This article by Dr. Daniel Feldman (University of Georgia) addresses the issue faced by many faculty. We may have been taught how to conduct research but struggle with how to take these research projects and get them published.
Tips include:
- Make sure your title accurately reflects the paper topic and isn't too long.
- Grab your reader's attention in the abstract.
- Keep introduction to no more than 3-4 pages and provide a framework here as to what the issue is you are investigating and how your paper addresses this issue.
- Discussion section: Here is where you help "the reviewers see the forest for the trees. What do we know now we didn't know beforehand?"
- Follow submission guidelines closely: length of paper, no typos or formatting errors, accurate citations, etc.
Dr. Feldman ends his suggestions by stating, "Help yourself by helping the reviewer follow why you did the study, who you studied, what you found, and how it matters."
You can read the article here: Download Feldman_writing-research
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