Ma Liang: The Writing and Publishing of English Paper in Public Administration
time: 2022-05-31

    On May 26, 2022, Ma Liang, the professor of School of Public Administration, Renmin University of China, was invited to deliver a lecture entitled The Writing and Publishing of English Paper in Public Administration. Professor Li Shenghui, the vice dean of the School of Public Administration, presided over the lecture.The lecture was attended by more than 260 teachers and students

    Professor Ma Liang pointed out that international journals are currently the blue ocean in public administration field, with broad potential to dig into. Publishing articles in international journals is an effective way to tell China's story to the world and spread China's voice. Then, Professor Ma explained how to write, submit and revise papers in the process of international journal papers.

    First of all, English paper writing is a process from imitation to innovation. Professor Ma said, by looking back on his experience in writing English papers during his doctoral study, he found that it is very important to imitate good works, write and practice to improve writing skills. Young students can try to imitate the works of masters in their own research field in an all-round way. Students can explore the characteristics of high-quality papers in research topics, theoretical perspectives, technical methods, layout, wording and sentences, so as to comprehensively imitate and practice, and finally practice makes perfect, and shape their own writing style.

    Secondly, it is necessary to master the ability of writing, contributing, communicating with reviewers, revising papers and self-management. Before preparing for writing, researchers need to pay attention to the requirements of the journal, and then make writing arrangements; In submission, you can make more alternatives for the paper, in order to find a new target journal for submission after being rejected. This process is often arduous, so be prepared for it.

    Prof Ma suggests that PhD students can start by finding themselves a partner. If you are better at research and design, but not good at language writing, it is a good way to find foreign scholars with more language skills for cooperation. In the field of public administration, many articles published by Chinese scholars in international journals are the result of collaboration between Chinese and foreign authors.

    Finally, professor Ma liang patiently answered students' questions on how to write and publish international journal papers, and put forward detailed suggestions in turn. This academic lecture is not only an experience sharing course for international journal paper publishing, but also a course for young scholars to start their academic career and plan, which benefits all the teachers and students.