Writing for academic journals /
By: Murray, Rowena
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Series: Open UP study skills: Publisher: Maidenhead ; New York : Open University Press/McGraw Hill, 2009Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 220 p. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780335234585 (pbk.); 9780335234585:; 0335234585 (pbk.).Subject(s): Academic writing![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-218) and index.
Why write for academic journals? -- Targeting a journal -- Finding time to write -- Finding a topic and developing an argument -- Outlining -- Drafting -- Revising the draft -- Dialogue and feedback -- Responding to reviewers' feedback.
Busy academics must publish. To fulfil research output, they must write to a specific journal style and high standard while juggling other professional tasks. This book develops understanding of how writing happens, what good writing looks and feels like, what gets published and what does not and why.