
Learn how to get your research published by understanding editor expectations, selecting the right target journal, and crafting a compelling cover letter to pass desk review and peer review.
maximize your chances of publication by arousing the editors' and reviewers' curiosity in the early stages. then convince them you have made a substantial contribution to your field.
Learn the three stages of the publication process—desk review, peer review, and revision—and how editors decide between direct acceptance, rejection, or major and minor revisions.
Submit your paper for publication despite inevitable problems, and learn from editor and peer-review feedback to improve it. Next, learn how to pick a target journal.
Learn to choose the right journal by balancing impact, reputation, and fit, and assess submission guidelines such as word limits to maximize publication success.
Assess fit for empirical reports by selecting a target journal and reviewing submission guidelines. Compare impact factors across sources and consider word limits, in a social psychology context.
Learn how to prepare a manuscript for submission by meeting journal format, ensuring spell checks, preparing black-and-white compatible figures at required DPI, sharing data, and securing author approvals.
Check Windows details to verify horizontal and vertical resolution meet the journal's 300 dpi requirement. Apply a no-software trick in Microsoft Paint to overlay a 300 dpi image and save.
On Mac, open the image in Preview, select Tools, adjust size, and set the DPR to 300 to save at 300 BPI for journal use.
Write a short cover letter for the desk review that explains your research question and intended contributions, avoiding results or limitations to arouse curiosity.
Submit your manuscript via the journal’s submission portal, create or log into your account, and use an orchid number to identify you, then verify the final proof before submitting.
Learn how to respond to manuscript reviews by making at least some changes to feedback, improve clarity, and craft a persuasive response letter to editors and readers.
Learn to craft an effective, collaborative response letter by thanking editors and reviewers, highlighting positives, addressing concerns, and detailing concrete manuscript improvements with transparent credits.
Navigate the final decision after revision: if accepted, editors finalize for publication and you approve the final proof; if rejected, use feedback to improve and submit elsewhere, avoiding disputes.
Learn to turn an unfair rejection into acceptance by crafting a friendly, concise letter to the editor, explaining misread results and proposing an easy fix with a template.
Finish strong: gain value from the course materials, ask remaining questions, and rate the course to help future students decide to enroll; I’m available to help you with anything.
Even groundbreaking research is useless if it does not get published.
This course will show you how to pass each stage of the publication process and get your written paper published in an attractive scientific journal.
What will you be able to DO after this course?
SELECT the right target journal to make the highest possible impact.
UNDERSTAND the publication process and how editors think.
APPLY strategies experienced researchers use to pass each stage of the publication process.
PRESENT your research effectively in an intriguing cover letter.
ADDRESS criticism from reviewers without sounding defensive.
THINK like a successful researcher and interpret criticism correctly.
Simply put, this course will teach you how to get from paper to published and make an impact on the world.
Submitting to a scientific journal can feel intimidating.
Most researchers experience rejection after rejection - even if they are highly skilled.
The problem is that having a good research paper is not enough.
Just like landing a good job is hard without a well-designed CV and interview skills, getting a research paper published is hard without understanding the publication process.
This is even more true for high impact journals.
Publishing is both an intellectual and mental challenge and this course is designed to help you with both.
So what will this course teach you specifically?
How to pick a suitable target journal.
The three stages of the publication process
How to strategize at each stage.
How to prepare your manuscript and figures for submission.
How to write an intriguing cover letter to pass the desk review.
How to deal with criticism from peer reviewers effectively.
How to write a compelling response letter to pass the peer review.
How to turn an unfair rejection into acceptance.
You will also get examples of a cover letter, response letter, and a letter to turn a rejection into acceptance.
In short, this course will guide you through the steps from paper to publishing in an attractive scientific journal.
Let me add that I want you to be truly happy with this course.
I used to be in your shoes and I want to give you the best possible course to help you succeed.
If this course does not deliver on every promise (and then some) you can get 100% of your money back.
So go ahead and give this course a test drive.
After you click on the red button, the lectures will guide you through the process.
In addition, you can ask me questions anytime and will have my full support on every step of the way.