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How to write and publish papers within

ISI Indexed journals


Hossein Moayedi, Farzad Hejazi
Department of Civil Engineering , Engineering Faculty, University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Outline of my Talk

Introduction on writing a Journal paper


Brain storming for writing a paper
How to prepare journal paper
To improve the quality of articles
To manage the submission procedure
To search and analyze the right journal to submit.
To deal with the editor response

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Research is not complete until it has been published.


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WHAT DO JOURNAL EDITORS WANT?

Excitement/ wow
Importance
Originality
Relevance to the audience
True
Clearly written

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MAIN CONCERNS OF REFEREES

1. Is it interesting?
2. Is it new?
3. Is it true?
(adapted with permission from Brown (2004)-courtesy of The Scientist and
Sense about Science, www.senseaboutscience. org)
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MAIN CONCERNS OF REFEREES


Significance

Are the findings original? Are they important? Is the paper


suitable for this journal? Does the article justify its length?

Scholarship

Does the paper take into account relevant current and past
research on the topic?

Presentation

Is the paper clear, logical, understandable and of the


appropriate length?

Methods and
results

Is the methodology, and are the data and analyses appropriate?


Are there sufficient data to support the conclusion? Are any
weaknesses of the method commented on?

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MAIN CONCERNS OF REFEREES

Reasoning:

Are the logic, arguments, inferences and interpretations


appropriate? Are counter-arguments or contrary evidence taken
into account and discussed?

Theory:

Is the theory sufficiently sound and supported by the evidence? Is


it testable? Is it preferable to competing theories?

Ethics:

In papers describing work on animals or humans, has the work


been approved by the appropriate ethics committee?
Avoid criticising the paper because it does not do what you might
have done. Judge it on its own merits.

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MAIN CONCERNS OF REFEREES


Remember that papers from overseas authors can be a special case. Here, if
there are difficulties in the writing, you will have to concentrate initially on the
content and not let such difficulties cloud your judgment. If you think that the
paper is interesting and worthwhile, then you might either make suggestions
then and there about the writing, or indicate to the editor that the paper might
require careful copy-editing at a later date, if it is accepted.
Try to help the author(s) to improve the paper. If the authors are, say, American
and they include no references to relevant British work (or vice versa) it might
be helpful to say so and to give one or two easily accessible references. If
you do suggest the need for additional references, always give the full citations.
Nothing is more infuriating for an author than to be told by a referee that you
have omitted key studies but not to be told what they are!
Complete your report as quickly as you can, but do not rush it. The editor will be
indebted to you if you respond promptly, and so will the author(s). It is appalling
how long some referees take to do the job. Indeed, as noted in Chapter 4.3, to
counter this, the Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research has started to pay
its referees for speedy replies. Keep the content of the manuscript and your
report confidential, and do not cite such privileged information in anything that
you are writing.
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Is it interesting?

How to Writing Scientific Paper

Farzad Hejazi Civil Department Engineering Faculty UPM

Is it new?

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collaborative writing

can be more efficient


may produce better quality papers
requires less revision
is cited more frequently

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Introduction on writing a Journal paper


Writing a journal paper can be a difficult process,
but breaking it down into manageable tasks can
make it a very routine task.
Often, different languages and cultures write in
different styles and with different organization
than English-language authors. This can
compound the problem for non-native

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What types of paper you writing?


There are almost five different types of scientific
papers we may seen. From them four types would
appear in ISI journals.

Conference paper
Scientific paper
Review paper
Technical notes
Discussion notes

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Papers structure - 1

Title
Affiliation
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Material and Methods
Results
Discussion
Summary and Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References

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Papers structure - 2

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Papers Format
In formulating the outline it is important to know that most engineering or
science journal papers have a well-accepted general format. Each of the
following sections are included, usually also in this order, though specific
papers may disguise them under different section titles that relate closer
to the actual contents of each section. These sections are
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Methodology
Results
Discussion
Summary and Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
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The Abstract of a paper


The abstract is a single or two paragraph that
precedes the paper and summarizes the content.
Many times, the abstract will be published by itself
in an index to the paper and often only the words in
the abstract can be searched using library databases;
hence, the abstract is a critical element of the
research paper.
It is shorter than the summary and conclusions
section of the main paper and is less of an outline
than the closing paragraph of the introduction.
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ABSTRACT
the question (s) you investigated (or purpose), (from Introduction)
state the purpose very clearly in the first or second sentence.
the experimental design or numerical technique and methods used,
(from Methods)
clearly express the basic design of the study without going into
detail.
the major findings including key quantitative results, or trends (from
Results)
report those results which answer the questions you were asking
a brief summary of your interpretations and conclusions. (from
Discussion)

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The Abstract SHOULD NOT contain:


lengthy background information,
references to other literature,
elliptical (i.e., ending with ...) or incomplete
sentences,
abbreviations or terms that may be confusing
to readers,
any sort of illustration, figure, or table, or
references to them.
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Effect of Stabilizer Reagents on Zeta Potential of Kaolinite and Its


Relevance to Electrokinetic Treatment

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Introduction

First paragraph:
start with a broad statement and become more detailed until finally
identifying the specific problem that the paper addresses.
The purpose of the first paragraph is to interest the reader in the
paper, to clearly identify for the reader what the paper will address,
and to quickly bring the reader to the edge of knowledge in the field
the paper addresses.
The paragraph should end with the general problem addressed by
the paper. The next sentences of the introduction narrow the topic.

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Introduction
Middle paragraphs:
Functioning as the literature review part.
The beginning of the literature review should cite the most
important historical contributions that build the foundation to
the topic the paper will extend.
The goal is not to cite everything, as in a review paper, but to
cite the seminal contributions that directly lead to the problem
the paper addresses.
The remaining paragraphs should focus on the state-of-the-art
knowledge base and the significant differences between what
has already been published and the new contribution that your
paper is presenting.
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Middle Paragraph Sample


(Literature Review)
EX. 1.
The sediment phase is treated as a continuous medium in Eulerian coupling models.
However, its constitutive law is different from that of the clear water. An Eulerian model
expresses the bed-load transport, if the bottom shear stress is small. This model,
nevertheless, sidesteps probabilistic characteristics involving the motion of sediment
particles. Significant deficiencies are, therefore, associated with Eulerian models at high
bottom shear stresses, where such a probabilistic nature becomes important. Among
others, Kobayashi and Seo (1985), Bakker and van Kesteren (1986), Asano (1990), Dong
and Zhang (2002), and Hsu et al. (2003) have contributed to the Eulerian-Eulerian
approach. However, the sediment interparticle forces were estimated based on Bagnolds
(1954) relations in a simple shear flow system. Alternatively, Jenkins and Hanes (1998) and
Hsu et al. (2004) employed the kinetic theory of granular flow to consider interparticle
forces of dense sediment motion. Most of the aforementioned studies assumed clearwater conditions or oneway coupling approach, i.e., it was assumed that the fluid forces
act only on the sediment particles/phase, while forces acting on the fluid due to the
interaction with the sediment phase were neglected.
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EX. 2.

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Introduction
Final paragraph
In the introduction we need to emphasis on our contribution
and our new approach or idea, by concluding the gap that
our study would bridge it.
The introduction may ends with the road-map paragraph.
This paragraph outlines the remaining sections of the paper.

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The Methodology of a Journal Paper


This section should tell the reader clearly how the results
were obtained. They should also make adequate reference
to accepted methods and identify differences.
Describe all of the techniques used to obtain the results in
a separate, objective Methods section .
In the case of a paper that develops both an numerical
model and laboratory results, it is common to write
separate methods sections for each.
At the end of the methods sections, the reader should be
able to form an opinion about the quality of the results to
be presented in the remaining sections.
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The Results
Main purpose of the results is to provide the data from your
study so that other researchers can draw their own
conclusions and understand fully the basis for your
conclusions.
Where applicable, results should be illustrated in terms of
non-dimensional variables.
The results section and discussion section allow the most
flexibility in terms of organization and content.
A common format for the results section is to present a series
of figures and to describe them in detail through the text.
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The Results
Often the results are combined with the discussion section in
the research works, hence there should be a clear distinction
between a result and discussion.

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The Discussion
To interpret the results to reach the main
conclusions of the paper
This section allows you to highlight the
conclusions you think are important.
Most of the experts reading your paper will
draw their own conclusions anyhow.
Often writers will combine the discussion and
results sections to avoid repetition and so
that they can give their conclusions parallel
with the results.
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Sample on Results & Discussion Together

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Conclusions

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The Conclusions
The summary and conclusions section tells the reader what
has already been read and draws the important conclusions;
hence, keep it short and make it as specific as possible.
If the reader wants to know specifically what aspects of a
problem your paper will address, he will often read the
introduction and then the summary and conclusions section.
It is important that all of the significant findings are
summarized and united in the significant conclusions.

