Write It Up - Practrical Strategies for Writing and Publishing Journal Articles

How do you write good research articles — articles that are interesting, compelling, and easy to understand? How do you write papers that influence the field instead of falling into obscurity? Write It Up offers a practical and revealing look at how productive researchers write strong articles. The book's guiding idea is that academics should write to make an impact, not just to get something published.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
I. Planning and Prepping

1. How and When to Pick a Journal
2. Tone and Style
3. Writing With Others: Tips for Coauthored Papers

II. Writing the Article

1. Writing the Introduction
2. Writing the Method
3. Writing the Results
4. Writing the Discussion
5. Arcana and Miscellany: From Titles to Footnotes

III. Publishing Your Writing

1. Dealing With Journals: Submitting, Resubmitting, and Reviewing
2. One of Many: Building a Body of Work

References
Index
About the Author

About the author

Paul J. Silvia, PhD

Product details

• Authors: Paul J Silvia, Paul J. Silvia
• Publisher: American psychological assn
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2014
• EAN: 9781433818141
• ISBN: 978-1-4338-1814-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Lifetools: Books for the General Public; Lifetools: Books for the General Public; APA Lifetools
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology