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 | | Publishing for Tenure and Beyond by Franklin H. Silverman ISBN-10: 9780275963903 ISBN-10: 0-275-96390-X ISBN-13: 9780275963903 ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96390-3 Hardcover 1999-09-30 Praeger Publishers Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Silverman provides graduate students who intend to pursue a career in academia and tenure-track junior faculty with candid information about developing an adequate publication record. The book also provides graduate students, tenured faculty, and others with information they need to maximize the likelihood of having their articles accepted for publication by peer-reviewed professional, scientific, and scholarly journals. The focus throughout is on how editorial boards and tenure committees tend to function rather than on how they are supposed to function. Anyone dealing with academic publishing will find this book an indispensable resource. Topics dealt with include coping with the fear of writing for publication, options for scholarly publishing, identifying "ideal" publishing-for-tenure projects, understanding and coping successfully with peer review process, finding the time to write scholarly publications, and standards for writing and organizing scholarly articles for print and electronic journals. It also covers securing permission to include copyrighted material in your work that does not fall under the doctrine of fair use, submission strategies for getting articles published in academically-respectable journals, and "gray area" plagiarism and other breaches of academic ethics. It shows how to prepare the publication section of a promotion and tenure application. It offers advice on finding funding for beginning scholars and publishing options for surviving post-tenure reviews. Lastly, the book gives practical advice on coping with manuscript rejection. | ||
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A Useful Guide for the Aspiring Academic Silverman's book gives a clear and well organized overview of the process of writing for academia. He covers a wide range of relevant aspects of publishing scholarly work, from setting up a writing schedule to preparing a portfolio for tenure. He explains the difference between peer-review journals and other print and electronic venues. I was interested in his thoughts about why it helps to know the editor of a journal, how one should think about finding a publisher for a book and ways of managing relationships with collaborators. He does a good job of explaining how one can begin to develop a national reputation and the importance of developing a research niche. He even gives suggestions about writing grants and describes different types of funding sources. Perhaps my favorite part of the book is his final chapter about how to handle rejections. He acknowledges that being turned down by funding agencies and journals is inevitable and frequent even for the most talented scholars. He believes (as do I) that rebounding from the disappointment of a rejected paper or grant is one of the most important skills that a successful academic can develop. Silverman himself is an established Professor of Speech Pathology at Marquette University. Yet, unlike some advice books about academia, he has not based his book solely on personal experience. He quotes many other writers and academics and has clearly read widely on the topic. The quotes with which he begins chapters are delightful. He has also interviewed colleagues and quotes them when relevant. When he does share his own experience it is inspiring. For example, he is a strong proponent of short stints of regular daily writing and can back up his claim that such habits work. He writes every morning for a half hour and describes the results of this habit: "I have used this strategy for the past 30 years. It has enabled me to produce approximately 125 journal articles and 12 books while carrying a full faculty load. I write every morning (immediately after waking and having a cup or two of coffee)for 30 minutes to an hour. By doing so, I have been able to draft manuscripts for 300- to 500-page books in approximately 18 months." (p. 64) Silverman's advice is sage and although much of what he covers is basic, there are tips and ideas that even a seasoned academic may find interesting. This book is best suited for a novice tenure-track assistant professor in any field. It will also be useful to adjuncts attempting to get tenure track jobs and to grad students and post-docs preparing for a university career. I am a clinical psychologist who counsels, teaches and coaches junior faculty trying to get tenure and graduate students working on their dissertations. I will definitely be recommending this helpful manual to my clients. | ||