Scholarly Publishing and Dissemination
| Date/Time | Session Title | Description | Links |
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| September 9, 2025 2:00 - 3:00 | Ethics and Journal Policies for AI in Research | Should you be using AI in all aspects of your research process? Do the journals you want to submit to even allow AI? How should you disclose AI use in your article? How can you make sure you are not citing an article that is AI generated? Learn about journal policies, ethical considerations, and other things you might want to know before you use AI in your scholarly works. Facilitated by Allison Kaefring | Register for Ethics and Journal Policies for AI in Research Join Ethics and Journal Policies for AI in Research |
| September 16, 2025 10:00 - 11:00 | Plain Language Summaries: A Tool for Scientific Communication & Inclusivity | Plain Language Summaries (PLS) are incredibly effective science communication tools that allow researchers to reach a wider audience by summarizing their work. in more inclusive and accessible ways. This presentation explores rhetorical aspects of these summaries along with specific strategies for thinking through the composition of an effective PLS. Participants will be asked to consider the meaning of ‘understandable language’ along with what it means to write for a public audience. Bring one of your own Abstracts and workshop it into a PLS! Facilitated by Kerri Flinchbaugh | Register for Plain Language Summaries: A Tool for Scientific Communication & Inclusivity Join Plain Language Summaries: A Tool for Scientific Communication & Inclusivity |
| September 17, 2025 9:00 - 10:30 | Anatomy of a Manuscript | This workshop provides details on how to craft a manuscript to improve its chances for journal publication. The presenter will offer recommendations for how to effectively write the introduction, literature review, method, and discussion sections of a manuscript to increase its appeal to journal editors and reviewers. Facilitated by Patrick McKay | Register for Anatomy of a Manuscript Join Anatomy of a Manuscript |
| September 24, 2025 11:00 - 12:30 | Navigating the Maze of Publishing Research | This workshop provides recommendations for how early-career scholars can develop a system for publishing research effectively. The presenter will cover topics such as time management, building and managing a pipeline of research submissions, imposing deadlines on paper submissions, developing a scholarly network, perseverance, etc. Facilitated by Patrick McKay | Register for Navigating the Maze of Publishing Research Join Navigating the Maze of Publishing Research |
| October 1, 2025 11:00 - 12:00 | You've Written Your Article: Now What? Navigating Scholarly Publishing for Grad Students and Early Career Faculty | A brief overview of the process of getting your research published and how the library can help. Topics will include finding relevant journals, navigating journal and funder requirements, understanding open access, and interpreting journal and article impact metrics. This session is developed with graduate students and early career faculty in mind but is open to anyone who would like a refresher on navigating the scholarly publishing landscape. Please bring your questions! Facilitated by Allison Kaefring | Register for You've Written Your Article: Now What? Navigating Scholarly Publishing for Grad Students and Early Career Faculty Join You've Written Your Article: Now What? Navigating Scholarly Publishing for Grad Students and Early Career Faculty |
| October 6, 2025 10:00 - 11:30 | Research Collaboration and Managing or Leading Co-Author Teams | This workshop will offer recommendations on how to manage research projects and co-authors effectively. Topics covered in the workshop include determining your performance model, how to choose collaborators, being a potential collaborator, and managing projects and working with collaborators. Facilitated by Patrick McKay | Register for Research Collaboration and Managing or Leading Co-Author Teams Join Research Collaboration and Managing or Leading Co-Author Teams |
| October 21, 2025 1:00 - 2:00 | Measuring Your Research Impact | This session will cover various tools and resources that you can use to measure the impact of your scholarly work on a journal, article, and author level. We will also discuss how these metrics can be used by researchers and the issues to consider when using them. Additionally, we will recommend some strategies to increase your scholarly impact. Facilitated by Jeanne Hoover & Bryna Coonin | Register for Measuring Your Research Impact Join Measuring Your Research Impact |
| November 12, 2025 11:00 - 12:00 | Avoiding Predatory Publishers | Learn how to spot and avoid scam publishers and paper mills. Please bring your questions as we explore questionable publishing practices and provide useful tips to identify predatory publishers. Facilitated by Allison Kaefring | Register for Avoiding Predatory Publishers Join Avoiding Predatory Publishers |
| November 18, 2025 2:00 - 3:00 | Creating Accessible Open Educational Materials | Learn how to use built in accessibility features of various writing software to create open and accessible materials for your students. This workshop will briefly cover software that ECU faculty have access to for creating open educational resources including Word, Pressbooks, and Manifold. Facilitated by Allison Kaefring | Register for Creating Accessible Open Educational Materials Join Creating Accessible Open Educational Materials |
| January 28, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 | Measuring Your Research Impact | This session will cover various tools and resources that you can use to measure the impact of your scholarly work on a journal, article, and author level. We will also discuss how these metrics can be used by researchers and the issues to consider when using them. Additionally, we will recommend some strategies to increase your scholarly impact. Facilitated by Jeanne Hoover & Xiaolan Qiu | Register for Measuring Your Research Impact Join Measuring Your Research Impact |
Individuals requesting accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact ECU’s ADA coordinator at least 48 hours prior to the event at 252-737-1018 or ada-coordinator@ecu.edu.
Link to archived Scholarly Publishing and Dissemination Workshops