2] Disseminating Research

Question 1

Types of disseminating science

Answer 1

News Articles, scientific journal, presentations, documentaries, conferences, books, social media

Question 2

What are the three things to think about for journal articals

Answer 2

1: the journal
2: the researchers
3: the article itself

Question 3

Who runs these journal

Answer 3

Psychology Journals are published by six main properties and each of them have an editorial team
E.g: Sage, springer link, Willie Blackwell and the American psychological Association

Question 4

How do the articles make there money

Answer 4

Most of the money comes from institutions like NCI that subscribe to their journals and shoes for how many years they want to
The money can also come from tax payers

Question 5

What are open access journals

Answer 5

These are journals that the researcher has paid a fee for in order for the public to be able to read them without belonging to a college or university or paying a large sum of money
These fees can be up to 3,000

Question 6

Examples of open access journals

Answer 6

Sage open access or SpringerOpen

Question 7

Why do researchers publish journals if they don’t get payed

Answer 7

They do this so their work can gain recognition and in turn can allow for wider job prospects

Question 8

What is the H index

Answer 8

It is a metric that measures about the productivity and the citation impact of the researchers publications

Question 9

How to decide what articles get published

Answer 9

They use peer reviews that are commonly anonymous, when you submit a paper it is sent to 2 or more researchers so they can read and review what you have submitted.
They than advise the editor if it should be published

Question 10

What are the three outcomes of a submission

Answer 10

1: the paper is reject which happens frequently
2: it is revised, this happens with most first submission and the review will tell what changes to make to better the artical
3: it’s accepted, happens after at least one revision has been requested

Question 11

Why do people read articals

Answer 11

1: discover what was found
2: see how it was measure
3: know what analysis was used
4: find out what questions still remain unanswered
5: understand the limitations of the study

Question 12

The structure of a research report

Answer 12

1: title
2: abstract
3: introduction
4: method
5: results
6: discussion
7: references

Question 13

Types of articals

Answer 13

1: research reports
2: theoretical papers
3: methodological papers
4: literature review/meta analysis
5: response to an article