Tips and tricks: teaching scholars how to publish articles in English language social work journals

ABSTRACT

In this article, I discuss how Chinese social work scholars can enhance their ability to publish their research in English language journals successfully. I describe the processes of developing sophisticated skills in writing research as one of gradual shaping, initially beginning with smaller-scale contributions to journals and only attempting to undertake and write up more sophisticated research projects by building upon past successes. A variety of forms of scholarship are described, with examples of each type being cited. Approaches to successfully navigating the journal publication system are presented, and various resources are cited to learn more about English language social work and other disciplinary journals in the social and behavioural sciences. Given China’s growing position in the worldwide profession of social work, it is crucial that advances in practice and research in that country be widely disseminated.

本文旨在讨论华人社会工作学者提升成功于英语期刊出版研究成果能力的方法。本文认为写作研究所发展的复杂技能是一个逐渐形成的过程, 由最初对期刊的些小贡献开始, 到基于过往的成功, 撰写更复杂的研究作品。本文引用了一些例子, 介绍了不同的学术出版方式。同时, 也讨论了浏览期刊出版系统的方法, 并分享了各种资源以了解更多在社会与行为科学中的英语社会工作及不同学科期刊。鉴于中国在全球社会工作专业地位的不断提升, 广泛传播其实践与研究发展尤关重要。

KEYWORDS:

• Social work
• scholarship
• publishing
• journals
• English language

Acknowledgments

A version of this paper was presented virtually to the Department of Social Work at the Chinese University of Labor Relations, Beijing, China on 26 June 2021.

Disclosure statement

The author has no known conflicts of interest to disclose.