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The Conclusions
It is important to remember that this paragraph should not
present new information.
This section is longer than the abstract and generally includes
more specific conclusions.

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Sample of Conclusion Paragraph


EX.1.

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EX. 2.

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The Acknowledgments
The acknowledgments are given at the end of a paper and
should at a minimum mention the sources of funding that
contributed to the paper.
You may also recognize other people who contributed to
the paper or data contained in the paper, but at a level of
effort that does not justify their inclusion as authors.

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Samples of Acknowledgements

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The References
All reference works cited in the paper must appear in a list of
references that follow the formatting requirements of the
journal in which the paper is to be published.
You may not include references that were not cited in your
paper.
Refereed journal papers, research monographs, and books are
preferred over less stable or reliable sources, such as personal
communications, unrefereed conference proceedings, or website addresses.

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THE REVIEW PROCESS


Selection of reviewers
Reviewers comments to author and to editor
Conflicts
Suggestions

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Selection of reviewers
The editorial board chose you to review their papers

The editorial board will ask you to send a reviewer list:

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When you should NOT write a paper


want or need publications
increase publication count
Fame
pressure
want to go to a conference

Bad papers/work will reflect badly on you!


should always be proud of your paper

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Manage the time to publishing your


research?
Sometimes publishing a paper takes
3-4 years. You would be in a safer
side If you take appropriate action to
learn how to deal with journals from
the first semester.

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What is Proof of the manuscript

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DEALING WITH EDITORIAL BOARD


AND REFEREES

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REVIEWER RECOMMENDATIONS
Accept as is (Excellent, Rarely)
Revise and accept (Very good)
Revise and review again (Good)
Reject (You are finished)
Reject due to not meeting the journals standards
Rejected
Accept as is
Accepted but needs revision
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Reject due to not meeting the


journals standards

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Rejected

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Accept as is

How to
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Civil
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- Hossein
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ACCEPTED BUT NEEDS REVISION


REVIEWER COMMENTS

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REVIEWER COMMENTS

How to
Writing
Scientific
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Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
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and
publish
papersPaper
within
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- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

REVIEWER COMMENTS

How to
Writing
Scientific
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Civil
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Engineering
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- Hossein
Moayedi,
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REVIEWER COMMENTS

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Civil
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Moayedi,
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Notes on REVISION
Time is important
Respond to reviewers in a clearly identifiable way
Cover letter with point by point identification and response
Modified manuscript
bold additions
marked what you removed
Dont take it personally

How to
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Civil
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publish
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- Hossein
Moayedi,
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Respond to reviewers

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Civil
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Engineering
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and
publish
papersPaper
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Moayedi,
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Example of reviewer's question and authors answer

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Example of reviewer's question and authors answer


revisions requested

Authors answer

YOU NEED TO UPLOAD THE


Thank you. It has already done. Separate files as for each figures have been uploaded.
FIGURES SEPARATELY IN
EDITORIAL MANAGER.
PROVIDING THE BLUE LINKS IN
THE COVER LETTER WILL NOT DO

please resupply your figures


Since the source is not readily available, I have convert them all into 600 dots per inch
(except figure 3) in their source Tif except the Figure 3 which is 300 dots per inch.
files. Were they originally drawn
on word/excel? If the source files
are not readily available please
convert them into 600 dots per
inch tif

please upload a word document


listing out the figure and table
captions

The file has uploaded as the name of List of Figure and Table captions- Jan.31
through the Table category. Please kindly be informed there was a table file which is
separately uploaded. Thank you.

Please clarify if figure 6b falls


under copyright. If the figure has
been partly/completely taken
from the book, even then you
need to obtain permission

As for 6.b, I got the figures from Ref #2, which is a book, However in
newest revision, I tried to draw a new Figure as for 6.b since It is
quite good for readers to find baseline equation before going through
any modeling.

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
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- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
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Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
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Sending The Correction Letter Using The Journal Automated System

How to
Writing
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ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
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and
publish
papersPaper
within
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- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
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Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
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and
publish
papersPaper
within
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- Hossein
Moayedi,
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Paper Submission
Process

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Civil
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Faculty UPM
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publish
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within
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- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

First of all read the Author Guideline

You should
register, then
you can log in
and process
the
submission

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

The best way to learn writing paper is look to


published journal papers

How to
Writing
Scientific
ISI Indexed
Farzad Hejazi
Civil
Department
Engineering
Faculty UPM
How towrite
and
publish
papersPaper
within
journals
- Hossein
Moayedi,
http://wikiresearchtools.com/

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