Publishing Your Psychology Research : A Guide to Writing for Journals in Psychology and Related Fields

by Dennis M McInerney

• ISBN13: 9780761973379
• ISBN10: 0761973370
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-29
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Dennis McInerney's Publishing Your Psychology Research has bridged a gap in the research process literature, providing a well-oiled treaty from both insider and outsider perspectives as to what it takes to become a credible and published author' - "Shawn Van Etten, Department of Psychology, State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome """'Publish or perish' is the imperative in academic research. As students are now required to do postgraduate work in order to gain clinical qualifications, more are being exposed to the research culture than ever before. Academics are being pressured to increase their publishing output in peer-reviewed journals as a measure of their own and their university's success. Generally, researchers in psychology need to know how to get their work published in order to develop their reputation. Despite the pressure to publish, few researchers know how to write up their work in order to maximize its potential for publication. This practical guide demystifies the journal publication process. Experienced researcher and author Dennis M McInerney shows how to plan for publication from the beginning of a research project, how to write publishable articles and how to approach journals. Examples are drawn from a variety of internationally renowned journals and psychology fields. It ought to become "the" reference point for beginning, as well as experienced researchers in psychology and neighbouring disciplines.

Author Biography

Dennis M. McInerney is Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Masters in Educational and Developmental Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Western Sydney. He is lead author of the widely used Australian textbook, Educational Psychology: Constructing Learning (Pearson), and author of Helping Kids Achieve Their Best (Allen & Unwin). He has published many research papers in major international journals, reviews articles for scholarly journals and is series editor for Research on Sociocultural Influences on Learning and Motivation (Information Age Press).

Table of Contents

Quality in Psychological Research

What Journal Editors Are Looking for

Quality Problems and Issues in Major Types of Research

Selecting a Journal Outlet and Submitting Your Article

Writing Your Literature Review for an Effective Article

Writing Your Method for an Effective Article

Writing Results and Discussions for an Effective Article

The Review Process I

The Review Process II

Responding to Reviewers' Comments

From Thesis to Journal Article