• Tell us your preferences (we might not agree!)

• Tell us the submission history

• Be objective and strategic

Our services


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Cover letter or abstract development, Reviewer recommendations:

We write an Abstract or cover letter

We find 4 appropriate reviewers

Our services


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Custom services:

Rewriting, revising, responding, combining, shortening, etc.

Reformatting for new journal

Need something else? Please let us know!

Our services


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Chulalongkorn University portal


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Chulalongkorn University portal


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Always use the Chulalongkorn University portal

Upload all relevant files (including rejection letters)

Tell us the submission history; send us reviewer comments

Maximum value• Use the second edit• Promptly respond to questions and comments• Revise/reformat when necessary

Remember to…


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Process overview

Phase 1: ordering and approval


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Process overview

Phase 1: ordering and approval

What we do• Customer Service and Project Manager check files• We might have questions• We might suggest different (less) services• Get approval from the university• Start work• Return first stage in 3 days• Some services have a longer timeline


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Process overview

Phase 2: working with the author


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Service fees

You pay for the services first

Reimbursed (< US$400) by the university

Get maximum value Use the second edit Respond to all questions and comments Revise when necessary


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Questions?

Contact us for help or advice

Use the “Contact us” page on portal

Send us any files

Tell us the situation and your questions

Need clarification about services

Thank you!

Any questions?

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