In this episode, Dr Casy Calver talks to Dr Katie Witkiewitz about her experience as an editor and specifically about desk rejection – sometimes called ‘reject without review’. Katie describes some of the reasons that articles are rejected without going to peer-review, including there being too many similar studies already in the journal, page limits, articles being outside the scope of the journal, (avoidable) issues of quality. She then gives her top tips for how best to avoid and cope with desk rejection.

Dr Katie Witkiewitz is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Center on Alcohol Substance Use and Addiction at the University of New Mexico, as well as the Editor of the journal Psychology and Addictive Behaviours.

This episode was originally published on 19 March 2024 as a limited series on the Addictions Edited podcast.

Publishing Addiction Science is produced by the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE) and the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA). The podcast was inspired by the book, "Publishing Addiction Science", which is a comprehensive guide for addiction scientists facing the complex process of publishing in scholarly journals.

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In this episode, Dr Casy Calver talks to Professor Paul Dietze about common submission errors. They explore how to avoid desk rejection, why it’s essential to understand a journal’s scope before submitting, and the need to follow a journal’s author guidelines closely. They also highlight the value of using person-first and non-stigmatising language.

Paul Dietze is Executive Editor of the Drug and Alcohol Review journal and an ISAJE board member. He is also Professor at the National Drug Research Institute and Co-Director of the Disease Elimination Program at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia. Paul has published over 350 journal articles and numerous book chapters spanning the epidemiology of alcohol and other drug use and related harms through to clinical intervention studies. He has a strong interest in developing early career researchers and responding to ‘predatory publishers’ and journals.

This episode was originally published on 5 March 2024 as a limited series on the Addictions Edited podcast.

Publishing Addiction Science is produced by the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE) and the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA). The podcast was inspired by the book, "Publishing Addiction Science", which is a comprehensive guide for addiction scientists facing the complex process of publishing in scholarly journals.

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In this episode, Dr Casy Calver talks to Professor Richard Pates about how to decide on manuscript authorship and the best time to discuss authorship roles in the writing process.

Richard discusses some of the experiences he had as a junior researcher, and how they have informed his approach to authorship. He also covers his mentorship of early career researchers, and in his role as an editor of an academic journal.

Richard is one of the founding members of ISAJE, an ISAJE board member, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Substance Use.

This episode was originally published on 10 January 2024 as part of a limited series on the Addictions Edited podcast.

Publishing Addiction Science is produced by the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE) and the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA). The podcast was inspired by the book, "Publishing Addiction Science", which is a comprehensive guide for addiction scientists facing the complex process of publishing in scholarly journals.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.