Peer-reviewed journals: what you need to know about publishing (for the Faculty of Education)

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This course answers all the questions that come up when you start to publish your research in academic journals. It will be a fast-paced overview of the publishing process, from choosing a journal to dealing with peer-review. We will also explore some recent developments in the publishing landscape: the preregistration of trials and preprints. By the end of the session, publishing will seem less daunting and you will be able to avoid of common pitfalls.

• PhD students

Number of sessions: 1

• Consider how to chose a journal, including the use of impact factor and other metrics
• Understand the growing movement towards Open Access publishing
• Know how to spot predatory publishers
• Understand how preprints and the preregistration of science work and what advantages they bring
• Understand how the peer review process works

Presentation

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One 90 minutes session

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