Course PhD Workshop: How to get published

The four graduate schools at Aarhus University are hosting a joint one day PhD course focusing on the technique in writing a good scientific abstract. The course will bring together PhD students from all disciplines.

Target group: PhD students from all disciplines. Participants must have completed or nearly completed data collection and started analyzing data with the aim of publishing the results in an international scientific journal with peer review.

Learning outcomes:

• Optimizing publication strategies
• Reflections on publishing in a career perspective
• Insights into how the peer-review system works
• Improved understanding of how to write a scientific abstract

Content: Publishing is crucial to the academic career and a structured approach can save time and improve the likelihood of getting published in the preferred scientific journals. Therefore, when you plan to publish, it is important to think strategically about when and where to publish. This course will give you an introduction to publishing from both the perspective of the researcher and the editor/ reviewers.

An overview of the peer review process will be provided and its challenges and pitfalls discussed.

In the publication process, the abstract is critical both when submitting a manuscript to a journal, and in attracting readers afterward. A good abstract can concisely explain the aim and results and place them in the context of the research field.

Aim: The aim of this course is to make the participants aware of how to develop effective writing strategies to target different readerships within academic publishing. Furthermore, the participants will be introduced to how to think strategically when making a publication plan. Finally, the quality and interestingness of the title and the abstract influences the editor’s decision whether to send the manuscript for review, and the course therefore focuses on writing a convincing abstract.

Prerequisites: Prior to attending the course, participants are required to submit:

1) an abstract written in English (250-300 words - or based on the requirements of journal it is intended for)

2) have identified at least one relevant journal, to which the completed paper could be submitted.

During the workshop, participants will give and receive feedback.

Please note: All requirements listed above are mandatory

Registration: Deadline for applying: 23 October 2020

Registration is only possible via The Course Calendar.

Please note that all applicants will be placed on a waiting list. After the application deadline, seats will be allocated (equal distribution of seats between the four faculties at AU) and applicants will be notified shortly after.

Deadline for submission of abstract: 26 November 2020 to AU Blackboard (access will be given when you have been accepted at the course).

NB! If you have been allocated a seat, but do not submit an abstract on 26 November at the latest, your seat will go to another applicant.

Language: English

ECTS: 0 (unless your graduate school accepts the course to grant ECTS - contact your graduate school to find out)

Number of participants: 30

Dates and times: 10 December 2020 from 9:00 - 15:00

Place: The Conference Centre, Meeting room 1, Frederiks Nielsens vej 4, 8000 Aarhus

Instructors: Bobby (Robert) Zachariae, professor, DMSc. and Berit Lassesen, assoc. professor, PhD

Course fee: Participation in the course is without cost for:

• PhD students from all faculties at Aarhus University
• PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses

For all others, the course fee is DKK 1.200,-

Application: https://service.health.au.dk/modules/Course/mypage/coursecalendar

Course dates:

• 10 December 2020