Why Every Researcher Should Think About Publishing Early?

 Think about Publishing Early: Advice for the Postgraduate and PhD Student Most of us, as postgraduate students and PhD researchers, would prefer that no one, but our supervisor and examination committee ever lay eyes on our thesis – especially after we hand in. However there is something to be said for thinking about the book your PhD will make whilst you're doing the research. One of the biggest challenges of research students faced by our clients is turning a thesis (written with the requirements of an academic board in mind) into a book (written with the requirements of an educated reader).

This is always easier if one has thought about the potential book from the very beginning of one's research project as this encourages clear thinking and the organisation of references along the way; writing the thesis in a way that will be of interest outside academia is part of a useful writing practice and is of immense help to the future author when the thesis finally gets submitted.

Keeping references organized as you go will be another immense help, and researchers who manage to update their references all the way up to graduation might also find preparing the thesis manuscript much less challenging. It’s certainly beneficial from a career perspective too, having the thesis published, even if it is just a small book based on it, shows your interest in contributing to a wider discourse in the area of your study, and it enhances your profile and increases the discoverability of your research by placing it squarely onto the library shelves or available as e-Book and potentially as part of digital libraries used for a number of academic searches and library services. You will need an ISBN, of course – this international numbering system (which the publisher will assign) helps books and items associated with books be identified by booksellers, libraries, and academic institutions. It’s worth remembering that transforming a PhD into a publishable book doesn’t just mean a spell of editing for grammar.

As the researcher you will need to consider your readership, think critically about how and why your research might be useful for people outside your immediate field of scholarship and make the necessary edits to the original thesis manuscript to ensure the message, its scope, and potential impact on wider fields of study.

Of course, it also goes without saying the finished manuscript should also be professionally edited (not just proof-read, to check grammar and clarity) and prepared as well (formatting, cover-art, metadata – we have experts in all of these things!). The benefit of working with an academic publisher such as ourselves is that we guide you through each part of the publication process – from concept to completed book and beyond, taking in the editing, ISBN, typesetting and digital formatting, right through to global distribution. But thinking beyond the thesis the benefits of getting your research out to a wider audience will help enhance your own career too.

This will enable citations and the invitation to attend conferences, collaborations, job prospects… and so forth, go from good to great. Thinking of publication as an add-on at the end of your PhD is short-sighted thinking. The primary purpose of academic research is to share knowledge.

We help make sure that what you know does continue to have an impact beyond graduation.

Building a great career in academic work is built on sharing that knowledge.

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