How to Publish in an Academic Journal and the Cost of Publishing
Publishing an academic journal is crucial as it provides a forum for researchers to reveal their knowledge to other researcher in the same field globally. Many people are eager to learn new things in order to adjust their lives accordingly and this can only be done by sharing knowledge among professionals. Thus majority of scholars has embraced this to build on their career and make their field of study relevant.
Articles in an academic journal are written by experts and mainly based on their original work, analysis and the interpretation of the subject being addressed. Academic journals are regarded as a credible source of knowledge and it publish articles that are scientifically proved, written by scholars and are peer reviewed. Hence referred as instructional materials.
Publishing in an academic is highly recommended by institutions of higher learning by ensuring that their post graduate and PhD students publish their work online. This gives them to prove they are conversant with their field of study and share their knowledge to other academicians. Academic journals are known to have many citations and references that help to acquire a clear understanding of the subject of study.
Academic Journals are periodically issued by a scholarly body or an institution. IPRJB journals is accredited for publishing articles and academic reports. We offer quality services at an affordable price. We allow researchers to publish their journal at any given time their papers are ready for publishing. For researchers to publish in IPRJB journal, you can access our website via this link:
When publishing an academic paper, one should follow this steps:
a. Research your Publishing Options
It is important for you to explore and select a journal that matches the scope and best fit you research. This will enable you serve the targeted audience and this creates relevancy of your work. For example, the article is about human resource, publishing the journal in a leadership and governance journal will not meet the expected audience.
b. Draft your Article
Once you have chosen your journal, you can start drafting the paper in regards to the topic of your research so as to maximize the chances of the paper getting published.
c. Read the Instructions Given to Authors
Please read the essential information on what you need do before you submit your research work on the chosen journal. These includes the format guidelines, here in IPRJB journals we issue a format guideline via link:
https://www.iprjb.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IPRJB-format-guideline.docx Please ensures that the editorial team have what it takes to consider your publication.
d. Make your Submission
Once you have done your research and written down your paper, please cross examine it to ensure it is ready for submission. Get to the journal submitting system and submit. In
IPRJB journals you can submit the paper via: journals@iprjb.org
e. Peer Review Process
When the journal editor thinks that the paper is ready for publication, your paper will be sent to two reviewing experts in your field of research. The reviewers will write the recommendations on your paper and this feedback will help to improve your work.
f. Making Revisions
From the reviewers comment you will be required to make revisions of your article and then resubmit. Ensure you read through the paper and heed the review’s advice and make those changes.
g. You Article is Accepted
This where the production begins, your paper will be formatted according to the journals publishing standards. The paper will be published online and the links of your publication and a PDF copy will be shared. Also the publication certificate will be issued.
h. Promoting your Research Paper
Your article will be indexed in Google scholars where many scholars can find your work online.
To publish an academic journal in IPRJB, it costs a standard payment of 150 USD which is affordable to our esteemed researchers. You can pay make payment via pesapal, bank account or using the link that will be provided by IPRJB.
How to Write Literature Review in a Research Paper
Literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic or subject. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods and gaps in existing knowledge that you can apply to your research paper. A good literature review summarizes sources, analyze, synthesis and critically evaluates the content to give a clear understanding on the subject under research. Literature review is the foundation on which your research idea will stand since it will provide context, relevance and background to the research problem you are exploring.
Literature review is categorized as theoretical and experimental. Experimental literature review surveys all the information available on a particular topic and critically analyze the gaps to be filled. The extensive the review, the more precise and systematic the research paper will be. Every research topic begins with an introduction that introduces the readers on the need to conduct the said research. As an author you might be struggling on how to come up with a good literature review. At IPRJB Journals we can help with this problem as we have a range of articles that are well researched by authors. These articles have a well stated introductions, literature review, methodology, results, conclusions, recommendations and conclusions. You can access the website
via: IPRJB
This blog will take you through the simple steps of writing a state of art literature review. Below are the steps that guide on how to write the literature review.
Decide on your Areas of Research
A researcher must decide on the topic of their research, identify the keywords, this ensure that you search for the relevant articles and books that will contribute to your literature review.
Search for Literature
Conduct a comprehensive search of books and articles in your area of study using the search engine. Read the various relevant resource you have found in your search engine and download the ones that speaks on your area of research.
Identify Themes, Debates and Gaps
Begin organizing your literature review and understand the relationship between the different sources you have read. Write down the trends and patterns, themes, debates, conflicts, contradictions, theories and gaps that exist. This will form the structure of your literature review that will pinpoint on how the accumulated literature forms your new body of knowledge.
Outline your Literature Structure
Lay down the approach to organizing the body of your literature review. This can be structured in the following ways:
Chronological – You can organize the literature based on the development of the topic over time.
Thematic – You can organize the literature into subsections that address different aspects of the topic.
Methodological – You can compare the results and conclusions that emerge from different research papers.
Theoretical – You can discuss your literature review in terms of various theories, models and concepts.
Write your Literature Review
The literature review should be organized as follows:
- Write a background literature review that introduces readers to your field of study.
- Write the recent progress of the study which can be arranged thematically in a manner that shows how the research has evolved over time and the progress.
- Analyze and interpret the comparison and contrast of different studies. Discussion on the controversies creates room to identify the gaps that need to be worked on. This proves the significance of the study to be done.
- Critically evaluate the strengths and gaps of your sources
- Write in well-structured paragraphs, drawing connections, comparisons and contrasts.
- Write conclusions, show the how research addresses gaps and contribute to the new body of knowledge.
- Write down your recommendations and references
New Journals Added
We’re pleased to announce that IPRJB has introduced new journals under Physical Sciences and Social Sciences categories. The new journals are:
What is an Open Journal System?
An open journal system was designed to facilitate the development of open access, peer-reviewed publishing, providing the technical infrastructure not only for the online presentation of journal articles, but also an entire editorial management workflow, including: article submission, multiple rounds of peer-review, and indexing. Many aspects that make an online journal system successful are put in place during the development and that’s why we choose Open Journal System.
Open Journal System
IPRJB runs on an open journal system that allows scholars to publish their journal articles online hustle free. We have a list of specialized editorial team that ensures articles are well done, documented, references and formatted before being uploaded to our journal system. This website has a front side, which is more introductory and a back end where the journals are accessed.
