Guiding Question:
Who am I writing for?

Learning Objectives

• identify potential journals;

• analyze journal aims, scope, audience, and expectations;

• interpret author guidelines;

• evaluate journal–manuscript fit;

• recognize questionable publishing practices.

Topics

• Journal aims and scope

• Scholarly audiences

• Specialist and general education journals

• Journal quality and credibility

• Article types

• Author guidelines

• Word limits

• Peer review

• Open access

• Publication ethics

Open-Access Reading

Taylor & Francis Author Services. Choosing a journal. https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/publishing-your-research/choosing-a-journal/

Additional Reading

One article you have selected from a prospective target journal.

Workshop — Journal Detective

Investigate 2–3 journals, considering:

• aims and scope;

• audience;

• recently published topics;

• methodological approaches;

• article organization;

• article length;

• author guidelines.

Writing Studio Task — Target Journal Analysis

Identify:

Primary target journal
Alternative target journal

Prepare approximately two pages explaining why the primary journal represents an appropriate scholarly home for the manuscript.