Please provide\u00a0a 1-page interest statement in which you briefly outline the article you may write for publication. This interest statement should provide these four components: \u201cA professional cover letter favorably disposes the editor toward you and your work. While some journals do not examine them very closely, other journals use your cover letter to decide whether to read the article at all or to pick peer reviewers.\u201d \u2013Wendy Laura Belcher,\u00a0Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks<\/em><\/p>\n Write a\u00a0Cover Letter<\/strong>\u00a0that does the following (from\u00a0Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks<\/em>, p. 272-274): PEER REVIEW FORM: Article for Publication: Draft #1, Draft #2, and Final Draft<\/p>\n A 10- to 12-page article (4,000 \u2013 6,000 words) is required on some aspect of mind, media and society and\/or something related to your research interests and expertise. Your proposal should draw on theory and empirical findings and should identify an important gap and\/or promising new directions in knowledge. Your article should organized (approximately) as described below. However, you may make the case to amend this structure given the journal you have selected and that journal\u2019s requirements. It is most important that once you\u2019ve selected a journal(s) to submit your article to that you find a few articles from that journal that resemble the kind of article you want to write. Adjust the structure below to fit with what you see as the norms and expectations for that journal.<\/p>\n Abstract<\/strong> Part #1 should provide an overview of your project, situating your work within the context of a broader interest area and what is already known about a subject. Thus, Part #1 explains why this research interest is needed and why it is important. Part #1 also details how your study\/literature review contributes to relevant theory and\/or prior research. Finally, Part #1 also provides a conceptual framework for how your proposal is organized.<\/p>\n In Part #2 you want to tie your study to relevant theory and prior research, moving your reader through a systematic argument that ends in clear and appropriate research questions or hypotheses. In short, at the end of Part #2, it should be clear to your reader why your particular study needs to be conducted in a particular way with a particular sample. Those of you who elect to do literature reviews should talk with us about generating questions that focus the literature review and generating inclusion and exclusion criteria for assembling the sample of articles to be reviewed<\/p>\n ARTICLE FOR PUBLICATION: RESPONSE TO REVIEWERS LETTER TIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n As you begin your article revisions, please check out our\u00a0Sample Response to Reviewers Letter above<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0I drew this sample from an actual response letter my co-author and I wrote for a journal manuscript we revised and resubmitted this fall. This letter accompanied our revised draft.<\/p>\n TIP 1<\/strong>:\u00a0 For this assignment, you can accept or reject the\u00a0tracked changes edits<\/u>\u00a0from your reviewers and from me. In your\u00a0Response to Reviewers Letter<\/strong>\u00a0you DO NOT have to write down each change suggested in the tracked changes documents and how you responded to it, unless they are significant changes (e.g., suggestions to re-write the conclusions, for instance, that were not also in the Peer Review Memo you received).<\/p>\n TIP 2<\/strong>: Focus your letter on addressing each reviewer\u2019s critique as listed in the\u00a0Peer Review Memo<\/strong>\u00a0you received from us.\u00a0 We put Reviewer 1\u2019s comments in one color and Reviewer 2\u2019s comments in another in your Peer Review Memo. In your response letter, I suggest that (after you review the sample provided) you write something like: \u201cReviewer 1 commented blah, blah, blah, whatever they said;\u201d and then \u201cMY RESPONSE\u201d under which you tell how you have addressed the reviewer\u2019s critique or suggestion in your revision.<\/p>\n TIP 3<\/strong>:\u00a0 If you find significant changes being suggested that were mentioned in your Tracked Changes document(s) but NOT in your Peer Review Memo, please address them as well in your memo. For instance, if your Peer Review 1 Tracked Changes document suggested re-organizing sections of the paper but did not make this suggestion in the Memo, I would list the suggested change in your Response to Reviewers\u2019 letter and how you addressed it.<\/p>\n TIP 4<\/strong>: As demonstrated in the example, be as specific in how you addressed the Reviewer\u2019s points as you can.\u00a0 You want to convince them, and the editor, that you took these reviews seriously and addressed their critiques well in your revision.<\/p>\n TIP 5:<\/strong>\u00a0If you disagree with a reviewer\u2019s suggestion or for whatever reason cannot do what they are asking and do not make the change, it is perfectly okay to explain why you disagree or why you cannot do what they are suggesting, BUT do not ignore the reviewer\u2019s point.\u00a0 State what the reviewer asked for and if you did not make the change, explain why in your response.<\/p>\n TIP 6:<\/strong>\u00a0 Always be respectful, appreciative, and professional in your Response Letter. Reviewers volunteer their time and typically spend several hours preparing their reviews. Use your very best writing skills in these letters. Remember, you are judged not only on your revision but also on your written Response Letter and how seriously you have taken the revision task.<\/p>\n Article for Publication: Interest Statement <\/p>\n Please provide\u00a0a 1-page interest statement in which you briefly outline the article you may write for publication. This interest statement should provide these four components:
\n\u2013 Your topic
\n\u2013 Your abstract or abbreviated outline of your article
\n\u2013 Type of article you will write: 1)\u00a0Quantitative research article;<\/strong>\u00a02)\u00a0Qualitative research article;<\/strong>\u00a03)\u00a0Mixed methods research article;<\/strong>\u00a04)\u00a0Review article<\/strong>\u00a0(These articles review the literature on a particular topic. To be published, such an article cannot just be a summary or synthesis of relevant articles. It must also provide some kind of critical perspective, pointing out contradictions, gaps, and puzzles in the literature, and suggesting directions for future research); 5)\u00a0Theoretical article<\/strong>\u00a0(these articles review and advance theory. They may trace the development of a certain theory then go on to propose a new theory, critique errors in the old theory, or suggest that one theory is better than another); 6)\u00a0Trade\/Professional article<\/strong>\u00a0(These articles are for a non-academic audience and may include distilled versions of a research- or academic article that focuses on research-based implications and recommendations for practitioners).
