Republished Articles On A CV

July 16, 2010 11:58 AM

Academic-CV-Filter: I wrote a book chapter for a short-run edited book. Now a journal is interested in republishing the piece as an article. What do I put on my CV?

A few years ago I wrote a book chapter for a very small, virtually unread edited volume. It was a fun little paper and not a big time commitment. I retained copyright of the work.

Now a journal is interested in republishing it as an article. The article is has been revised and has a new title, but 90% of the text remains exactly the same.

What is the correct way of mentioning this article on my CV? It seems dishonest to claim it as two separate articles.

posted by LudgerLassen to Work & Money (2 answers total)

Good question. It probably depends on the current length of the publications on your CV. If you have a lot, it probably doesn't matter too much if you have it down twice. There are many prolific writers who have very similar ideas and research published in different venues and that is considered OK. If your CV is shorter and you are in an academic position, I definitely see why you are concerned. You don't want someone to discover the reality and feel like you are gaining extra credit where it is not due. I could see two ways to signal this.

The most elegant would be to use headers. My Department requires peer-reviewed publications to be clearly marked under their own header and many folks break out their publications in many categories (books, Peer-Reviewed Journals, Edited Books, Non-peer reviewed technical publications, etc.). You could simply put one of the citations under something like "Reprint" or "Reprinted Article."

The second method is just to spell it out. Put down one of your citations and then add a note saying "This was also revised and republished as X" or "Based on an earlier version published in X"
posted by Tallguy at 12:55 PM on July 16, 2010

I think both, really, but include "Reprint," or, even better, "Invited Reprint" at end of the citation for the journal article. You'll still get props for it.
posted by bluedaisy at 1:42 PM on July 16, 2010