Research Workshop:�How to publish top tiered International Journals: Some Strategies and Tactics�

By: Associate Professor Ferry Jie, PhD

Email: f.jie@ecu.edu.au

Whatsapp: +61 414 968 978

School of Business and Law,

Edith Cowan University

Joondalup, Western Australia

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Who am I?

• Ferry Jie is the Associate Professor in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, in the School of Business and Law. Ferry is currently a Secretary to the Chartered Institute Logistics and Transport (CILTA) Western Australia (WA) Committee. Ferry is also Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) WA Committee. Associate Professor Ferry Jie has maintained a high quality of research throughout his academic career including international scholarly leadership in the areas of supply chain management and logistics, including being invited to be keynote speaker and to give public lectures at symposiums and international conferences in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, UK and Australia. From 2017 to now, published more than 46 refereed journal articles—including 23 articles in Q1-ranked in the SCImago and 22 articles in Q2-ranked in the SCImago, and 8 refereed conference papers. Furthermore, Dr Jie has received research grants/awards adding up to over $1.85 million between 2010 and 2021.

Recent Research Grants (1)�

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• Developing a Digital Competencies Framework for the Australian Energy Industry, Asset Institute, Grant, 2021 ‑ 2024, $109,688.
• Business continuity and resilience: capacity building and upskilling post-COVID-19, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI), 2020 – 2021, $100,000.
• Managing transport system investment risk: enhancing patronage predictions and adapting strategic asset management and appraisal processes to account for emerging trends and uncertainty, iMOVE Australia Limited, iMOVE CRC, 2019 - 2020, $94,008.
• Optimising regional SME resilience and employment workflow by customer-led (DIY) re-engineering of financial planning and advisory services supply chains. , Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Engagement Grant, 2019 - 2020, $141,452.
• Examining residents waste source behaviour: an indication of the effectiveness of the three-bin rollout campaign by Joondalup City council, City of Joondalup, Grant, 2020, $90,023.
• Planning intermodal and general logistics infrastructure for the future needs of Perth, iMOVE Australia Limited, iMOVE CRC, 2018 - 2019, $321,200.
• RailSmart Wanneroo Planning Support System, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, 2018 - 2019, $777,000

What is research?

Bennet (1991):

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‘.. a systematic, careful inquiry or examination to discover new information or relationships and to expand/verify existing knowledge for some specified purpose’.

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Three types of research

• Descriptive research - finding out, describing what is.
• Explanatory research - explaining how or why things are as they are (and using this to predict).
• Evaluation research - evaluation of policies, strategies, programs and practices.

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I. The Research Process

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Reviewing the literature

• Roles of the literature in research:
• The entire basis of the research
• A source of ideas on topics for research
• A source of information on research already done by others
• A source of methodological or theoretical ideas
• A source of comparison between your research and that of others
• A source of information that is an integral or supportive part of the research (for example, data on a local market)

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Why publish in top journals/conferences

• Contribute new body of knowledge
• Popular in particular areas
• General impact (H index)
• Get promotion in the University

(Tsui, 2008)

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What strategies ? (1)

• Understand the “needs” of the leading journals; understand who the audiences are;
• What reviewers/editors like?
• Strong literature review;
• Strong background/rationale of the study;
• Solid research design/methods
• High quality data/strong result
• Strong theoretical contribution
• Strong practical contribution
• Creative/interesting research idea
• Advanced data analysis approach
• Good presentation skill (logical, clear and concise)

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What strategies ? (2)

• The Major Reasons that Papers Got Rejected in top Journals
• The research questions asked were neither interesting nor important.
• Hypothesis without theory or insufficient theoretical justification for hypothesis.
• Design flaw (Methods can not answer your research questions/research problems).
• Weak empirical contribution (e.g., data with poor quality).
• Know the specific requirements of your target journal

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Several tips

• Check and consider which target journal – read the aims and scope of journals etc
• Follow author guidelines;
• Check all references and formatting; text references, grammatical and spelling;
• Contact or email editor very short / brief abstract (to see whether they accept our paper);
• Introduction;
• Literature review (if needed);
• Methods;
• Results and Discussion;

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• Conclusion;
• Acknowledgement;
• Contribution to practitioners;
• Contribution to the body of knowledge

Publications

• From Undergraduate, Masters’ thesis or Doctorate students’ thesis – opportunity to convert to journal/conference papers. Target to peer/reviewed international conference/journal papers
• Research proposal – able to publish in peer reviewed international conference/journal (must be innovative research, strong method and good contribution to body of knowledge)
• Thesis – able to publish in peer reviewed international conference/journal (perhaps two or three papers). It is good idea to focus scopus or Scimago journal publications (at least Q3)

Process

• Do research project (research proposal, data collection, data analysis, results/discussion)
• Write paper
• Know target journal, decide which journal
• Download the author guideline for the journal
• Register/sign up for manuscript central for article submission
• If you do have Turnitin please check similarity for your article
• Follow the step when submit an article
• Having proof reading for your article before submission
• To ensure you have cited at least two articles from the journal that you want to submit it
• Check authors, ensure all authors have the university or institution email addresses

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Process (2)

• Check abstract, keywords
• Prepare the cover letter
• Submit through manuscript central online
• Review process (between 2-3 months)
• Usually 2-3 reviewers
• First round – revise, edit and resubmit
• Usually between 2-6 months depends on the correction (major/minor corrections)
• Having a file – how to response the reviewers’ feedback/comments; show the example
• Second round review process – revise, edit and resubmit
• Again having a file – how to response the reviewers’ feedback/comments

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Examples – List of Publications

Book Chapters

• Hatane, S., Oktavianus, E., Tarigan, J., Jie, F. (2021). New Trends in Intellectual Capital Disclosures of Higher Degree Institutions in Indonesia. IT and the Development of Digital Skills and Competences in Education (217). IGI Global.

Journal Articles

• Tarigan, Z., Siagian, H., Jie, F. (2021). Impact of Internal Integration, Supply Chain Partnership, Supply Chain Agility, and Supply Chain Resilience on Sustainable Advantage. Sustainability, 13(10), 5460. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105460. (SJR Q1).
• Kamran, M., Choudhury, T., Djajadikerta, H., Jie, F. (2021). Credit Card application processing System: An innovative Case Study. International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, Forthcoming(Forthcoming), Forthcoming. (SJR Q1).
• Tarigan, Z., Siagian, H., Jie, F. (2021). Impact of Enhanced Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on Firm Performance through Green Supply Chain Management. Sustainability, 13(8), 43-58. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084358. (SJR Q1).
• Jie, F., Standing, C., Biermann, S., Standing, S., Le, T. (2021). Factors affecting the adoption of shared mobility systems: Evidence from Australia. Research in Transportation Business and Management, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100651. (SJR Q1).
• Siagian, H., Tarigan, Z., Jie, F. (2021). Supply Chain Integration Enables Resilience, Flexibility, and Innovation to Improve Business Performance in COVID-19 Era. Sustainability, 13(9), 4669. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094669. (SJR Q1).
• Prior, D., Saberi, M., Janjua, N., Jie, F. (2021). Can I Trust You? Incorporating Supplier Trustworthiness into Supplier Selection Criteria. Enterprise Information Systems, 15(3), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/17517575.2021.1878393. (ABDC A, SJR Q1).

• Thank you very much indeed for listening
• Any questions