A university lecturer suggests to a student that one of their assignments is of such a high standard that they should consider submitting it for publication as a literature review. What steps would the student need to take to ensure that it was suitable for submission to an academic journal?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWERS
• Find a target journal that encourages literature reviews (not all journals accept them) and has a history of supporting novice authors.
• Perform a critical literature search to ensure that the manuscript is original and such a review has not recently been conducted elsewhere.
• Carefully check the ‘house-style' of the journal (citation style, headings used, word count, abstract, title page format, etc) and adapt the assignment accordingly.
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