Research support trainings

Publication Planning: What Should You Consider During Planning and Pre-Submission?

28 May 2025 (Wednesday) - 4-5:30 pm (online)

Language: English

Preparing a publication plan for your manuscript is extremely beneficial, as it will help with maximizing the impact of your research further down the publication pipeline. This webinar will guide you through some essential considerations and questions for a successful publication process, including:

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Open publishing and peer review with F1000: an introduction for life science researchers

2 June 2025 (Monday) - 5 pm (online)

Language: English

This session will introduce the F1000Research open publishing and peer review model for researchers working in the life sciences. It will include a presentation on the unique features of the F1000Research publishing platform, and the advantages of our post-publication open peer review model.

We will also highlight some key life science topic areas on the platform, known as Gateways, such as Bioinformatics, Cell & Molecular Biology, and Genomics & Genetics. These are currently open for article submission.

We will be joined by Dr. Vitaly Ganusov, a Professor at the Theoretical Immunology Lab, Texas Biomedical Research Institute. Dr. Ganusov is a previous contributor to F1000Research’s Cell and Molecular Biology Gateway. You will hear about Dr. Ganusov’s first-hand experience of our post-publication peer review model, including submission, publication, peer review and revision.

A Q&A and open discussion will follow the main presentation.

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Here you’ll have the opportunity to connect with esteemed book and journal editors from Springer Nature. Discover insights into the latest trends and advancements in medicine, life sciences, engineering, and material science. Engage in meaningful discussions and get your questions answered by leading experts in these fields.

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Are you a doctoral candidate or recent graduate grappling with the challenge of converting your dissertation into a publishable manuscript? In this webinar, we will provide a roadmap for navigating the transition from dissertation to manuscript, offering practical strategies, tips, and best practices to help you successfully adapt your research for publication. Gain insights into the differences between dissertations and scholarly publications, including audience expectations, writing styles, and formatting conventions. Learn how to tailor your manuscript to meet the requirements and standards of academic journals, as well as condense complex arguments, streamline literature reviews, and focus on key findings to enhance the clarity and coherence of your manuscript.

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Jun 12, 2025 (Thursday) - 10:30 am (online)

Language: English

Join our open research webinar on Thursday 12 June, from 9:30am to join experts Ben Denne and Daniel Pearce as they discuss the expansion of Cambridge’s strategy on OA books and the impact of our rapid transition to Open Research journals. Following this, we will be holding a Q&A with our speakers and other Open Research experts.

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Understanding open research for STM

Jun 18, 2025 (Wednesday) - 2 pm (online)

Language: English

Research funders, institutions and publishers are increasingly talking about Open Research. As a broad term which encourages accessibility, transparency and reproducibility of research and supporting information, Open Research includes the practices of sharing data, code, preprints, methods, or working in new ways such as Registered Reports.

In this webinar, aimed at researchers in the sciences, we will present the core tenets of open research and give relevant examples. There will be time for discussion and Q&A.

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Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. You have direct online access to content from over 7,000 publishers via discovery & analytical tools. It’s the perfect and easy way to track who is doing what research and where. In this session, we will show you how to use it to track your organization’s progress and impact with confidence with expert-curated affiliation profiles and help researchers showcase accomplishments, explore collaborators and inform funding and promotion proposals with best-in-class researcher profiles.

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