\n\u2013 List of 3 journals that might be a good outlet for your article<\/p>\n\n
Article for Publication: Cover Letter<\/h4>\n
\n\u2013 Name the editor. Address your letter to the actual person.
\n\u2013 Give the title of your article
\n\u2013 Note if the article was solicited in any way, thank the editor for requesting that you submit it and remind the editor of where the request was made. If you are thinking of submitting your article to a\u00a0special issue<\/em>\u00a0of a journal, typically special issues have their own call for articles. Tell the editor that you are planning to submit to the special issue and explain how your work fits the issue\u2019s call for papers.
\n\u2013 Include the abstract
\n\u2013 State the significance of the work to the field; how is it a contribution to our thinking or how does it fill a gap?
\n\u2013 Describe the appeal to readers. Explain why you think this particular journal\u2019s readers might be interested in reading the article.
\n\u2013 Mention the journal by name. State your reason for wanting your article to appear in this particular journal. (For instance, perhaps the journal has published on your topic sometime within the last 5-10 years. State in a sentence or two how your work builds on or advances or challenges the argument made by these previous articles).
\n\u2013 State that the article has not been published before and is not currently under submission at any other journal or publisher.\u00a0(*OMIT for the cover letter email assignment).\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Give the word count, especially if you have worked to meet the journals word limit.\u00a0(*OMIT for the cover letter email assignment).\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Include your full contact information. Be sure to include information for your co-authors as well, and indicate who the corresponding author is. It should be you if you are writing the cover letter and sending it to the editor.\u00a0(*For the cover letter email assignment you can just include your name, affiliation, email address).<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Omit status. Do not mention that you are a graduate student or independent scholar. Your status is irrelevant to the editor.<\/p>\nSAMPLE COVERLETTERS:
\nhttps:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_j1lt0wbNwPDkVJMMdi0RIrKEmVcgGhZ9yUyStV8LgE\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/h5>\nSTART LIST OF JOURNALS
\n*This is by no means comprehensive. Feel free to add.<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1gDNb8VtiRAUXt6vJc6HnCtcLR18In-BZeESsCEN_n_A\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NEmmHWTHbCKeu_hDABIRJj5cN8J47BJB0gJvsxYJWx0\/edit?usp=sharing
\n<\/a><\/h5>\nSAMPLE RESPONSE TO REVIEWERS\u2019 LETTER\u00a0(Optional: see my TIPS for this letter at the end of this page)<\/em>:
\nhttps:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1XHit2KkbOeftTvNug1ZSUFHKwztueo_F0neLAASyBgg\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/h5>\n
\nIf your journal requires an abstract follow the \u201cGuidelines for Authors\u201d on the journal\u2019s website, first and foremost.\u00a0In addition, here are some tips for writing effective abstracts<\/a>.<\/p>\nIntroduction<\/h4>\n
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Method (**This will be adapted for practitioner\/trade magazine articles & slightly adapted for literature review articles. It is most important to tell us the type of article you are doing and to model your article after other articles published in the journal you are targeting.)<\/h4>\n
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\nConsider\u00a0AERA standards<\/a>\u00a0for reporting on research before you submit your research article:\u00a0https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0B3s4NSO3d_qBb2s5OUtxSGxGMFU<\/a><\/li>\n
\u2013 Your topic
\u2013 Your abstract or abbreviated outline of your article
\u2013 Type of article you will write: 1)\u00a0Quantitative research article;\u00a02)\u00a0Qualitative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14261"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14261"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15366,"href":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14261\/revisions\/15366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/greenhow.educ.msu.edu\/cep956fs19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}