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Tag Archives: Pat Thomson
seven reasons why journals reject papers
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
Posted in journal, premature publication, publishing, refereeing, rejection, writing, writing research
Tagged journals, Pat Thomson, reasons for rejection
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early onset satisfaction – a bad thing for writing and writers
(health warning – this post is a tiny rant) early onset satisfaction – this is a notion that I once heard Mem Fox talking about. She put EOS as the enemy of all writers. Feeling too happy with a piece … Continue reading
should you, could you, would you… co-write with your supervisor?
It’s not hard to find a horror story or two about the PhD researcher who wrote something with their supervisor only to find when it was published that they weren’t given credit for the work. The supervisor put their name … Continue reading
Posted in co-writing, journal, supervision, theft, writing, writing research
Tagged academic theft, co-writing, Pat Thomson, supervisor
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self packaging – when is enough already?
I’ve realized recently that I’m pretty half hearted about the idea of self packaging/self promotion. It’s not that I don’t do it. I do. Well you have to now in HE. CVs and bio notes and university home pages are … Continue reading
Posted in self packaging, self promotion
Tagged Pat Thomson, self packaging, self promotion
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oh no, someone did the research before me…
I very frequently meet doctoral researchers who are worried about not being original enough. They are afraid that what they are doing has been ‘done before’ and they won’t therefore be making an ‘original contribution’ to knowledge. They also are … Continue reading
should a journal editor know if a paper is from a doctoral researcher?
One of the most obvious difficulties of a PhD which requires published, rather than publishable, papers is the dependence of the doctoral researcher on the reviewing process. At a very early stage they must brave what can be a lengthy … Continue reading
PhD by publication or PhD and publication – part two
After my first post about the changing nature of the PhD and the move to PhD by publication I was contacted by a number of people who were doing the by-publication doctorate. They were enthusiastic about it. One group were … Continue reading
the PhD and publication/by publication – a very peculiar practice? part one
It is now increasingly common in parts of Europe for PhDs in the humanities and social sciences to be awarded on the basis of publication. The norm seems to be three, but sometimes four, papers in international peer reviewed journals. … Continue reading
Posted in English language, Europe, monograph, parity, PhD, PhD by publication, publishing, thesis
Tagged parity, Pat Thomson, PhD by publication, scholarly monograph, thesis
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the cruel reviewer
It’s funny how the bad stuff sticks with you. I was thinking about this last week as I was giving feedback after a viva and hoping that the candidate was hearing all the good things and not just the small … Continue reading
Posted in feedback, journal, rejection, revision
Tagged bad review, Hugh Miller, Pat Thomson, rejection, Steven Mumford
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writing a journal article is managing a word budget – or not
We’ve all heard about the importance of balancing the household budget and the horrors of what happens when you get into debt. No, I’m not going off on a political rant here, just trying to connect academic writing with the … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, balance, journal, word budget
Tagged balance, journal article, Pat Thomson, word budget
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