Publishing Journal Articles in the Natural and Life Sciences

The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is an alliance of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Together, they are pursuing the goal of creating and shaping an integrated research space in Berlin. This alliance aims to establish Berlin as a leading international science location. All workshops and events offered by the Graduate Studies Support Program are funded by the BUA and therefore free of charge.

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) and postdocs of the Berlin University Alliance in the Natural and Life Sciences.

Before booking a workshop, please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration. Please check our terms and conditions.

Objectives

Journal articles should be published in order to make the greatest possible impact in the scientific field - not simply to increase the list of publications. In this workshop, Andrea Sanchini will discuss with participants on how to navigate the different steps of publishing and how to deal with the peer review process, increasing the chances of acceptance.

Content

• Introduction to publishing
• Publishing for impact
• How to selct a target journal
• H-index, impact factor and other journal and article metrics
• The peer review system: submitting revising, and resubmitting
• How to effectively communicate with editors and reviewers
• Copyright and license
• Ethical issues in publishing (e.g. predatory publishing, authorship disputes, plagiarism)
• Publishing open access

Please note

During the workshop, participants can draft a cover letter for their next article. Therefore, before the workshop participants are asked to prepare the (preliminary) title of their next article.