Scientific Publication
Objectives
This curricular unit is eminently practical, aiming at providing the doctoral students with the appropriate tools for navigating in the world of scientific publication as well as for publishing successfully throughout their doctoral studies and after completing them.
After successfully completed this course, the participants will be able to:
- apply legal research and writing tools for scientific publication purposes;
- recognise different publication styles and adapt their writing style to them;
- "decode" the peer review process;
- produce pieces of scientific publication.
General characterization
Code
22113
Credits
10
Responsible teacher
Athina Sachoulidou, Claire Bright
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - 26
Teaching language
English
Prerequisites
Not Applicable
Bibliography
- Brooks, Thom - Publishing Advice for Graduate Students (January 18, 2008, last revised January 05, 2015).
- Brooks, Thom - Guidelines on How to Referee (December 2, 2010, last revised January 05, 2015).
- Lee Van Cott, Donna - A Graduate Student's Guide to Publishing Scholarly Journal Articles, Political Science and
Politics, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct., 2005), pp. 741-743, Published by: American Political Science Association.
- Luey, Beth - Handbook for Academic Authors, 2002, 4th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Morris, Meaghan - Publishing Perils, and How to Survive Them: a Guide for Graduate Students, 1998, Cultural Studies 1 2 ( O c t o b e r ) : 4 9 8 - 5 1 2 .
- Silverman, Franklin H. - Publishing for Tenure and Beyond. 1999. Westport, CT: Praege
Teaching method
There will be weekly seminar sessions. The doctoral students are expected to read the recommended materials, participate actively in the in-class conversations, share their own scientific publication related experiences, work in groups and exchange feedback with their colleagues on a regular basis. From a certain point onwards, each doctoral student will design his/her own individual publication strategy, together with the professor. The activities outlined above will be supervised closely by the professors responsible for this course.
Evaluation method
Evaluation is continuous. At the end of the semester, each doctoral student will be awarded an approved or failing grade, depending on the work done during the semester.
Subject matter
Week 1 - Course agenda presentation; Introduction to scientific publication core principles, strategies and working modes
Week 2 - Legal research
Week 3 - Style in research writing I
Week 4 - Style in research writing II
Week 5 - How to write an abstract
Week 6 - How to write a blog post
Week 7 - How to write a research paper/book chapter (with a special focus on literature review)
Week 8 - How to write a book review
Week 9 - Publication strategies I: how to choose when and where to publish your work (with a special focus on SCOPUS publications)
Week 10 - Publication strategies II: how to "choose your audience" and other "team players"
Week 11 - Publication strategies III: publishing in Portugal
Week 12 - Feedback session
Note: The agenda outlined above can be subject to adjustments reflecting the progress of the scheduled meetings. Students will be informed about changes in class and on the Moodle platform. The syllabus will be updated online, if and where necessary.