13 modules, completed on May 1, 2025.
▫ Publishing ethics (May 1, 2025).
▫ Promoting your journal (April 30, 2025).
▫ Peer review and revision process (April 30, 2025).
▫ Staying in touch (October 30, 2023).
▫ Desk decisions (October 22, 2023).
▫ Inclusion & diversity (September 10, 2023).
▫ Article types (September 9, 2023).
▫ Guest editors (September 9, 2023).
▫ Commissioning content & special issues (September 9, 2023).
▫ Building and managing an editorial team (September 9, 2023).
▫ Initial submission assessment (September 9, 2023).
▫ Getting started: Essentials for new editorial team members (September 9, 2023).
▫ Getting started (September 9, 2023).
3 modules, completed on October 29, 2023.
▫ Self-reporting diversity data in Editorial Manager (October 29, 2023).
▫ Tracking journal performance with Scopus (October 29, 2023).
▫ How has the pandemic impacted public scrutiny and confidence in research (October 22, 2023).
Research metrics: 6 modules, completed on April 1, 2023.
▫ Responsible use of research metrics.
▫ What journal acceptance rates really mean.
▫ Why you should know about SNIP & SJR.
▫ Introduction to Journal Impact Factor & H-index.
▫ CiteScore for early career researchers.
▫ Introduction to PlumX.
Guide to reference managers: How to effectively manage your references (November 25, 2022).
Research design: 2 modules, on 29 November, 2022.
▫ How to identify research gaps.
▫ How to enhance your chances of serendipitous research discovery.
Research collaborations: 3 modules, completed on 11 June, 2022.
▫ The key to successful academic collaborations (11 June, 2022).
▫ Making academia–industry collaborations work (11 June, 2022).
▫ How to produce highly visible research: Useful tips for researchers (09 June, 2022).
Ethics: 7 modules, completed on 04/08/2020.
▫ Content ownership (04 August, 2020).
▫ Demystifying permissions (10 July, 2020).
▫ Why you can't afford to ignore publication ethics (10 July, 2020).
▫ Authorship (10 July, 2020).
▫ Detecting image manipulation: Routines, tools & limitations (10 July, 2020).
▫ Plagiarism: Decision making & dealing with grey-zones across academic fields (01 July, 2020).
▫ Plagiarism (25 February, 2020).
Fundamentals of Peer Review: 5 modules, completed on 16/07/2020.
▫ Ethics responsibilities for peer reviewers (16 July, 2020).
▫ Transparency in peer review (16 July, 2020).
▫ Diversity in peer review (16 July, 2020).
▫ Why get involved in peer review (17 September, 2019).
▫ Recognizing peer reviewers: A webinar to celebrate editors and researchers (27 April, 2019).
Certified Peer Reviewer Course: 11 modules, completed on 20/10/2019.
▫ Introduction to the Certified Peer Reviewer Course
▫ What to expect from the Certified Peer Reviewer Course?
1.1 What is peer review? Why peer review?
1.2 Models of peer review
1.3 The typical peer review process
1.4 How to get involved
2.0 I just got a review invite, what's next?
3.1 How to write a helpful peer review report
3.2 The comments to editors and decision recommendations
3.3 How to peer review a review article
4.0 What next?
▫ Certified Peer Reviewer Course Assessment
Ensuring visibility: 3 modules, completed on 28/03/2019.
▫ Conference skills for researchers (28 March, 2019).
▫ Social Media for researchers (29 June, 2018).
▫ How to promote your research for maximum impact (21 May, 2015).
Social impact: 2 modules, completed on 28/03/2019.
▫ How to write a lay summary (28 March, 2019).
▫ How your research can make an impact on society.