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Navigating Publication Issues for Novice Addiction Scientists

Learn about the challenges and opportunities of publishing for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other early career addiction scientists. Explore authorship decisions, ethical dilemmas, career opportunities, and tips for publishing your dissertation.

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Navigating Publication Issues for Novice Addiction Scientists

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  1. Getting Started: Publication Issues for Graduate Students,Postdoctoral Fellows, and other Novice Addiction Scientists Presented by: Dominique Morisano, PhD

  2. Early Career Publishing: What’s the Rush? • Pressure to publish • Key criterion for... • Acceptance to graduate school, internships, and postdoctoral placements • Receipt of scholarships, fellowships, grants • Employment

  3. General Issues • Authorship Decisions • Ethical Dilemmas • Timetables • Career Opportunities

  4. Authorship Issues

  5. First things first... • Be aware of power imbalances

  6. What contributions deserve authorship? • Different requirements for students? • The basics (for authors vs. footnotes): • Write something • Make a major (i.e., creative, intellectual, and integral) contribution to the work reported. • Be prepared to take public responsibility for its contents • Examples (usually required in combination): • Develop the research design • Write sections of the manuscript • Integrate diverse theoretical perspectives • Develop new conceptual models • Contribute to data-analysis decisions • Interpret results

  7. Some words of advice... • Find a mentor • Discuss, discuss, discuss (early on!) • Read about authorship ethics (see Chapter 8), and check for guidelines at your own institution and professional societies • "Except under exceptional circumstances, a student is listed as principal author on any multiple-authored article that is substantially based on the student's doctoral dissertation" (American Psychological Association, 8.12) • Whatever you decide, write it down

  8. Example Scenarios: What to do? • Scenario 1 • Scenario 2 • Scenario 3

  9. Publishing Your Thesis or Dissertation: Making the ProcessLess Painful (or An Ideal Way to Begin?)

  10. Publishing your dissertation as a scientific article... • An ideal place to begin • It represents years of quality work • It’s already written • You have readily available co-authors to help • A variety of formats: • Monograph style • Manuscript style

  11. Writing with Publication in Mind... • Consider: • Potential audience • Potential style and formatting • Keep a record and backups of datasets and analyses

  12. Publication of the dissertation itself...online • Online Dissertation Indexing and Publishing Resources • UMI Dissertation Publishing • Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI)/Comprehensive Dissertation Index • Networked Library of Digital Dissertations and Theses • Theses Canada Portal • DissOnline • Die Deutsche Bibliothek • Database of African Theses and Dissertations • Networked European Deposit Library • Google Scholar

  13. Publishing your thesis... and Authorship • Discuss as early as possible with advisors and committee members • In most circumstances, the student should be first author • If committee members are to be invited... • Recruitment of co-authors

  14. Finishing up that paper...timelines • Post-docs • Getting help... • Contracts with supervisors...some examples

  15. Submitting...and handling rejection • Write a letter to the editor • Check author guidelines • Rejection is part of the process... • Incorporate feedback and try, try again

  16. Special Issues for Students and Postdocs in LAMI countries Students in Low and Middle Income (LAMI) countries (by definition) are challenged by: Inadequate resources Competing priorities Few mentors

  17. General Issues of Capacity • Setting priorities to allow the data to reach a broader audience and impact policy development • Using external resources • ISAJE mentorship program (www.parint.org) • Countering anxiety • Find a mentor who is familiar with the process of publication

  18. Choosing a Topic and a Journal • Review Chapter 2 of Publishing Addiction Science for a list of journals • Consider case studies, letters, policy and opinion pieces, dissertation or thesis data • Scan journal contents, check journal’s peer-reviewed status

  19. Language • Find a native English speaker to edit or co-author the paper • International Conferences • www.isaje.net

  20. Resource and Internet Access Issues • Interlibrary loan systems • Healht InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) • Connecting with international researchers

  21. Maintaining Optimism... • Relative lack of published literature = Plenty of things to write about • Obstacles are surmountable

  22. CONCLUSIONS...Take the long view • Publish your dissertation • Learn from established researchers • Hone your writing skills • Practice, practice, practice

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