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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Getting the Most out of Your Results, Figures and Tables
Images and figures are the windows into your research article. Learn from our experts how to put together great looking and informative illustrations for your next paper. In our FREE webinar we will explore the art of illustrating research. You'll also learn about how we can help with this aspect of the publishing process.
Journal Selection: Aim High and Manage Your Audience
‘Aiming high’ with research publications starts with learning how to write and submit your work effectively to great journals. Our webinar will teach you essential tips and tricks that help you achieve your writing aspirations by publishing your research in high impact journals. Although this presentation emphasizes helping early-career researchers, it contains information that is useful to all interested in writing for a publication.
Messages: Selling Work to Journals - Presubmission Enquiries
Managing peer review and communication with editors at international journals is key to success with academic papers. In this webinar, we discuss how to manage and deal with the situations that develop during the article submission and peer review process.
The Write Order: Results and Methods
We will outline some tips and tricks for preparing to write an academic article in English. We will talk you through some easy-to-follow steps and templates that will help you to turn your research results into an effective draft
The Write Order: Discussion and Introduction
Your Discussion and Introduction are the parts of your paper usually written last. In the Introduction, start genera and get more specific, down to the Question your article address. Do the opposite in your Discussion and finish strong: Like running a race!
Submission process, cover letters: Titles, Abstracts and Keywords
Titles, Abstracts and Keywords are windows to your paper. Sometimes these are all editors and peer reviewers will read before making a decision about your article. In this webinar, we show you how to excel with great Titles and Abstracts. We will also talk about the use of effective Keywords for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).
Peer review: Understanding The process
Peer review is the cornerstone of academic publishing, used by all reputable journals. Tune in to our free webinar to learn about this process and how to maximise your career potential if you are invited by a journal to perform peer review. Learning how to make constructive and positive comments on the work of others is a key transferable skill, applicable to all future employment.
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Statistics and data presentation
Presenting data in an attractive manner and making sure your analyses are watertight can make or break a study.
Join us to learn about effective data analyses and presentation presented in an easy-to-understand fashion. Our trainers are leaders in data analysis and can help you to understnd this aspect of academic research.
Planning your research to publish in high impact journals
Aim high with your research publications and learn how to write and submit your work effectively to great journals.
Our webinar will teach you essential tips and tricks to enable you to achieve your writing aspirations by publishing your research in high impact journals. Although this presentation emphasises ECRs, it contains information useful to all interested in writing for publication.
Journal selection to maximise your career potential
Journal quality remains the key way in which academics are assessed by universities, promotion panels, and national governments. Aim high, choose appropriately, and learn how to maximise your publication potential.
Academic branding: Improving your visibility, network, and career opportunities
Gone are the days when just publishing as many papers as possible was sufficient to be considered a ‘successful academic’. Impact, visibility, and outreach are also important: We can show you how to enhance the visibility and hence impact of your research to augment your career and build success.
Responding and communicating effectively with editors and reviewers
Managing comments received in peer-review is a key part of academic publishing. This webinar will teach you how to navigate this process to ensure your papers have the best chance of successful acceptance.
Tune in to ensure you are able to respond to journal editor and peer-review comments on your work to maximise your publication success.
Managing Peer Review as an ECR
Peer review is the cornerstone of academic publishing, used by all reputable journals. Tune in to our free webinar to learn about this process and how to maximise your career potential if you are invited by a journal to perform peer review. Learning how to make constructive and positive comments on the work of others is a key transferrable skill, applicable to all future employment.
Taking Advantage of Peer Review to Enhance Your Research
Peer review is the cornerstone of academic publishing, used by all reputable journals. Tune in to our free webinar to learn about this process and how to maximise your career potential if you are invited by a journal to perform peer review. Learning how to make constructive and positive comments on the work of others is a key transferrable skill, applicable to all future employment.
What Does Open Research Mean for You?
Open research means making content, data and publications free for all to view, download, and reuse with permission. Get up to speed with open research in our free webinar and learn about what this movement could mean for you and your career.
About The Presenter
ABOUT THE PRESENTER,
DR. GARETH DYKE
Dr. Gareth Dyke writes content and runs highly engaging training courses aimed at early career researchers, predominantly working from home over the last 5 years.
Dr. Gareth is also a prolific scientific author who has published more than 280 articles in peer- reviewed journals over the last 20 years, including in Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy (USA) and other high-profile outlets. His research has been widely covered in the media and he is often invited to present talks and lead workshops around the world, most recently in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, Colombia, Spain, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. Workshops in China run by Gareth in 2019 were attended by more than 5,000 colleagues. He has written numerous news and other popular articles including in Scientific American, New Scientist, and Nature and is a regular contributor to The Conversation (scientific news website).
He manages the Taylor & Francis journal Historical Biology as Editor-in-Chief. Dr. Gareth has mentored students at all levels (Masters, PhD, Adult Education) and has developed a large range of in-class teaching and distance learning techniques. He has worked in the USA, Ireland, and the UK, including for more than 15 years as a full-time University academic (University College Dublin, National Oceanography Centre University of Southampton).
Dr. Gareth is uniquely positioned to teach and advise with authority on all aspects of the scientific publishing process, grant writing, and personal development as he is an experienced researcher, reviewer, editor, and journal manager with a strong background in technical and popular writing. He is accredited as a course leader and teacher by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) in the UK as well as by the Irish HEA.