Publishing Qualitative Research in Top Journals: Lecture + Q&A with Professor David Silverman [webinar]

In the current, highly competitive academic environment, ‘publish or perish’ has become an even more difficult maxim to follow. Every day we receive emails from little known journal editors encouraging us to submit a paper and promising a rapid turnaround (often for a stiff fee). However, we learn that the top-ranked journals, who matter much more to our career, are where we should be aiming. And, of course, they have no need to pepper us with email invitations.

In this talk, aimed at HDRs and early career researchers, Professor Silverman discusses how to make the move from years of intensive research to writing papers that may be accepted by such journals. Among the topics considered are:

• Common errors about the nature of qualitative research
• Mistakes in writing up for journals
• The need for clarity
• Choosing the right journal
• Focussing and shortening your paper
• Finding an exemplary paper to imitate
• Avoiding perfectionism
• How to make qualitative research acceptable
• Identifying possible reviewers and responding to their reviews
• Publishing one piece of research in multiple journals

Prof David Silverman is Visiting Emeritus Professor at Leeds University Business School, Professor Emeritus in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths College, London Visiting Professor in the King's College Business School, University of London and the Business School, University of Technology, Sydney as well as Adjunct Professor at QUT, Faculty of Education. He has authored 15 books and over 60 journal articles on qualitative research, ethnography and conversation analysis. Thirty of his students have successfully completed their PhD and three are now full Professors.