course in Journal Publication

How To Prepare A Great Journal Submission Package?

Submit with confidence with this email-based program on how to write a persuasive submission cover letter and what to include in your package (includes free submission checklist).

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14 modules

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What you learn

  • Reasons for desk rejection and how you can avoid them
  • Understand what journal editors are looking for
  • The importance of a robust submission package
  • The key elements of a journal submission package
  • Author responsibilities and ethical publication practices
  • How to use the downloadable submission checklist
  • Description

    Are you preparing your paper for submission to the journal? Are you worried that your manuscript may face desk rejection? With well-paced micro lessons, delivered straight to your email inbox, this course helps you understand why you need to make sure that your paper is absolutely submission-ready. It will also help you with detailed tips on how you can go about putting together a robust submission package. Your publication coach will share detailed tips that cover each aspect of manuscript finalization and submission – right from how to run final checks on your manuscript to writing an effective cover letter, which will help you confidently submit your work to the journal. The free, downloadable checklist at the end will help you quickly assess the submission-readiness of your paper.


    Publication Coach Series

    The Publication Coach series is a one-of-a-kind course series where short, micro lessons are delivered via email every other day. More than 100,000 learners have benefitted from these courses and found the simple, engaging and bite-sized style extremely empowering. It proves that in just 2-5 mins per day, you can master a new skill with our expert tips and advice that help make learning a habit. The best part, is you can access the emails in your inbox for reference whenever needed. Subscribe to the All Access Pass now to turn this into an interactive course, where you can chat with your publication coach over email.


    Modules

    Preview course

    LECTURE 1 | Document/Slides

    The next step after manuscript writing

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    LECTURE 2 | Document/Slides

    Writing a pre-submission enquiry

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    LECTURE 3 | Document/Slides

    Preparing an awesome journal submission package

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    LECTURE 4 | Document/Slides

    The importance of proofreading and running final checks

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    LECTURE 5 | Document/Slides

    Why you need to format your manuscript

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    LECTURE 6 | Document/Slides

    The importance of the Title, Abstract, and Keywords

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    LECTURE 7 | Document/Slides

    Understanding the visual elements in your manuscript

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    LECTURE 8 | Document/Slides

    The responsibilities of the corresponding author

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    LECTURE 9 | Document/Slides

    Getting authorship right

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    LECTURE 10 | Document/Slides

    More about references and citations

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    LECTURE 11 | Document/Slides

    Preparing a cover letter for submission

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    LECTURE 12 | Document/Slides

    Knowing what journal editors look for

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    LECTURE 13 | Document/Slides

    Making sure you follow ethical publication practices

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    LECTURE 14 | Document/Slides

    Apply your learnings with a free manuscript submission checklist

    0 mins

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    Instructor (1)

    Jayashree Rajagopalan

    Senior Manager, Global Community Engagement, Editage Insights; Senior Writer; BELS-certified Editor; Publication Coach

    I began as a writer and editor of scholarly publishing content for Editage Insights. Given my passion for scholarly publishing, the experience helped me satisfy my curiosity about the industry and learn more about how researchers navigate each step of their journey. I also got to work on visual formats - infographics, slide decks, videos - all…

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    Olumide Olayinka

    I am very pleased with this information and your kindness to offer help in research publishing. The target journal is well known for my research field.

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