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Publish or Perish! An Editorial Perspective Chung L. Huang University of Georgia Department of Applied Agricultural Economics February 2007 Publish or Perish! Intellectual dissemination among scholars Promotion/tenure process and merit-pay scales tied to journal articles and other research output Hilmer and Hilmer (AJAE 2005)suggest that academic agricultural economists received significant positive returns for publishing in top agricultural economics journals. Publish or Perish! Why the Rejection Improving the Odds Peer Review Process What about JAAE Dear John! Reasons for Rejection Analysis of editorial selection decisions reveal top reasons for rejection: unimportant or insignificant contributions (29.3%) methodological shortcomings or flaws (26.%) inadequate theories or concepts (21.3%), poor writing or presentation (10.0%) out of scope for the particular journal (9.6%) Persistence is a Virtue If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, and try again Revise, but don’t simply resubmit Most manuscripts submitted for publication in refereed journals get rejected at one time or another before achieving publication Improving the Odds of Acceptance Maintain a stock of 5 or 6 papers under review at all time Diversify your research as well as your publication portfolio Balance between quality and quantity of publications Improving the Odds of Acceptance If you have 2 good ideas about a topic, develop them into 2 manuscripts instead of putting them into one paper The longer a manuscript, the more likely that referees will either misunderstand it or find something wrong with your reasoning or interpretation of results The Right Product Get the title and the abstract right State the problem to be solved early in the introduction Focus the main content of your manuscript Set the stage for your major findings with a literature review Proofread the manuscript thoroughly to ensure it is as error-free as possible The Right Outl