Mastering Journal Publication and Peer Review: Strategies for Success in the Natural and Life Sciences / 26-5-JP-3

 

The aims of the workshop are:

• Understand the “bigger picture” of academic publishing
• List key criteria for choosing a target journal
• Write the cover letter for your next manuscript
• Describe the peer review process and its variants
• Deal with feedback and criticism in different cultures
• Identify unethical practices in publishing

• Introduction to scholarly publishing
• How to select a target journal
• The peer review system: submitting, revising, and resubmitting
• Skills needed to master the peer review process
• Giving and receiving feedback and criticism in Germany and across other cultures
• How to effectively communicate with editors and reviewers
  
• Copyright and licenses
  
• Ethical issues in publishing (e.g. predatory publishing, authorship disputes, plagiarism)
  
• Artificial Intelligence and scholarly publishing

 

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) of the Berlin University Alliance.

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Please note

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Also check out workshops at the BUA partner institutions that are available for you free of charge: Graduate Studies Support Program.

For workshops held online, participation is allowed under the following conditions: a working camera that is turned on and a microphone to allow active participation in discussions and group work. Headphones must also be used to protect other participants from office eavesdroppers. Regardless of on-site or online workshops, we would like to refer to the rules at Freie Universität Berlin, which can be found in the Code of Conduct.

 

Further Information

Postdocs are welcome to participate if spots are available.

Doctoral programs calculate credits based on the number of work units earned through workshop participation. Each work unit represents 45 minutes of workshop time, and 8 work units equal 0.5 credit points. For mini workshops (less than 8 work units), credits are calculated proportionally based on the work units. Please note: To be eligible for credit transfer, you must accumulate enough work units from short workshops. For example, attending two 3-hour workshops results in 8 work units (2 workshops x 4 work units each), which equals 0.5 credits.