Understand the peer review publication process. Presented at Igniting the Spirit of Inquiry: Evidence Based Nursing, December 2016

1. PPP:
PREPARING FOR THE
PUBLICATION PROCESS
Tara Jankouskas Ph.D RNC
Beth M. Transue, MLS MET

2. Why Do You Want to Publish?
 Disseminate new
knowledge
 Add to the body of
evidence
 Improve patient care
beyond your
practice
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3. Writing a Journal Article
 Manage your
Resources BEFORE
They Manage You!!
 PS: This is A LOT
easier than it used
to be!
 Zotero
demonstration
 Structure*
 Introduction
 Literature Review
 Methods
 Results
 Discussion
 Conclusion
 Limitations
*depends on journal
instructions and type of
article

4. Choose a Journal
 Identify common journals from
citations
 Read scope and audience notes
 Ask the journal
 Read Instructions!

5. Would you use this journal article in your
research?

6. Avoid Predatory Publishers when
researching or publishing
"Predatory publishers often
have minimal to nonexistent
review processes, a
fabricated editorial board, and
journal titles and logos that
mimic legitimate ones."
(Carroll, 2015)
 Growth in past five years:
23 to 923 publishers
 140 nursing journals
 Found in Google Scholar
 Beall’s List
 CINAHL, Directory of
Nursing Journals
 Ask your librarian if
unsure
 Be wary of publication
invitations. It’s too good
to be true!!

7. Peer Review Process
 Outcome:
 Accepted with mild
revisions
 Accepted with major
revisions
 Rejected – WHY?
 Resubmit to another
journal with better
“fit”?

8. Peer Review Process
 Be ready for fast
turnaround!! Right,
Tara??!
 You can push back
if you disagree!

9. Choose Keywords
 Consider MeSH or
CINAHL Headings
 Use keywords from
similar articles
 Ask librarian

10. Contract Review
 Read the fine print
 Copyright
considerations
 Open access

11. Disseminating Results
 What does your
contract allow you to
do?
 Post pre-pub
version?
 Distribute X copies?
 DON’T
 Post article online
 Send to others
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12. Track Results!!!

13. References
Carroll, V. S. (2015). Watch out for the wolves: predatory Ppblishing.
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 47(1), 1–2.
https://doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000126
Huber, V. C., & Vogt, H. B. (2016). So you want to be an author: a
primer on writing for publication in the medical literature part I:
manuscript preparation. South Dakota Medicine: The Journal Of The
South Dakota State Medical Association, 69(4), 172–175. Retrieved
from:
https://www.sdsma.org/web/News___Publications/South_Dakota_Me
dicine/SDSMA/Publications/South_Dakota_Medicine.aspx
Oermann, M. H., Conklin, J. L., Nicoll, L. H., Chinn, P. L., Ashton, K.
S., Edie, A. H., … Budinger, S. C. (2016). Study of predatory open
access nursing journals. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(6), 624–
632. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12248
Shah, J. (2015). Some rules for writing medical articles for peer-
reviewed journals. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of
England, 97(4), 252–254.
https://doi.org/10.1308/003588415X14181254790167

14. Questions/Discussions