
Where’s academic publishing at today? So you have carried out some great research and want to tell the world. You want to get your article published in a peer reviewed journal, preferentially a high ranking one. Journals are ranked by impact factor- the average number of times that an article in that journal is referenced by articles in other peer reviewed journals in a 2 year period. Peer reviewed articles will first need to be approved by an editor and then sent out to suitable reviewers or peers, from their database of contacts, for a blinded review- removing all author details. Once the reviews are returned the editor will decide to publish the article or not. Peer reviewed publication gives kudos to academic work and should allow the work to be disseminated and appreciated widely. However social media and the growth of so called pre-print servers, has allowed alternative means of dissemination of research. It also allows anyone to comment or essentially review an article. Whe...