the "dos and dont's" of writing a journal article

Purpose \u2013 During work as reviewers and editors of journals authors are often faced the same types of problems in many articles. The purpose of this piece is to give some guidelines on typical problems that lead to rejection, and how to avoid these. Design/methodology/approach \u2013 The paper discusses journal article design and offers some methodology viewpoints; in particular about the differences between a PhD thesis aim and a scienti\ufb01c journal article. It focuses on some typical mistakes found in reviewing papers. Findings \u2013 The paper \ufb01nds that the main criteria to getting published are that the article must include original, empirical research. Originality/value \u2013 Following these guidelines the review process of articles will be smoother and the amount of rejects should diminish. Especially young researchers can \ufb01nd good suggestions about how to write a paper for the Journal of Workplace Learning