Getting Your Paper Published: Tips from the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Attention Disorders

Sam Goldstein ¹ Jeffrey Halperin ^2,3,4

¹Psychiatry, University Of Utah School Of Medicine
²Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing
³The Graduate Center, City University of New York
⁴The Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

The Journal of Attention Disorders is published fourteen times per year with over 1,200 pages of peer reviewed research. In 2017, the Journal received nearly 400 entries with an acceptance rate of approximately 17%. In this presentation, Dr. Goldstein will review many of the common mistakes researchers make when submitting papers for publication. He will discuss guidelines to avoid many of these mistakes and increase the probability that a paper will be accepted for publication. Dr. Goldstein will also discuss current trends in research topics.

Objectives:

Participants will develop a better understanding of the peer reviewed paper submission process and review.

Participants will learn about common pitfalls made by authors and how to avoid them.

Participants will develop an understanding of the current trends in research and topics that are sought out for publication.