4.1: Introduction

IntroductionIntroduction The start of a research article providing background information and an overview of the research presented in the article.

What and where you publish is an important decision and can be informed by multiple factors. Are you in a tenure-track faculty position? Are there faculty promotion and tenure (P&T) documents requiring specific publishing standards such as peer review or journal quality? If regimented promotion and tenure documentation is not a concern and you are interested in writing and publishing to share knowledge or practices that have worked for you with other practitioners, your publishing targets may be a bit broader. Are you more interested in writing opinion, viewpoint pieces, how-to guides, strategy, or operational manuals? Identifying your goals as a researcher, scholar, and writer as well as the audiences you want to connect with is essential for determining a publication destination.

In this lesson, you will learn to identify an audience, understand publication types, and evaluate potential publication venues and publishing models. This lesson will conclude with you drafting a rough draft of publication proposal to a potential publisher.

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