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Getting published: What distinguishes a good manuscript from a bad one?

Getting published: What distinguishes a good manuscript from a bad one?

This is one of various "Quick Guides" in the Elsevier Publishing Campus resources section. They are free to download and are also available in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese.

About Elsevier Publishing Campus
The Elsevier Publishing Campus is an online platform offering free lectures, interactive training and professional advice. Perhaps you are interested in writing a journal article or submitting a book proposal; learning how to conduct peer review for a high impact journal; understanding research and publishing ethics or writing a successful grant application, whatever it may be we have the resources to help you achieve your goals.

Improving publishing skills of young academics

 

Author Seminar

11^th of August 2015

13:00 – 16:00

Rhodes University, Rhodes Library,

Xstrata Training Room, Level 2

Presented by: Dr. Luaine Bandounas

Elsevier, in collaboration with the Rhodes University, are pleased to invite you to attend an Rhodes Elsevier Seminar "Strategies to increase the quality and the impact of scientific publications".

The objective of this Seminar is to introduce young researchers to a series of guidelines which will allow them to direct their academic works, obtain a basic methodology and learn some stylistic resources which are necessary to develop a good research article, according to the criteria required by the majority of national and international academic journals. The speaker will share her experiences and proposals about the processes of editing and publishing articles, which will hopefully contribute to improve the quality and visibility of the scientific production. For a complete bio about the speaker please visit her page on LinkedIn

Come and learn about:

•  How to get published in a scholarly journal.
•  How to be a great reviewer.
•  Journal metrics and all there is to know.
•  Research and publish your findings ethically.

Please logon to our registration link and register yourself to ensure receiving your certificate of attendance 

Survey link will be sent to the registered participants after the workshop 

More free online resources available for early career researchers:

www.elsevier.com/earlycareer

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Oxford Scholarship Online

 













Oxford Scholarship Online provides access to the full-text of over 10,000 academic works in 20 subject areas, covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine and law. With its inclusion in the wider University Press Scholarship Online platform, users are opened up to additional subject areas, including Archaeology, Anthropology, Film, Television, and Radio, and Society and Culture, helping to broaden users' research horizons.

11,312 books... 20 subject modules... over 400 subdisciplines... over 170,000 illustrations... over 300,000 equations... over 95, 000 chapters... over 8,900 authors... over 2,000,000 pages

Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is a vast and rapidly-expanding research library,  and has grown to be one of the leading academic research resources in the world. Oxford Scholarship Online offers full-text access to scholarly works from key disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, science, medicine, and law, providing quick and easy access to award-winning Oxford University Press scholarship. Launched in 2003 with four subject modules, Oxford Scholarship Online is now available in 20 subject areas. Rhodes University subscribes to the following subject areas:

Free Access to All Palgrave Macmillan Journals in March!

Palgrave Macmillan Journals 

Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic publisher for scholarship, research and professional learning. Palgrave Macmillan publishes monographs, journals, reference works and professional titles, online and in print. With a focus on humanities and social sciences, Palgrave Macmillan offers authors and readers the very best in academic content whilst also supporting the community with innovative new formats and tools.

Free Trial Access to Rhodes Users from 02 March to 31^st March 2015