Getting Published

By: Associate Professor Ferry Jie, PhD

Email: f.jie@ecu.edu.au
Whatsapp: +61 414 968 978
School of Business and Law,
Edith Cowan University
Joondalup, Western Australia
 Who am I?

• Associate Professor Ferry Jie has maintained a high quality

of research throughout his academic career including
international scholarly leadership in the areas of supply
chain management and logistics, including being invited to
be keynote speaker and to give public lectures at
symposiums and international conferences in Indonesia,
Malaysia, Vietnam, China, UK and Australia. From 2015 to
now, published more than 52 refereed journal articles—
including 21 articles in Q1 and 12 articles in Q2, and 18
refereed conference papers. Furthermore, Dr Jie has
received research grants/awards adding up to over $1.6
million between 2010 and 2020.
 Recent Research Grants (1)

• Business continuity and resilience: capacity building and upskilling post-COVID-19,

Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI), 2020 – 2021, $208,423.
• Managing transport system investment risk: enhancing patronage predictions and
adapting strategic asset management and appraisal processes to account for
emerging trends and uncertainty, iMOVE Australia Limited, iMOVE CRC, 2019 -
2020, $94,008.
• Optimising regional SME resilience and employment workflow by customer-led (DIY)
re-engineering of financial planning and advisory services supply chains. , Edith
Cowan University, ECU Industry Engagement Grant, 2019 - 2020, $141,452.
• Examining residents waste source behaviour: an indication of the effectiveness of the
three-bin rollout campaign by Joondalup City council, City of Joondalup, Grant, 2020,
$90,023.
• Planning intermodal and general logistics infrastructure for the future needs of Perth,
iMOVE Australia Limited, iMOVE CRC, 2018 - 2019, $321,200.
• RailSmart Wanneroo Planning Support System, Department of Industry, Science,
Energy and Resources, Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, 2018 - 2019, $777,000
 List of my publications related to Supply
Chain and Logistics Management
• Jie, F., Gengatharen, D. (2019). Australian Food Retail Supply Chain Analysis.
Business Process Management Journal, 25(2), 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-
03-2017-0065
• Masudin, I., Jie, F., Widayat , W. (2020). Impact of halal supplier service quality and
staff readiness to adopt halal technology on halal logistics performance: a study of
Indonesian halal meat supply chain. International Journal of Agile Systems and
Management, 13(3), 315 - 338. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJASM.2020.109258
• Ding, M. Jie, F. Parton, K. and Matanda, M. 2014, 'Relationships between quality of
information sharing and supply chain food quality in the Australian beef processing
industry', in International Journal of Logistics Management, Emerald Publishing, United
Kingdom, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 85-108 ISSN: 0957-4093
• Jie, F. Parton, K. and Cox, R. 2013, 'Linking supply chain practices to competitive
advantage: An example from Australian agribusiness', in British Food Journal, Emerald
Group Publishing, United Kingdom, vol. 115, no. 7, pp. 1003-1024 ISSN: 0007-070X
• Jie, F. Parton, K. and Cox, R. 2012, 'An agile supply chain analysis of Australian beef
wholesalers and retailers', in International Journal of Agile Systems and Management
(IJASM), Inderscience Publishers, United Kingdom, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 297-318 ISSN:
1741-9174
 List of my publications related to Supply
Chain and Logistics Management

• Zulfakar, M., Chan, C., Jie, F., Sundram, V. (2019). Halal accreditation and
certification in a non-muslim country setting: Insights from Australia halal
meat supply chain. International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 8(1),
10-17.
• Zulfakar, H., Chan, C., Jie, F. (2018). Institutional forces on Australian halal
meat supply chain (AHMSC) operations. Journal of Islamic Marketing, 9(1),
80-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-01-2016-0005.
• Ivanov, D. Sokolov, B. Solovyeva, I. Dolgui, A. and Jie, F. 2016, 'Dynamic
recovery policies for time-critical supply chains under conditions of ripple
effect', in International Journal of production research (IJPR), Taylor and
Francis, United Kingdom, pp. 1-14 ISSN: 0020-7543
• Jie, F. Parton, K. and Mustafid. 2016, '(In Press) Supply chain performance
flexibility in the Australian beef industry', in International Journal of Logistics:
Research and Applications, Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom ISSN: 1367-
5567
 List of my publications related to Supply
Chain and Logistics Management

• Maman, U., Mahbubi, A., Jie, F. (2018). Halal Risk Mitigation in the Australian–
Indonesian Red Meat Supply Chain. Journal of Islamic Marketing, 9(1), 60-79.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-12-2015-0095.
• Jie, F. 2012, 'The roles of trust and commitment in the Australian Lamb
Retailers/Wholesalers', in Australian Farm Business Management Journal, Charles
Sturt University, Australia, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 49-56 ISSN: 1449-5937
• Jie, F. 2010, 'Customer relationships strategy: An Australian cattle producers case',
in Australian Farm Business Management Journal, Charles Sturt University, A F B
M Network, Australia, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 97-101 ISSN: 1449-5937
• Jie, F. Parton, K. and Wang, K. 2010, 'Supply chain analysis in the Australian lamb
processing industry', in Proceedings of the 8th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain
and Services Management Symposium, Monash University, Sydney, Australia, pp.
1-19
• Jie, F. and Parton, K. 2009, 'The need for improved skills in the Australian meat
industry', in International Review of Business Research Papers, World Business
Institute, Australia, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 257-269 ISSN: 1837-5685
 List of my publications related to Supply
Chain and Logistics Management

• Susanty, A., Bakhtiar, A., Jie, F., Muthi, M. (2017). The empirical model
of trust, loyalty, and business performance of the dairy milk supply
chain: a comparative study. British Food Journal, 119(12), 2765-2787.
https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-10-2016-0462

Previous grants:
• The Effect of Technology Readiness of Halal Meat on halal Meat
Logistic Performance, Ministry of Research Technology and Higher
Education of the Republic of Indonesia, International Research
Collaboration and Scientific Publication Grant, 2018 - 2020, $15,000.
• Supply Chain Automation in the Australian Beef Industry , Meat and
Livestock Australia, Grant, 2017, $11,474.
What is research?
Bennet (1991):

‘.. a systematic, careful inquiry or

examination to discover new information or
relationships and to expand/verify existing
knowledge for some specified purpose’.

