Publishing an Article
Who is an author?
Some journals now ask for and publish information about the contributions of each person named in a submitted manuscript. Authorship is based on a criteria of who contributed to a project and the manuscript. Read these recommendations before deciding on who to include as an author and in what order authors should be listed: ICMJE - Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors
Need help finding the right journal to publish your article in? The following resources can help in determining what journal to publish in and finding a journal that matches the purpose of your manuscript.
Consider a journal's impact factor, but do so cautiously. An impact factor is a measure of how often an article in a given journal has been cited in a given year. Knowing a journal's impact factor can influence journal choice for manuscript submission. Only journals indexed in the Web of Science database have impact factors, (the Web of Science is a scientific citation indexing service). Don't be turned off from "the right" journal just because it doesn't have an impact factor, only a small number of nursing journals do. The librarian can help with locating a journal's impact factor or determining if a journal is credible.
Poster Presentation
| Make a plan for dissemination that includes recommendations for future practice | |
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Include internal and external dissemination opportunities:
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| Prepare manuscript for publication -- match the manuscript to right journal | |
| Check the impact factor of nursing journals to evaluate the number of citations from that journal in a given year |
