English 5390: Writing for Publication Weekly Blog Post - Reviewers
Question: What types of reviews and reviewers will you seek out prior to submitting your scholarly article for publication? Briefly describe each review type and what specifically you might ask each reviewer to focus on in their review.
It is difficult for me to imagine seeking many reviews, even though I know it is necessary to seek reviews prior to submission for publication. I work in a pretty isolated fashion, especially being an online student instead of an on campus student.
I suppose that I could say that the initial review of my paper was done by Dr. Baake, when he graded it during my Rhetoric in Scientific Communication class. Dr. Baake suggested that it may be publishable with certain changes. These are the changes that I am attempting to incorporate now. This initial review served to evaluate my work in the conversation about scientific communication. It has a role but needed work.
At this time, I will seek a non-expert review in the form of my husband. He can't see where the work would fit into the conversation, but he can read it to make sure that all my connections and conclusions make sense within the framework that I provide in the work itself.
My sister would be able to read it and check the grammar. As I know from looking at others' work, we are not always the best at self-editing since our brains will often insert the words that we meant to write versus what is actually written. She would also be able to look at the logic of the framework.
I have a co-worker who volunteered to read the work. She is not in the field of technical communication but would be able to look at the paper from the viewpoint of a scientist and of one who works in the publication field.
I am well covered for non-expert reviewers and I have had one expert review. Hopefully, these will be sufficient. Though I am still not sure that I will actually attempt to publish the work. I have not yet looked into what kind of issues that may raise at work. We will see if it raises any, eventually.
It is difficult for me to imagine seeking many reviews, even though I know it is necessary to seek reviews prior to submission for publication. I work in a pretty isolated fashion, especially being an online student instead of an on campus student.
I suppose that I could say that the initial review of my paper was done by Dr. Baake, when he graded it during my Rhetoric in Scientific Communication class. Dr. Baake suggested that it may be publishable with certain changes. These are the changes that I am attempting to incorporate now. This initial review served to evaluate my work in the conversation about scientific communication. It has a role but needed work.
At this time, I will seek a non-expert review in the form of my husband. He can't see where the work would fit into the conversation, but he can read it to make sure that all my connections and conclusions make sense within the framework that I provide in the work itself.
My sister would be able to read it and check the grammar. As I know from looking at others' work, we are not always the best at self-editing since our brains will often insert the words that we meant to write versus what is actually written. She would also be able to look at the logic of the framework.
I have a co-worker who volunteered to read the work. She is not in the field of technical communication but would be able to look at the paper from the viewpoint of a scientist and of one who works in the publication field.
I am well covered for non-expert reviewers and I have had one expert review. Hopefully, these will be sufficient. Though I am still not sure that I will actually attempt to publish the work. I have not yet looked into what kind of issues that may raise at work. We will see if it raises any, eventually.
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4:15 PM
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