Getting Published: Academic Publishing Success

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Getting Published: Academic Publishing Success
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Professor Gina Wisker
SeriesBloomsbury Research Skills
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9780230392106
ClassificationsDewey:808.066
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publication Date 14 January 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This comprehensive handbook will guide readers through the process of publishing their research. It helps readers to establish successful writing practices and habits which will enable them to write well, complete their work to a high standard and have their work published. Drawing on her experience as a writer, editor and supervisor, Gina Wisker covers the practicalities of writing and provides tried-and-tested techniques for managing time, overcoming writer's block and developing a confident academic voice. This book is ideal for postgraduates, academics, researchers and professionals wishing to write effectively and share their work with others through academic publication.

Author Biography

Gina Wisker is Head of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton, UK. She has written extensively about higher education as well as contemporary literature and her books include The Undergraduate Research Handbook, The Postgraduate Research Handbook and The Good Supervisor. She is editor of the journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International.

Reviews

"Getting Published is hugely knowledgeable and useful; it is full of good sense and will almost certainly become the handbook for training postgraduates in this vital area." Professor Martin Coyle, Cardiff University, UK