Scientific Publishing Course
Learn and improve the techniques required to write and publish research papers in scientific journals, from thinking about the role of authors, to the interaction with the editors or the dissemination of your research.
The complete course is available for free for 30 days after enrollment.
I do not offer a paid version of the course, or a shorter or longer version. You have access to the full course. The purpose is to entice students to finish the complete course.
At this moment, there are no certificates of completion of the course.
Only by request from users, I offer special workshops and courses for groups, at a cost, organized as online classes, or by traveling and visiting your University in person. The group can be students, faculty or researchers. Contact me if your Department of University is interested in this option or if you have any other request.
There are more than 12 hours of video lessons. But the time to actually follow the content is much longer because you will need to visit websites and do activities.
No. Any scientist in academic settings or industry that require access to literature or needs to publish will benefit from the course. The online course will improve your science writing skills, to produce better research papers.
Yes, the training is mostly for publication in the natural sciences.
Yes, this is a completely self-paced, online course that will help you with your publishing skills.
Yes, but there is a cost for this option. A professor, department or School can set up the course to be taken by groups of people. Contact us for this option.
The course is recommended for any researcher. People with less experience -or who want to get more involved in the publishing process to get ahead of the rest- will benefit more from the course.
The course is divided into five modules, of interest to varied researchers. See course curriculum in detail.
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Syllabus and other Documents Download
Course Content
Intro to Section 1
Section 1 Links
Manuscript Authors Overview
More about Manuscript Authors
Authors: Evaluation and Metrics 1
Authors: Evaluation and Metrics 2
Authors: Suggested Activity Lesson
Authors Exercise: why do people cite my papers?
Publishers: Overview
Publishers: Business Overview
Publishers: Business Models and Revenues
Summary of Section 1
Section 1 Quiz
Intro to Section 2
Section 2 Links
Journals' Metrics Lecture 1
Journals' Metrics Lecture 2
Search for your Journal: Overview
Search for your Journal: How and Where
Manuscript Submission Preparation
Manuscript Submission Workflow - Overview
Manuscript Submission Workflow - Recommendations
Journal Search Comparison Exercise
Open Access and Copyrights Lecture 1
Open Access and Copyrights Lecture 2
Reuse and Self-Archive
Self-Archive and Sharing Exercise
Get Access to "Free" Articles
Deciding Where NOT to Publish - Intro 1
Deciding Where NOT to Publish - Intro 2
Deciding Where NOT to Publish - Warning Signs 1
Deciding Where NOT to Publish - Warning Signs 2
Summary of Section 2
Section 2 Quiz
Intro to Section 3
Section 3 Links
The Manuscript - Intro
Reading Papers Effectively
Annotated Paper Lecture
Simple Blueprint
The Title
The Abstract
The Introduction and Methods
The Results
Splitting Results and Reproducibility Problems
The Discussion
Other Sections
Writing Recommendations
Writing Recommendations pdf
Common Writing Errors
Common writing errors pdf
Summary Section 3
Section 3 Quiz
Intro to Section 4
Section 4 Links
Scientific Industry Participants - The Editors
Models of peer review
Cover Letter
Selecting Reviewers
Rejections, Resubmissions and Withdrawals
The Response Letter
The Response Letter - Example
Becoming and Acting as Reviewer
How do you do a review?. Analyzing the Paper
Research Misconduct
Retractions and Erratum
Review Process Activity
Who Evaluates the Reviewers?
Summary Section 4
Section 4 Quiz
Intro to Section 5
Section 5 Links
Introduction to Research Dissemination
Data Repositories and Peer Review Credit
Preprints
Publishing in High-Impact Journals
Publishing in High-Impact Journals - Methods Part 1
Publishing in High-Impact Journals Methods Part 2
Dissemination - Other Apps
Dissemination - Additional Apps
Future Aspects of Scientific Manuscript Publishing
Final Comments
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The long-term goal of this online course is to help you increase the number and quality of your publications in scientific journals by providing training in both scientific writing and scientific publishing techniques.
Writing well is necessary but not sufficient.
With 75 video lectures, exercises, and multiple documents useful to help you in your future manuscript writing skills
Draft and structure your manuscript appropriately
Avoid publishing in "predatory" journals
Peer review process
Avoid most common writing errors
Rejections, revisions and interact with reviewers and editors
Tools for the "dissemination" of published work
Novel trends in journals including the use of Artificial Intelligence methods
Improve your academic writing
Practical examples and exercises
and more...