Overview:

What are the options for communicating your research in a digital environment? How is publishing evolving and how do you choose the most appropriate platform for your target audience? This series of workshops will explore some of the options available to help you make informed choices when planning your publication strategy.    

The interactive session is aimed principally at researchers in the Faculties of Arts & Social Sciences. Although you will be encouraged you to think about a range of options for publishing your research, the focus will be on publishing books and academic journal articles. As well as practical guidance on how to choose the right journal or publisher for your work, there will also be an opportunity to explore a range of tools to help you evaluate journals and to find out more about the book publishing process and how to create a book proposal. You will also consider how ‘alternative metrics’ might help you to track engagement with your publications and start to develop a priority list of publication venues.  

Who should attend?

University of Warwick Research Active Staff (staff on Research-focussed, Teaching-focussed and Research & Teaching Contracts) and PhD Students.  

Workshop enables delegates to:

In this session, you can expect to:   

• Examine your own motivations for publishing and what you want to communicate    
• Investigate a range of ways to evaluate different scholarly journal titles and other trade publications   
• Learn more about the book publishing process and how to manage your relationship with your publisher   
• Considered how alternative metrics might help you to assess engagement with your publications   
• Start to develop a list of publication venues that are relevant to your own area of research 

Vitae Development Framework:     

Knowledge and intellectual abilities: A1   

Personal effectiveness: B2, B3   

Engagement, influence and impact: D2  

Workshop Pre-work:
Any pre-work for this workshop will be emailed to delegates

Led by:
Julie Robinson, Scholarly Communications Manager, The Library