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Research Writer's guide for articles suitable for a literature review Best Practices: Practices and procedures that have found to be effective. These articles should be considered living documents, in that they should be periodically reviewed and kept current.
Essays: Represent a growing knowledge-base of lessons learned by veterans in the field. They should be considered opinions held by the author and are not necessarily endorsed by other editors.
Research Reports: Written by individuals involved in specific research projects. They represent the disclosure of research results in a way that will allow others to learn what was done, what was learned, and armed with that information, develop new research questions/projects.
Research Abstracts: articles containing abstracts of research reports—probably taken from the published report (It is generally permissible under copyright law to publish abstract of documents). The report may be published in a paper journal, online, peer reviewed or not. It may also be unpublished or draft waiting for publication. This is a tool for collaboration. The objective of this category is to provide a mechanism for describing research and explaining where it will be found.
Use of These Guidelines Use of these guidelines is optional, but authors should seriously consider their intent. Writing for an online journal is very different than for a paper journal, and such capabilities as easy access to referenced material should be considered part of the disclosure.
Writing for the Association TransCommunication NewsJournal The NewsJournal includes articles about personal experiences that provide a positive example for the reader, informative articles about current research and practices and reports concerning transcommunication related research. Well-considered articles are always wanted and you need not be a member to submit. An average column is 450 to 480 words, depending on pictures. Pictures should be submitted as the highest resolution available. All articles remain the property of the author, but you are encouraged to accept the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Permission may also be asked for inclusion of the article at atransc.org. Contact AtransC with a brief description of your article before submitting.
Hosting Articles We encourage the development of peer-reviewed journals and websites. The main objective is availability of quality material. In the event that the article cannot be published by other organizations, it may be published online by the Association TransCommunication.
Please note that, if the article is in a journal archive that requires membership for access, it is virtually useless as an online reference. If the publisher has been granted control of the copyright, permission to allow online publication by a second party should be requested. Articles published at atransc.org will be available to the public under the Creative Commons License.
Qualified articles are eligible for inclusion in web pages containing a list of articles considered suitable for literature reviews. The guideline for such a list is here
References The objective of references is to assure that the article is based on demonstrable fact. The ideal reference will enable the reader to simply click on a link to read the source material. It is reasonable for the author to make statements based on experience if a biography indicating appropriate qualifications is included with the article. Following, is a list of types of references in order of desirability:
References that require membership or an access fee are not acceptable. All references should include an origin date is available and a date last reviewed by the author. Currency is important, which means books tend to be more out of date then current magazines. Be cautious of online references that do not indicate the date first published, as they may no longer be applicable. As a rule of thumb, research more than ten years old should be supported by follow-up reports.
Publicly edited articles. such as found in Wikipedia are not acceptable as a reference under any circumstance. The obvious reason for this is that it is impossible to know the qualifications of the editors, the content is not stable and articles are supposed to be based on reliable references. Instead, use the reliable references.
Reference Format Author (last, first), Title of article, Publisher (include city if appropriate), ISBN (if appropriate), Date published Internet link and date last verified (if appropriate).
Best Practices
Proposed Best Practice Once the need for a best practice for a particular aspect of etheric studies has been identified and the wording has been drafted, an article should be drafted and vetted by members of the affected community before it is published. ATransC will consider publishing practices in the Best Practices section of atransc.org if it has been vetted and support is shown by the community. It is important to note that practices must be representative of the field and not one or two individuals or groups.
Reviews Practice should be periodically reviewed and a review date should be noted.
Best Practices Categories Not all practices will be concerned with techniques. Some may represent ideology or behavior. The expected categories are:
Recommended Best Practice format
Essay An essay is expected to be about an aspect of Etheric Studies the author is interested in and/or make a point that the author thinks needs to be made. An overview of its content should be provided in an abstract at the beginning. Whenever possible, statements intended to be taken as factual should have appropriate references. Be careful to avoid copyright issues.
Elements of an essay:
Research Report Research reports are important tools for collaboration amongst researchers. In simple terms, research has not been conducted if a final report detailing the research has not been written, vetted and published in a way that is accessible by other researchers.
Elements of a research report
Research Abstract This is a tool for collaboration. The objective is to provide a mechanism for describing research and explaining where it will be found. The original, vetted article should be accessible to the public, preferably in an online publication.
Abstract format
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