Workshops

Workshops

Live workshops

We can conduct training courses at your institute or company. We will specifically tailor them to your needs and desires. Our workshops can be 1 full day for a larger group, or dedicated training over a number of days for smaller teams. Reach out to info@authoringacademy.com for more information.

Curriculum

We produce the entire curriculum and all teaching materials. All you have to do is provide us with an auditorium and invite those that should attend. We can handle online registrations for all courses if necessary.

Total

The total is more than the sum of its parts. We combine the following elements in order to grow your institute’s publication output:

  • E-learning
  • Onsite lectures
  • Live workshops
  • Editing of manuscripts

Researchers

To be successful as a researcher you must publish in internationally renowned, English language journals. To achieve this you need novel and interesting results and a high quality paper clearly describing your findings. Writing a paper can be a daunting task, especially for ESL researchers. Authoring Academy provides bespoke workshops for researchers that teach you how to write a top quality paper in English.

Training Modules:

  • Referencess

    • Reference managers
    • Styles
    • Abbreviations
    • DOIsentence

  • Tables & Figures

    • Graphs
    • Tables
    • Photographs

  • Peer review

    • The function of peer review
    • Process
    • Editor’s decision
    • Responding to editors and reviewers

  • Submission

    • Submission systems
    • Checking your manuscript
    • Cover letters

  • Publishing process

    • Copyediting and proofing
    • Additions
    • Reprints
    • Supplementary data

  • Introduction to publishing

    • Why publish?
    • Historical perspectives
    • What is a scientific paper?

  • Before you start writing

    • Reading strategies
    • Mindset
    • Mindset
    • Writer’s block

  • Ethical considerations

    • Plagiarism
    • Originality
    • Authorship
    • Multiple submissions
    • Conflicts of interest

  • Structuring a paper

    • Title
    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • Materials and methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Acknowledgements
    • References

  • Language

    • Grammar
    • Scientific style
    • Simple writing

  • Words

    • Word choice
    • Redundancies & Jargon
    • Abbreviations
    • Nomenclature & Terminology
    • Dictionaries

  • Word location

    • Expectations
    • Competition for Emphasis
    • Placement of Words

  • Sentences

    • Technical style
    • Person
    • Voice
    • Tense
    • Sentence length
    • Verbs & Actions
    • Noun clusters
    • Pronouns

  • Paragraphs

    • Structure
    • Organization
    • Coherence
    • First sentence
    • Last sentence

  • ESL authors

    • ESL authors
    • Articles
    • Verbs
    • Adjectives and Adverbs
    • Nouns and Pronouns
    • References

Editors

The thought of joining the editorial board of a journal might seem overwhelming to you. However, as a researcher, you have expertise in a particular subject area; that is why you have been invited to be a journal editor. Authoring Academy offers comprehensive workshops to journal editors and their editorial boards. We can assist you to:

  • Further develop your journal
  • Advise on how to make the editorial process more efficient
  • Choose the review model best suited to your publication
  • Provide advice on how to deal with ethical issues

Our editorial training workshops are bespoke and tailored to your specific needs. We can provide one-on-one training or even continuous editorial support for your journal.

Training Modules:

  • Editorial board

    • How to find a replacement editor
    • Who should you be looking for?

  • Marketing

    • Promoting your journal
    • Social media
    • Viral
    • Tips & Tricks

  • Developing your journal

    • Structuring your journal
    • Soliciting manuscripts
    • Keeping your journal novelThree
    • Rapid publication workflowFour

  • Bibliometrics

    • Use and abuse
    • Who should you be looking for?
    • Alternatives
    • Alternative metrics

  • Daily work

    • Efficiency
    • Technical review
    • Poor language
    • Complaints from authors

  • Review

    • Choosing the best reviewmodel
    • Deskrejection
    • Finding peer reviewers
    • Improving quality

  • Journal editors

    • Historical perspective
    • What does it take to be an editor?
    • Common pitfalls

  • Ethical considerations

    • Originality
    • Authorship
    • Multiple submissions
    • Conflicts of interest
    • Human and animal ethics

Publishers

Staff within Academic publishers often have a background in academia and switch to a career in publishing at a later stage. Thus there is a need for training. Our trainers are experienced publishers who can help you get your personnel up to a higher level. Contact us for a bespoke offer.

Training Modules:

  • Developing a journal

    • Structuring the journal
      • Geographical
      • Topical
      • Types of manuscripts
    • Soliciting manuscripts
    • Maintaining the novelty of journals
    • Speeding up publication workflows

  • Portfolio development

    • Market research
    • Competitive analysis
    • Building a strong portfolio
    • What to do with weak journals

  • Societies

    • Acquisitions
    • Dealing with a society
    • Tenders / RFP
    • Counter-offers
    • Ownership

  • Finances

    • Financial concepts
    • Profit and loss calculations
    • Direct and indirect costs
    • Journal modeling

  • Selling the journal

    • Big deals
    • Single subscriptions
    • Commercial revenues
      • Reprints
      • Sponsoring
      • Portals
      • Banners
    • Sponsoring

  • Marketing

    • Establish a brand
    • Promoting to authors
    • Promoting to readers
    • Social media

  • Production

    • XMLfirst
    • Typesetting
    • Workflow
    • DTDs
    • In-house or outsourced?

  • Dissemination

    • Print
    • Online
    • Repositories
    • Indexing services

  • Bibliometrics

    • Use and abuse
    • Impact Factor
    • Alternatives
    • Alternative metrics

  • STM Publishing

    • Historical perspective
    • Functions
    • Market
    • Types of publications

  • Current developments

    • The changing landscape
    • Role of libraries
    • Funding
    • Technical innovations

  • Publishing models

    • Who pays?
    • Subscription-based
    • Open Access
    • Funder sponsored
    • New models

  • Ethics

    • Originality
    • Authorship
    • Submission of manuscripts
    • Conflicts of interest
    • Humane treatments & hazards

  • Legal issues

    • Rights
      • Copyright
      • Creative Commons
      • Permissions
    • Contracts
      • Editors
      • Authors
      • Societies

E-learning & live workshops : the best of both worlds

Both e-learning, as well as live workshops and training, are excellent ways to learn a subject. Combining both leads to even better results. Give your students and faculty the best chance of publication success.

Contact us for more information