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November 7

Literature Review

Let say I want to publish my literature review on Education Week. The most relevant submission I can find is a press release. I'm wondering if a literature review is included as a press release. In other words, is literature review considered to be a press release? Thanks!146.151.80.72 (talk) 07:41, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Literature reviews (and the closely related review article) are usually considered research articles in a peer-reviewed academic journal (at least in the sciences, but I think this carries over to education). However, Education Week is not a peer-reviewed journal, and in fact does not seem to solicit any contributions, except for press releases and letters to the editor. Their web page [1] doesn't say much about publishing novel research, so this might not be the appropriate venue for your lit review. You could look around for a place to submit it to a research journal in education, or contact EdWeek via their web page for further advice about whether they would consider your review. I will say clearly that a lit review is not a press release or a letter to the editor, so I suggest you don't attempt that route with them. SemanticMantis (talk) 14:28, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Maybe the OP is not really talking about a systematic review, but about a book review? A systematic review tries to objectively summarise the current state of knowledge of a field), It's typically published in a peer-reviewed journal, and becomes part of "the literature" itself. Writing such an article is a major effort and requires good understanding of the field. A book review, on the other hand, deals only with one book (or sometimes a small number of not necessarily related works). It evaluates the book from the subjective perspective of the reviewer, and is often published in more general magazined or newspapers - e.g. the The Chronicle of Higher Education or the New York Times (see The New York Times Book Review). Some scientific journals also publish book reviews, but typically without formal peer review. The way to get a book review published is usually to send a polite enquiry to the editor. However, there is no guarantee that an editor will publish a give review. Chances are higher if the review is well written, formally perfect, the book is of current interest (e.g. a new release), and the reviewer someone whose opinion is of interest, either because he is an expert, or because he already is well-known. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 07:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)