Scientific publishing – writing successful papers


Scientific publishing – writing successful papers

Werniewicz, K.

Scientific publishing is an important part of every researcher’s life. Not only does it educate but it enhances awareness of and promotes your research achievements. It is one of the critical factors contributing to the establishment and subsequent strengthening of your position within the scientific community.
However, getting your paper successfully published is not a trivial task. Before your manuscript is “Accepted”, it must overcome many obstacles, set by rigorous Editors and Reviewers.
To ensure that you are armed with more in-depth knowledge and a set of tools necessary to pass a tricky and laborious peer-review process, the following lecture provides you with valuable hints on how to meet the expectations of the Editors and Reviewers and turn your paper into a success. Based on my own experience gained as a Managing Editor for the Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Elsevier), the step-by-step manuscript screening process (from submission to final decision) will be presented and discussed in detail.
Outline of seminar:
1. Planning a strategy – before you write
(e.g.: identifying the right audience, Journal’s selection, etc.)
2. Peer-review process (Elsevier)

  • Brief introduction (“from submission to final decision” diagram)
  • Who is going to assess your work (Technical Check, Managing Editor, Editor and Reviewer)
  • Assessment:
  • What do the Editors and Reviewers want from you?
  • Manuscript’s pre-selection criteria
  • Tools used to detect the strengths and weaknesses of your work (e.g.:
CrossCheck – plagiarism detector)
  • Copyrights
  • Demonstration (I will present selected examples (2 or 3) of the comments, which I have given during my time working at JALCOM, Elsevier)
3. Short summary

Keywords: peer-review process; scientific screening; editor role

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