Writing for Publication: Advice from Authors

Abstract

This article — third in a series encouraging rehabilitation counselors to publish — surveyed published authors of JARC over a 6-year period (1990-1996) and summarized their advice for aspiring journal article writers. Surveyed authors (1) identified common obstacles to publishing efforts, and (2) annotated useful resources for publishing. Finally, they (3) offered general advice for preparing and submitting a first manuscript to rehabilitation counseling-related journals.

Peer review and its contribution to manuscript quality: an Australian perspective

“…25,29 Even with reviewers' helpful comments, many authors still struggled in revising their manuscripts, which implied that reviewers' contribution to improving a manuscript was somewhat limited. 4,30,31 Jefferson and colleagues 11 conducted a systematic review of articles that reported studies on peer review published in biomedical journals up to June 2000. Of the 135 articles that they identified, only 19 studied the effect of any aspect of the peer-review process, such as blinding identities of reviewers or authors, provision of submission checklists, and training reviewers.…”