Publishing and the Academic World: Passion, purpose and possible futures [Hardcover]

Preface  Acknowledgements  Notes on contributors  Introduction PART 1 Mapping the Publication Landscape  1 By Book and By Blog: The Future of Academic Scholarship  2 The Panoply of Publication: Continuity and Change 3 Calculating Journal Rankings: Peer Review, Bibliometrics, and Alternative Metrics?  PART II Writing for PublicationLearning from Successful Voices  4 Voices of Experience: Scholar(ly) Perspectives on the Emotions, Imagination and Creativity of Writing for Publication  5 Getting my Work Out There: Writing the Paper  6 Understanding the Peer Review Process: Reject, Revise, Resubmit  7 Text Work/Identity Work Online: Writing for Social Media and Beyond  PART III Further Challenges and Possibilities  8 In praise of knowledge bureaucracies: Speaking to International Audiences  9 From a Thesis to Journal Articles  10 Playing The Game: Writing For Elite International Journals in an uneven Academic World  11 Academic Writing For Publication: A Backward Glance, Glimpsing Possible Futures

Within the Academy, itself a changing and increasingly entrepreneurial entity, publishing is no longer an option; it is the universal currency that secures a position, tenure and promotion; it is key to academic life. Providing a panoramic picture of the changing publishing climate, Academic Life and the Publishing Landscape will empower scholars by enabling them to navigate this changing terrain more successfully.

This book provides guidance from a range of contributors who use their own wide expertise in writing and ln