Suitability
Research staff, especially those who are planning to submit their first
research paper beyond their PhD work. Technical staff may also wish to
attend.
If no further dates are available please register your interest
by contacting k.k.banger@adm.leeds.ac.uk and you will be
added to a waiting list, further dates will be arranged on a demand
driven basis.
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Description
Overall aims of the workwshop:
Describe the roles of participants in the publishing process
Explain the sequence of steps involved in getting a peer-reviewed
journal article published
Select appropriate journals
Recognise the features referees expect to see in a good manuscript
Understand copyright issues
Respond to referees’ comments
Correct proofs in an understandable manner
Outcomes and benefits
Participants will gain an overview and further their understanding of
the processes involved in publishing research in peer reviewed journals.
The session will cover
Issues such as selecting the right journal for your submission and
understanding impact factors will be addressed, plus practical points
about preparing manuscripts and illustrative material, including the
possibility of page charges, are included. Although the review process
may differ slightly from journal to journal, general principles apply,
and a range of examples will be covered. We shall look at the roles of
the editor and reviewers; a little knowledge here can help you to decide
if a major rewrite is really required in response to the comments you
have received. And what do you do if the article is rejected by your
first choice journal? The workshop will cover the further publication
rituals that take place once an article is accepted, including proof
correction and copyright forms.
Format
The workshop involves a combination of instruction, discussion and
interactive group work.
Tutor
Dr Elizabeth Berry is Director of Elizabeth Berry Ltd and an Associate
Lecturer with the Open University. She consults on medical imaging
research and presents popular workshops on research-related topics. She
was formerly a Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds, where her
grant portfolio in the period 1999-2004 was £1.7m in size, and included
awards as principal investigator from EPSRC, the NHS R&D Programme and
the European Union. She is familiar with the funding process as
reviewer: she has reviewed for the EC in Brussels, chaired panels for
EPSRC and was on the programme committee for a Department of Health
Programme. Her CV includes 60+ journal articles and 70+ conference
papers/abstracts in the area of medical imaging. She has two text books
published by Taylor and Francis: A Practical Approach to Medical Image
Processing and Fundamentals of MRI: An Interactive Learning Approach.
Feedback from previous participants
“The course will help me to think about how I am going to write my
next publication, where to submit it and how best to target it.”
Researcher in Computing.
“It inspired me to know that you *can* get there in terms of
publishing.”
Researcher in Dentistry.
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