A reference list for how to get your paper published in a journal

Writing a journal paper is not easy and too many problems you will encounter such as selecting a proper research methodology and even a topic to start with. In the following list, the references will be shown based on the process of writing a paper.

Before
In this stage, you probably are thinking which topic to start with.

• Choose a topic 

Choose a topic you are interested in and try to Google it in the Google scholar. You will find previous studies.

• Have a ResearchGate account

I will recommend you have a account of ResearchGate and then you will have free access to many referred journal articles (some following reference links will lead you to them).

• Know how to use reference software

I am a user of Endnote and you could find some tips in my another post. 

• Learn how to process your data

For a quantitative research, you could see my another post. 

Writing 

• How to present your results

For descriptive method, you can see this article for cross-sectional data.


After 

• Submit your work to a journal

Using a checklist to help you: Checklist for Manuscripts to be Submitted to Scientific Journals.

• Respond the reviews

A Scientific Approach to Scientific Writing

This article will continuously be updated and I welcome anyone of you to post your experience here.