Professional Publication

Using the research topic of personal interest that you identified in Discussion: Research Topic, develop a complete manuscript for possible submission for publication to the professional journal you selected in the Publication Manuscript: Journal Selection Assignment.

You must follow the author submission guidelines (i.e., style, number, type of references, etc.) for the journal you choose. Do not actually submit the article for publication unless the course instructor’s feedback directs you to do so.

Your manuscript should follow a literature review or position paper-type approach, demonstrating depth and breadth of topic knowledge and highlighting what is known and not known on the topic. Your writing should be grounded in the research literature with relevant citations. Also address potential applications of what you have learned to the field (which could include suggestions for future research).

Your manuscript should be a minimum of 2,500 words (not including the title and references pages). You may use your previous work in this course as a foundation for your professional publication manuscript, but this paper should be sufficiently original and reworded so as to avoid self-plagiarism.

Review the Professional Publication Manuscript Grading Rubric before submitting your manuscript.

First, submit a draft of your manuscript to the Professional Publication Manuscript Draft Assignment submission link to check for plagiarism and self-plagiarism. Make revisions as necessary, and then re-submit the assignment with the final version of your work to the Professional Publication Manuscript Assignment submission link.