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Three types of research
 Descriptive research - finding out,
describing what is.

 Explanatory research - explaining how or

why things are as they are (and using this to
predict).

 Evaluation research - evaluation of

policies, strategies, programs and practices.
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Research contexts
 Academics: the importance of the peer review
process
 Students: projects and honours, masters & PhD
theses
 Government and business organisations: immediate
policy relevance
 Consultants: serving government/ organisations
 Managers: dependent on high quality information

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Research areas of concern to managers
 Clients
 Potential clients
 Staffing
 Performance
 Competitors
 Legal issues
 Sales
 Products
 Culture
 Productivity
 Strategy
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Research areas of concern to managers
(continued)
 Quality
 Policy
 Finance
 Training and staff development
 Information technology
 Industrial relations
 Organisational environment
 Managerial effectiveness
 Communication
 Organisational development

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 Contexts and domains
 Human resources
 Economics, finance and accounting
 Social services (health, employment, etc.)
 Industrial relations
 Information technology
 International management
 Training and development
 Marketing
 Not-for-profit
 Operations/manufacturing
 Private sector
 Public sector
 Law
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 Themes and issues
 Climate
 Communication
 Conflict
 Culture
 Entrepreneurship
 Environment
 Ethics
 Gender
 Leadership
 Learning organisations
 Managerial effectiveness
 Motivation
 Organisation development and change
 Organisational behaviour
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I. The Research Process

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 Why publish in top
journals/conferences
• Contribute new body of knowledge
• Popular in particular areas
• General impact (H index)
• Get promotion in the University
(Tsui, 2008)

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 Challenges and Concerns
• Limited chances to publish in top journals
– Very limited spaces (i.e only two issues per volume);
– Very high rejection rate (i.e 95% rejection rate);
– Many excellent researchers are competing.
• Long process (2.5-5.5 years to get an article accepted)
– Stage 1: Complete a research project (1-3 years)
– Stage 2: Go through the whole process (1.5-2.5 years)
– Stage 3: Formal publication (about 1 year)
• Very picky and demanding reviewers
• Researchers’ constraints: limited time, resources, knowledge & skills
• We need some strategies and tactics for publishing, which are also
helpful for conducting high quality research.

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 What strategies ? (1)
– Understand the “needs” of the leading journals; understand who the
audiences are;
– What reviewers/editors like?
• Strong literature review;
• Strong background/rationale of the study;
• Solid research design/methods
• High quality data/strong result
• Strong theoretical contribution
• Strong practical contribution
• Creative/interesting research idea
• Advanced data analysis approach
• Good presentation skill (logical, clear and concise)

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 What strategies ? (2)
• The Major Reasons that Papers Got Rejected in top Journals
– The research questions asked were neither interesting nor important.
– Hypothesis without theory or insufficient theoretical justification for
hypothesis.
– Design flaw (Methods can not answer your research questions/research
problems).
– Weak empirical contribution (e.g., data with poor quality).
• Know the specific requirements of your target journal

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 Specific suggestions
• Don’t make too many unpublished references
• Cite all new publications on that area
• Cite the papers published in the journal you targeted
• Don’t be overly critical of past research
• Presentation:
– Title of paper must be provocative (if you can)
– Abstract must contain theoretical and practical contributions
– Introduction – strong positioning of contribution (but don’t overstate
your contribution)
• Now that I have written it …
– Edit, edit and edit! Sloppy writing signals sloppy research to reviewers.
– “The best writers labour over each sentence”

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 Publications

• From Undergraduate, Masters’ thesis or Doctorate

students’ thesis – opportunity to convert to
journal/conference papers. Target to peer/reviewed
international conference/journal papers
– Research proposal – able to publish in peer reviewed
international conference/journal (must be innovative
research, strong method and good contribution to body
of knowledge)
– Thesis – able to publish in peer reviewed international
conference/journal (perhaps two or three papers). It is
good idea to focus scopus or Scimago journal
publications (at least Q3)
 Several tips

• Check and consider which target journal – read the aims

and scope of journals etc
• Follow author guidelines;
• Check all references and formatting; text references,
grammatical and spelling;
• Contact or email editor very short / brief abstract (to see
whether they accept our paper);
• Introduction;
• Literature review (if needed);
• Methods;
• Results and Discussion;
• Conclusion;
• Acknowledgement;
• Contribution to practitioners;
• Contribution to the body of knowledge
 PhD scholarship opportunities

• Australia Government – Masters/PhD scholarship

opportunities:
– Australian Awards – AUSAID (full tuition fee and living
allowances)
– Endeavour Awards (3-4 years program for PhD and 2
years program for Master by research) (full tuition fee
and living allowances)
– International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
to cover only tuition fee, but usually for living allowances
covered by universities (teaching assistant or
tutoring/marking tasks)
• Perhaps from Indonesia Government (seeking opportunities
for scholarship);
• From Asian Development Bank scholarship;
• From Fullbright Scholarship (American Universities –
including Postdoc or research fellowship);
• Thank you very much indeed for listening
• Any questions