Scientific publishing 101

Worksheet

This workshop’s activities take about 30 to 40 minutes to complete

1. Warm-up activity (Round 1): why we have academic publishing (2 to 3 minutes)

2. Information: history of academic journals (3 minutes)

3. Warm-up activity (Round 2): how we use academic publications (2 to 3 minutes)

4. Information: what editors want (3 minutes)

5. Warm-up activity (Round 3): what is academic writing? (3 to 5 minutes)

6. Information: what journals publish (3 minutes)

7. Information: the process of publishing a journal article (15 to 20 minutes)

8. Information: meet the ICB team (3 minutes)

9. Activity: FAQ in academic publishing (5 minutes)

10. Reflection: main takeaways (5 minutes)