Become a Published Researcher: Your Plan for Success

This free one-day interactive workshop is co-facilitated by Elsevier and Vitae, in collaboration with The University of Manchester.

The workshop is designed to introduce researchers to the ‘nuts and bolts’ of publishing in an academic journal, including the publishing process, building an effective manuscript, and publication ethics. During interactive sessions, participants will explore the competences needed for successful academic publishing, and build a personal plan for progressing as a researcher and author.

Throughout the day, participants will have the opportunity for discussion with peers and facilitators on topics such as deciding where to publish, Open Access routes and licencing, and getting your research noticed.

The workshop will provide practical advice and tools to takeaway, including Elsevier’s Publishing Campus, the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF), publishing plan templates, and a publishing checklist.

Who should attend?

The workshop will be relevant to researchers of all disciplines who are starting to think about publishing, or those with some experience who would like to understand the academic publishing process in more detail.

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to

· Understand the academic publishing process

· Build an effective manuscript

· Avoid potential ethical pitfalls

· Find relevant information and tutorials in the Publishing Campus

· Use the Vitae Researcher Development Framework to progress as a researcher

· Use the Publishing Lens to progress as an author

· Get their research noticed

· Decide where and how to publish

· Create a personal publishing plan

Outline programme

Session 1

· Welcome and introduction

· Getting published: Understanding the publishing process

· Professional development and personal objectives

Session 2

· Getting it right: Ethics for publication

· The Publishing Campus

· Competences for successful academic publishing

Session 3

· Getting noticed: Promoting your research

· Deciding how and where to publish

· Your personal publishing plan

Session 4

· Publishing checklist

· What next?