An introduction to
AAAS’s only journal & Some tips for success in high impact science publishing
Presented by YOUR NAME Associate Editor, Science Advances YOUR ACADEMIC TITLE, YOUR ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
1 Instead think: Science is published by AAAS
2 AAAS and the Science family of journals: .org not .com
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization committed to its mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity. A Family of Quality Journals
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Launched 2015
2016 is the open access expansion of
Today Over 20,000 manuscripts submitted 3,250 papers published to date ~15% acceptance rate Impact factor: 11.51 Authors of papers rejected by Science
Have the option to transfer to EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP • Jeremy Berg, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief • Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D., Editor • Philippa Benson, Ph.D., Managing Editor
DEPUTY EDITORS Earth, Space and Environmental Science • Kip Hodges, Ph.D., Arizona State University 18 Deputy Editors • Jeremy Jackson, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institute • Shahid Naaem, Ph.D., Columbia University working with over Biology and Biomedicine 200 • Dale Dorsett, Ph.D., Saint Louis University • Sarah Fortune, Ph.D., Harvard University Associate Editors • Nicholas Peppas, Ph.D., U. of Texas at Austin • Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D., Northwestern University All of whom • Philip Yeagle, Ph.D., University of Connecticut are prominent researchers Neuroscience from around the globe • Kevin LaBar, Ph.D., Duke University • Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D., Rockefeller University
Physical Science • Lynden Archer, Ph.D., Cornell University • Julia Chan, Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas • Juan de Pablo, Ph.D., University of Chicago • Karen Gleason, Ph.D., MIT • John Rogers, Ph.D., Northwestern University representing an • Warren Warren, Ph.D., Duke University extraordinarily broad array Interdisciplinary & Social Sciences • Aaron Clauset, Ph.D., U. of Colorado at Boulder of • Jonathan Katz, Ph.D., California Institute of disciplines Technology. Dear Dr. Smith, We’re please to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication
Key tips for success in high impact science publishing
8 What do my colleagues What does my think about what and department and where I publish? institution think about What do my my publications? funders think about my publications?
9 Key TIP: Getting in the door is the first step
Editor Editor Key TIP: Make the Editor HAPPY!
So, your first task is to figure Your out what the Editor wants…… MS TIP: Remember top reasons articles get rejected
• Outside of journal scope • Science not new • Science wrong or incomplete • Unethical practices are detected • Science not well explained or biased
12 I have trouble getting published because……
• Non-native speaker of English “My English writing is poor.”
• Native speaker of English “My English writing is poor.” What does really mean?
Rejected
• Topic is not NEW (NOT a language problem)
• Topic does not fit our topical scope (NOT a language problem)
• Paper is better suited to another journal (NOT a language problem)
• Paper is scientifically flawed (NOT a language problem)
• Too many papers published recently (NOT a language problem)
• SO badly written cannot be understood (Yes! A language problem) TIP: Remember what Editors want
Editors want to publish information that is
• New: Novel data and analyses • Relevant: Correct topic and article type • Useful: Correct timing for topic • Exciting: Clear writing that highlights the above • Fast and problem-free: Properly conducted and prepared manuscripts
15 TIP: Remember what Editors want
Editors of leading international publishers want to
• Publish more reliable and reproducible research • Provide better service to the research community • Reduce harm from unethical and non-reproducible science • Increase readership and reuse of research content • Support compliance with funder, institution, and government policies and legislation • TOP publishers want: Identifiers and information regarding researchers IDs (e.g., ORCID) Funders, Data repositories, Preprint server postings, Material Transfer Agreements, and similar kinds of information
16 TIP: Make your cover letter count
• Keep to one page if possible.
• Basic information: your name, paper title, correct journal name
• Critical scientific information: What is new and why is it important
• Journal match information: Why this journal, why now?
• Ethical information: Authorship agreement, potential conflicts of interest, material transfer agreements, posting on preprint servers, other TIP: Plan for TOP requirements TOP Guidelines https://cos.io/our-services/top-guidelines/ 8 standards with 3 levels
1. Citation standards 2. Data transparency 3. Analytic methods (code) transparency 4. Research materials transparency 5. Design & analysis transparency 6. Preregistration of studies 7. Preregistration of analysis plans 8. Replication
Source: Nosek et al. Science 348, 1422-1425 (2015) DOI: 10.1126/science.aab2374 TIP: Register with ORCID Open Researcher and Contributor ID
• Each ID is a unique, personal, and persistent alphanumeric code identifying one and only one person (like a DOI or ISBN) • Created because personal names are not unique people change names people move • The ORCID organization is an independent registry serving as the standard for contributor identification in STM publishing TIP: Plan for TOP Guidelines
• Transparent reporting of results, methods and analysis enables reproducibility • Reproducibility starts long before publication with experimental design and data management plans—saves you time in the long run • Use of repositories like Figshare, Dryad and Github can enable reproducibility TOP TIP: Answer 10 critical questions when preparing to publish
1. What is publishable (new) science in your field now? 2. What is the most appropriate journal and format for your research now? 3. What are general and field-specific requirements (e.g., authorship, data sharing, reproducibility, COI, MTAs )? 4. Who should be an author on your paper, in what order? 5. What should go in your cover letter for the journal you’ve targeted? 6. What are the submission requirements of the target journal? 7. What do you need to know about editorial and peer review in the target journal? 8. How should you interpret your decision letter? 9. How should you be prepared to respond to reviewer comments? 10. What are trends in scientific publishing that might be impacting your submission? TIP: Plan for TOP requirements
TOP Guidelines https://cos.io/our-services/top-guidelines/
1. Register yourself (ORCID) 2. Register your institution (RingGold) 3. Register your funding (Fundref) 4. Deposit your data in accepted repository (e.g., Dryad, figShare) 5. Register your study (forthcoming…) 6. Publish in reputable journals, check pre- publication posting restrictions (arXiv, biorXiv) 7. Track journal TOP requirements Reproducibility counts!
• Journals mandate different levels of transparency in reporting— be familiar with guide to authors before submitting
• You help yourself by making your work as reproducible. Start early to ensure reproducibility during data collection and analysis.
• Have a data access plan before submitting your manuscript. Make sure any restrictions on data access are clear at the point of submission.
• Maximizing impact of your results is not limited to reporting findings—focus on data access, reusability, transparent reporting and discoverability.
Resources
• TOP guidelines: https://cos.io/our-services/top-guidelines/ • FAIR data principles: https://www.force11.org/group/fairgroup/fairprinciples • Data citation principles: https://www.force11.org/group/joint-declaration-data- citation-principles-final • ORCiD: https://orcid.org/ • Data management plans: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources • Open Science Framework (OSF) from COS: https://cos.io/our-products/open-science-framework/