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Tips on Writing Academic Journals An Academic Journal is usually evaluated by people with the same competency and is commonly associated with a certain school or self-discipline. Academic publications serve the same function as forums for formal presentation of study involving new analysis alongside assessments and existing analysis. The content by and large takes the structure of articles, book reviews, original research and review articles. Here are some tips to guide you in writing academic journals: Strategic Planning Creating a writing technique ensures that you will have external and internal drivers. This means that writing academic journal is considered an important work. Planning will help you maintain the determination, ensuring that you'll want to write and publish articles no matter how long it takes. Study journals in your area of interest Take a few journals in your field and focus on your target. Search within abstracts over the past issues. Pay close attention to all first and last sentences. The first usually provides the logic of the analysis while the last claim is the ‘contribution to knowledge'. Do an outline and start writing Do you create an outline before writing or just dive into the writing process? Both outlining and writing are useful, and it's also a smart idea to use them in writing academic journals. However, make sure your outline is detailed: format the main sections and set them according to your journal. Get Feedback Before you start, discuss your topics and ideas with 4-5 people; this will help you get several responses from different perspectives in your draft. It will take only a few moments to read it and react. Do several revisions before you decide to publish your own article.

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Tips on Writing Academic JournalsAnAcademic Journalis usually evaluated by people with the same competency and is commonly associated with a certain school or self-discipline. Academic publications serve the same function as forums for formal presentationofstudy involving new analysis alongside assessments and existing analysis. The contentby and largetakes the structure of articles, book reviews, original research and review articles. Here are some tips to guide you in writing academic journals:Strategic PlanningCreating a writing technique ensures that you will have external and internal drivers. This means that writing academic journal is considered an important work. Planning willhelpyoumaintainthe determination, ensuring that you'll want to write and publish articles no matter how long it takes.Study journals in your area of interestTake a few journals in your field and focus on your target. Search within abstracts over the past issues. Pay close attention to all first and last sentences. The first usually provides the logic of the analysis while the last claim is the contribution to knowledge'.Do an outline and start writingDo you create an outline before writing or just dive into the writing process? Both outlining and writing are useful, and it's also a smart idea to use them in writing academic journals. However, make sure your outlineis detailed: format the main sections and set them according to yourjournal.Get FeedbackBefore you start, discuss your topics and ideas with 4-5 people; this will help you get several responses from different perspectives in your draft. It will take only a few moments to read it and react. Do several revisions before you decide to publish your own article.Specify writing goals and sub-goalsSet specific goals that defines the content, verb, and word length for the segment. Therefore, do not have a writing goal same as "I must have an article written before the year ends". A better goal would be "My next writing goal is to sum up and review 12 literature articles 800 words on Monday after lunch time".Write as a groupAlthough many people prefer to consider writing as a solitary task, public writing can improve self-confidence, fluency as well as concentration. It can easily help you build the practice of standard writing.Review feedbacks on your submissionCreate a list of revision activities. Once you resubmit your work, make sure they appear in your report, indicating the way you responded to the reviewers comments. In case your articlewas declined, it is still important to check out feedback, work out for the reasons why and enhance it at some point.Be consistent, insensitive and toughYou may develop these things over a long run, or perhaps you already have them. It will be quicker to build themin conversation withother journal writers.Take proper careWriting articles for academic journals is incredibly competitive. Itcan benerve-racking. There are health risks in sitting for a longtime. Lastly, give yourself a reward when your articleis approved.