Aim

The aim of this course is to help researchers to improve their writing skills in order to give them
the tools to publish high-quality papers in top international journals.

Description

The Scientific Writing Course equips you with the knowledge and skills required for writing and
publishing high-quality papers. This course provides you with a thorough understanding of all
important and relevant knowledge areas of scientific writing.
Main topics
The course consists of a series of lectures and workshops. The main topics include:

Forming a plan

•  Choosing a journal
  
•  Instruction to authors
  
•  Authorship
  

 Writing your paper

•  Abstract & keyword
  
•  Introduction
  
•  Methods
  
•  Results/Findings
  
•  Discussion
  
•  Conclusion
  
•  Acknowledgements
  
•  References
  

 Finishing your paper

•  Choosing a title
  
•  Cover letter
  
•  Title page
  
•  Submitting your paper
  

 Review and editorial process

•  Peer review journals
  
•  Revise and resubmit
  
•  Replying to reviewers comments
  
•  Handling rejection
  
•  Editorial process
  
•  Copyright law
  

 Publishing

•  Duplicate publication
  
•  Reporting results from large studies
  
•  Policies for data sharing
  
•  Fast-tracking and data release
  
•  Citation index & impact factor
  

 ISI-indexed international journals

•  Author’s guidelines
  
•  Reviewing and criticizing one article from
  each journal