Editing research : the author editing approach to providing effective support to writers of research papers /
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| Language: | English |
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Medford, NJ :
Information Today, Inc,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Sidebars; Foreword; Note; Preface; Note; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Birth, Metamorphosis, and Flight a Research Article; Chapter 1: Aims and Challenges of Writing for Publicationin Today's Global Research Environment; The Research Publishing Landscape; The State of Scholarly Writing; The Internationalization of Scholarly Writing; English for Research Publication Purposes; Challenges of Research Writing; Skilled Researchers, Novice Authors; EAL Scholars and English Rhetoric and Logic.
- Genre Conventions, Reporting Guidelines, and the Scholarly MethodWriting in Isolation; Less Support from Publishers; Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 2: Editing in the Sciences and Other Scholarly Disciplines; Editing Defined; The First Publishers and Editors; Levels of Editing; Proofreading; Copy Editing; Language Editing; Substantive Editing; Developmental Editing; A Temporal Classification of Editing; Notes; Chapter 3: Authors' Editors: Partners in Communication at the Service of Researchers and Readers; The First Authors' Editors; Development of Author Editing for Research; The Early Years.
- Quiet Economic UpheavalAuthors' Editors and Journal Editors; Authors' Editors and the Internationalization of Scholarly Literature: European Experience; Authors' Editors Do Author Editing; Do We Call Ourselves Authors' Editors?; Notes; Chapter 4: Authors' Editors in Action: A Qualitative Research Foray; Research Design; Expert Informants; Bibliographic Research and Integration with Qualitative Research Findings; Chapter 5: View from the Academy: The Delicate Position of Editing Services among Needs and Concerns; Researchers' Motivations to Seek Editing; Presubmission Editing.
- Editing After an R & R DecisionEditing After Multiple Rejections: Developmental Editing; Researchers' Vocalization of the Editing Request; Alternative Academic Views of Editors and Editing; Literacy Brokers; Proofreaders; Editors as Scholars of Editing; Notes; Chapter 6: Editing Research Articles and Other Genres for Publication in Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Journals; Substantive Editing of Research Papers; Structure and Content; Substantiation, Citation, and Attribution; Pre-review; Author Editing Requires Dialog with Authors; Added Value for Researcher-Authors; Plagiarism Checking.
- Didactic EditingPost-Peer Review Guidance; Better Science Communication, Less Research Waste, and Safeguarded Investments; What Author Editing Is Not; Ethical Limitations to Editing; Services Outside the Realm of Author Editing; Acknowledgments and Editing Certificates; The Impact of Editing; Notes; Chapter 7: Becoming and Being an Authors' Editor; Career Path to Author Editing; Networks for Collegiate Exchange and Training Opportunities; Certificates of Achievement and Certification of Skills; Educational Background; Language Specialists or Subject Specialists?