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How to get published in a Western Journal Prof. Dr. Malcolm W. Kennedy Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences University of Glasgow UK - Glasgow, Scottland, G12 8QQ United Kingdom Good luck! * Immunisation against smallpox Moveable type printing Circumnavigating the world Science and discovery in China Chinese science in ‘Nature’ Palaeontology Virus evolution Food plant genomics Anthropology – Han migrations Science in China “The annual National Geographic Survey discovered the sad fact that only 23 out of 56 young A*******s knew the whereabouts of the Pacific Ocean” What you are up against … Ignaz Semmelweis (1818 – 1865) 1847 – discovered contagious nature of puerperal fever and use of antiseptic 1850 – lectures on the discovery 1861 – book polemical response 1865 – nervous breakdown and death Choosing a journal Language – does it have to be in English? Appropriate to your field – does it matter? Impact factors – who cares? Who will find my article? Getting published Do something new and interesting Do something challenging – get noticed! If you think some (Western?!) ideas are wrong – don’t be afraid to do the experiments to show it! Design and analyse experiments rigorously Do the proper controls Remember, technology is a tool, not science itself First, do good science! Choosing a journal Who are your intended audience? Multidisciplinary journal? Specialist? Related field with more widely read journals? Be safe – but who will read it? Be brave – you might get lucky, you will learn something, and will make yourself write better. Balance time expended with the potential reward. Choosing a journal - Will it be found and read widely? What institutions will have it in their libraries? - Paper - Online Will electronic databases list it? - ISI - selective - Medline, etc.? - Google  The impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of current citations to articles published in the two previous years by the total number of articles p