Remember when I said that your initial search for a place to showcase your work would be used again? This week we are going to do an in-depth review of one possible journal where students in our class might publish their research findings.
Whether your initial publication research yielded promising results or you think of the assignment with disdain, you will all begin the search fresh.
Journal Review: A Recycling Project, Better Known As "What to Do With all this Work After This Class is Over"
This week you will research one scholarly journal where anyone in our class might be able to publish his/her work. The journal may be for undergraduate research specifically or open to research in a specific field BUT it may not be our UCF Undergraduate Research Journal (because we already know all about it) OR a journal specifically for your discipline (say a the MLA journal or The Sociological Review). That means the journal could be an undergraduate research journal open to students from any university in a variety of fields or it could mean a journal focused on feminist/women's studies and gender studies research, etc.What do I mean by research? I mean didn't I already ask you to do this?
This time, your Journal Review must include:
1. The complete title of the Journal and the organization or university the supports/sponsors it.
2. Brief (50-150 words) description of the journal's history or foundation. Who created the journal or organization? For what purpose? What is the objective/mission of the journal? How many members does the organization/society support and from what types of fields?
3. Description of the journal publication information (250-350 words). How many times a year does the journal publish? When? In what medium does it publish (only online, print based journal to subscribers, etc.)? Does the journal publish by theme or specific topic? Historically, what are some of the topics the journal covers and from what discipline (look through at least four issues of the journal)? Who is the editor and where is it located/published from? Do they host a conference; if so, when?
4. Brief description of the journal audience and reception (50-150 words). Who is the audience? Is the journal peer reviewed? What is the journal's reputation?
5. Description of journal submission (250 words minimum). Who may submit to the journal? How long is the turn around time between submission and print decision? Do they allow/offer comments and resubmission? How long is the time between decision and actual publication? How many people submit to each issue and of those how many are accepted? What is the suggested length of submission? What editorial guidelines are required (MLA, APA, etc.)? How does someone submit (by email, print?) What format is accepted for submission (word.doc or .pdf, etc.)? How many copies of submission must be sent? When are deadlines for submission? What other requirements does the journal have (must it be original and unpublished; for undergraduate journals, does it require faculty signatures or letters of recommendation; will they allow you to re-publish this work else where; do you have to be a "member" to submit and if so, how much are the dues, etc.?)
6. Works cited information for journal, including an active link to journal's website.
7. Next week, check out the other student's Journal Reviews. We have amassed...well five... so copy from your neighbor.
**Note: Usually, the answers to these questions are lined up in a neat row on the website. You may have to contact the journal or read about it via reviews or information actually included in an issue (so make sure we have it at UCF).
**Question: After this assignment, you may begin to feel like a library research super-pro. So, do we want t-shirts that say "Research Chaser" "Library Sleuth" or "The Fact Hunters"?
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