How to write a research paper and get it published
By Julia Buckroyd and Sharon Rother (2008)

This Information Sheet explains how to write up research according to the conventions of academic writing and how to go about getting it published in a peer reviewed academic journal. The guidelines are based on the assumption that a piece of research has been completed and that it has either been written up, perhaps for an academic dissertation, or at least that the collected data have been analysed. Often academic dissertations are in a form that is quite un-publishable, usually because the work is much too long.

After reading this Information Sheet it should be possible to:

• structure the paper according to academic conventions
• find a journal suitable for the paper
• shape the paper to meet the demands of the journal
• understand the peer review process

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