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Milardo, Robert M.

Crafting scholarship in the behavioral and social sciences [electronic resource] : writing, reviewing, and editing / Robert M. Milardo.

New York ;   London :   Routledge :   Taylor & Francis Group,   2015.  

1 online resource (xvi, 205 p.).

9781317659389 (electronic bk.) 1317659384 (electronic bk.) 9781315766089 (electronic bk.) 1315766086 (electronic bk.)

Crafting Scholarship helps readers improve their writing and publishing success in academia. Framed within the context of the editorial and peer review process, the book explores writing, editing, and reviewing in academic publishing. As such it provides unique coverage of how successful writers work, how they manage criticism, and more. Examples from successful scholars provide helpful tips in writing articles, grants, books, book chapters, and reviews. Each chapter features tools that facilitate learning including Best Practices and Writer's Resource boxes to help maximize success, discussio.

Title from e-Book title page.  

Crafting scholarship: an introduction : Purpose and organization of Crafting scholarship ; The wherewithal: why write this book? Dramatis personae -- Part I. Writing for journals, grants and books : Writing journal articles : Quality of writing ; Clarity and precision in writing ; Crafting effective and successful manuscripts ; Introductions and problem statements ; Literature reviews ; Writing for editors and reviewers ; Reporting methods ; Reporting results ; Discussion and conclusions ; Titles and keywords ; Abstracts ; Qualitative research reports ; Impression management -- Writing theory and review : Theory development ; Research synthesis ; Searching the literature -- Writing book reviews : Types of reviews ; Are book reviews relevant? ; Elevating a brand of scholarship -- Writing book proposals, books, and chapters in edited books : Why write books? ; Types of books ; Selecting a publisher ; Writing a book proposal ; Getting to the page ; Managing risk ; Contracts and production issues -- Part II. The experience of writing : Managing risk, criticism, and the drunken monkeys : Common experience across professions ; A risky business ; Managing the drunken monkeys ; Mindful writing practices -- Establishing successful writing practices : Scheduling writing time ; Intensive writing sessions ; Collaboration ; Chasing the muse: inspiration ; Prewriting ; Logging progress and setting goals ; Moderation and working to a deadline ; Managing criticism -- How successful writers work: place and ritual : Writing in place ; Structuring time and place ; Managing comfort ; Creating meaning: matching place, ambiance, and purpose ; The company we keep: writing in groups ; Ritual -- Part III. Reviewing and editing : Crafting effective peer reviews : Purposeful reviews ; The elements of masterful and ineffective reviews ; The tone of reviews -- Communicating with editors ; Reviewing and writing for an audience ; Reviewing grant and contract proposals -- Editors and how they work : Acceptance rates ; Reliability, validity, and fairness in decision making ; Editorial decision letters ; Heavenly decision letters ; Earthly experience ; Responding to decision letters ; The ethics of editorial practices -- Appendices : Reuben Hill Awards ; Anselm Strauss Awards.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also as a book.  

Social science literature --Editing. Social sciences --Authorship. Social sciences --Research.

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