Research Writing and Dissemination

Author(s)

Mary Anne Kennan, Charles Sturt UniversityFollow
Kim M. Thompson, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

ORCID iD

Kennan: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1342-9853

Thompson: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9486-3688

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

This chapter begins by reinforcing the integral role of writing and dissemination in the research process, while acknowledging that writing and dissemination practices vary from discipline to discipline, field to field. Despite these differences, there are characteristics and processes that most research writing and dissemination have in common, and these are discussed here. From the general structure of a research report to the importance of writing throughout the research process, key aspects of research writing are addressed after which dissemination and publishing are defined and major and emerging forms of publication are described. The chapter concludes with a discussion of peer review and the ethics of authorship.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102220-7.00022-4

Publication Info

Published in Research Methods: Information, Systems and Context (Second Edition), ed. Kirsty Williamson, Graeme Johanson, 2018, pages 517-534.

Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd.

APA Citation

Kennan, M. A., & Thompson, K. M. (2018). Research writing and dissemination. In K. Williamson, & G. Johanson (Eds.), Research methods: Information, systems, and contexts (2nd ed., pp. 517-534). Elsevier- Hanley and Belfus Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102220-7.00022-4