Crafting Scholarship helps readers improve their writing and
publishing success in academia. Framed within the context of the
editorial and peer review process, the book explores writing,
editing, and reviewing in academic publishing. As such it provides
unique coverage of how successful writers work, how they manage
criticism, and more. Examples from successful scholars provide
helpful tips in writing articles, grants, books, book chapters, and
reviews. Each chapter features tools that facilitate learning
including "Best Practices" and "Writer s Resource" boxes to help
maximize success, discussion questions and case studies to
stimulate critical thinking, and recommended readings to encourage
self exploration. A Facebook page provides an opportunity for
readers to post writing updates and for instructors to share
materials.
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Highlights include: "
-Insights on working with journal boards, reviewers, and
contributors drawn from the author s 30 years of experience in
editing journal articles and writing books.
-Describes writing quantitative and qualitative reports, theory
and literature reviews, books and chapters, grants, and book
reviews.
-Identifies common problems academics face in writing and
publishing along with practical solutions.
-Explores best practices in writing peer reviews, responding to
reviewers and editors, and how to calculate and interpret
acceptance rates and impact factors.
-Addresses how to write each section of a journal article and
select keywords that facilitate digital search engines to help
potential readers find an article.
-Includes examples of published work and tips on writing
research syntheses using meta-analytic techniques or narrative
analyses.
-Examines the practices of successful writers, the pros and cons
of collaborations, what publishers look for, and managing
criticism.
-Reviews pertinent empirical literature on the core topics of
writing, reviewing, and editing.
Intended for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in
professional development, writing in an academic field, or research
methods taught in psychology, education, human development and
family studies, sociology, communication, and other social
sciences, this practical guide also appeals to those interested in
pursuing an academic career and new and seasoned researchers. "
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