5 useful tips for preparing a publication in an international journal
Dear scientists! Most of you are actively involved in scientific activities, participate in scientific conferences, publish the results of your own research in international publications and scientometric databases. We always try to publish something interesting for you, so today our team has prepared 5 useful tips that guarantee the publication of your article in an international scientific journal. Below we talk about each of them in more detail.
How to write an abstract
Without a doubt, the abstract is the part of the scientific article that will be read the most, and which forms the first impression of the editor and reviewer. Therefore, its writing should be approached very seriously, since a carelessly made annotation will spoil the impression of the subsequent material.
There are generally accepted requirements for the structure of the abstract of a scientific work, the so-called IMRaD (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). Thus, when writing an annotation, we must adhere to this structure.
Selection of sources
A fairly common reason for refusing to publish an article is a weak source base. It should always be remembered that research should be based on current information and be based on a comprehensive review of existing research on the chosen issue.
Compliance with the following conditions will allow creating a thorough source base:
give preference to scientific publications from reliable scientometric bases: Scopus and Web of Science;
the literature review should reveal the current state of the problem under investigation, so most of the used sources should be published in the last 3 years. This will justify the existence of a research gap.
The last question remains – what number of sources will be optimal for publication?
Although the vast majority of publications do not set specific requirements, the analysis of publications made it possible to establish the following:
- for an article solving a practical problem, the optimal number of sources will be from 40 to 60;
- for a review article, the number of sources should be much higher and be at least 80.
Writing style
It is no secret that the style of teaching scientific material in English is significantly different from the scientific style we are used to. At the same time, bad English can erase all the positive impression of your article. To prevent this from happening, follow these simple tips:
avoid complex and long sentences (wordy sentences) – this is not characteristic of the English language. Each of your sentences should briefly formulate a specific idea;
the text should be written in the past tense, since the research has already been done. This aspect is also extremely important if we translate what is written into English;
for publishing in English, you should avoid the passive voice and use the active voice instead.
Following these small tips will allow your article to look organic.
Avoiding plagiarism
Almost any publication carries out a deep review of the manuscript for the presence of academic plagiarism, which can be the reason for rejecting the article without giving reasons. To avoid such an unfortunate situation, it is necessary to follow the following recommendations:
do not forget to put references to the works of other scientists, if we quote them verbatim or arbitrarily use their results to substantiate our statements;
before submitting the manuscript to the editors of the publication, it must be checked in order to calculate the uniqueness index. This indicator should be higher than 90%, and optimally higher than 95%.
Using AI
New technologies based on artificial intelligence have created a revolution in all areas, and writing scientific papers was no exception. Currently, there is no ban on the use of AI in research, but the author is required to indicate what part of the scientific work was done with the help of artificial intelligence.
Remember, in addition to being checked for academic plagiarism, the manuscript is also checked for AI writing.
Conclusions
Today we have prepared for you 5 useful tips for preparing a publication in an international journal, which can help you to successfully publish your article in a scientific publication. If our article was useful for you, share it with your friends and acquaintances.
Considering this and if our article was useful for you, we invite you to publish your research papers in the journals of our publishing house. We invite scientists to publish in scientific publications on issues of education, economics, law, medicine and philosophy.
List of our journals
Futurity Education | |||||
| Scope: Education | E-ISSN: 2956-3402 https://futurity-education.com/index.php/fed/index | ||||
| Indexed: DOAJ ERIH Plus Index Copernicus others | First decision: 5 days | Peer review: 7-14 days | Publication: 10 days after acceptance by the editors | APC: 95 USD | |
Futurity Economics&Law | |||||
| Scope: Economics&Law | E-ISSN: 2956-4476 http://www.futurity-econlaw.com/index.php/FEL/index | ||||
| Indexed: EBSCO ERIH Plus Index Copernicus others | First decision: 5 days | Peer review: 7-14 days | Publication: 10 days after acceptance by the editors | APC: 95 USD | |
Futurity Medicine | |||||
| Scope: Medicine | E-ISSN: 2956-672X https://futurity-medicine.com/index.php/fm | ||||
| Indexed: Index Copernicus Google Scholar Crossref others | First decision: 5 days | Peer review: 7-14 days | Publication: 10 days after acceptance by the editors | APC: | |
Futurity Philosophy | |||||
| Scope: Philosophy | E-ISSN: 2956-7238 https://futurity-philosophy.com/index.php/FPH | ||||
Indexed: | First decision: 5 days | Peer review: 7-14 days | Publication: 10 days after acceptance by the editors | APC: free of charge | |
