Four preprints/papers added to academia.edu with links to publishing paths in blog.

 I added another paper as a preprint in ResearchGate. The paper was created from a PhD assignment (for Northcentral University's PhD-Level Business Environment course) to use theories to create a marketing plan.

Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378555394_PaperForPublishing_MarketingArgumentsForUseOfMktgProf12-10-2022

#ThrowbackThursday

Today I remember one of my papers that addressed how professionals are used in development processes and issues that may arise on where they are placed in the process. The paper focused on marketing professionals in the product development process. I got the idea from my experience at a previous employer where I was asked to assist to improve the quality of requirements from a position/role in the Testing/Quality Assurance Group. Requirements development and testing are two phases of the software development process.

At that company, there was some confusion about my role (and the role of a few others in a similar position). I recall that I was initially assigned a task that was more suited for another role at a meeting

Links to two previous posts on the paper:

Post: Marketing Paper,  https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2022/12/marketing-paper.html

Post: Work To Continue, https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2023/01/work-to-continue.html

I received a few rejection letters. I need to find new journals to submit the papers to. Just as a lot of researchers say, publishing in academic journals is challenging. Here is the link to an example from one researcher: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chas.0c00111

I received a few more updates from journals/publishers. I am excited about the update from Health Technology. I also submitted two articles for publication today - one is the completed article on involving marketing professionals early in the new product development process (the paper that started as a paper to use theories to create a marketing plan).

An excerpt from the marketing paper:

 I submitted it to the Journal of Marketing Management.

Updates from the journals:

After the rejection (directly above), I submitted the paper as a research commentary…

I received feedback from a few journals/publishers.

I received a courteous ("nice") letter from Health Technology Journal. The team there will discuss my submission and get back to me.

I received a rejection letter from another journal. It provided good feedback. I think the editor was expecting a more extensive or thorough literature review. That organizational structure paper is based on only three articles not 20 or 30 articles like other papers. I think I need to identify/raise an issue or think of a way to make a more substantial contribution to the literature.

I am still working on the marketing paper. I am reviewing market research.

The marketing paper turned into a paper that argues for something. Drawing from my experience, I came up with the idea that marketing professionals should be involved earlier in the process.

I will submit the paper for publishing soon. I am working, working, working....