We are starting a scholarly journal
In most disciplines, journals are the most important medium for communicating scientific results. In the digital age, the production and distribution of journals can be undertaken by academic institutions themselves. But how does it work? How is a journal article produced, and what should you take into account when editing a journal?
Online workshop “Creating a scholarly journal”
In order to answer these questions and to enable practical experience, we held the online workshop “Creating a scholarly journal” in February 2024 for the first time. The workshop was aimed at students and doctoral candidates from all disciplines at Leibniz Universität Hannover and its partner universities in the EULiST network. As there were places available, the workshop was opened to other interested parties at short notice.
The publication process of a scientific article
Quality assurance, visibility and financing
Impact factor – yes or no?
Furthermore, the participants discussed how the journal could ensure its visibility and appear attractive to authors. Should an impact factor be aimed for and advertised prominently? Will excessive advertising for authors make the journal appear as a “predatory journal”? Subject-specific differences emerged, among other things, in the question of whether a journal should only contain research articles or also information about events, obituaries, book reviews and the like.
The workshop was designed as a 30-hour course (10 of which as self-study in advance), for which one ECTS point could be acquired through collaboration with the Centre for Continuing Education at Leibniz Universität Hannover. Due to the positive feedback, we plan to offer the workshop in a similar or adapted form in the future. Various inquiries have shown us that there is a great need for such formats for other target groups as well. If you have any questions or are interested, please contact us at publikationsberatung@tib.eu.
... arbeitet im Bereich Publikationsdienste der TIB und ist insbesondere für Beratung und Schulungen zum Thema Open Access zuständig.
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