Publishing graduate student research in geography: the fundamentals

Abstract

This paper offers practical advice on publishing graduate student research within the discipline of geography, addressing the following questions: why, when, where, what, how and with whom? Section ‘The paper chase’ delineates the importance of publishing, identifies potential material to publish, suggests venues in which to publish and offers pragmatic advice on how to negotiate the publishing process (with regard to peers, supervisors and editors). Section ‘In library resources’, discusses the effective use of library resources, demystifies the significance of impact factors and elucidates the history of Open Access publishing.

Keywords:

• academic writing
• graduate education
• library research
• scholarly publishing

Notes

1. This article emerged as a result of the authors' participation on a panel discussion on Graduate Student Publishing in Geography held in February of 2011 at Carleton University.

2. For more publishing advice geared towards graduate student publishing, see Thom Brooks' online resource: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id = 1085245.