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Focus group invitation: give your views on the journal article publishing process
As part of their forthcoming workshop on publishing and reviewing, journals publisher, Taylor & Francis, are looking for 15 researchers to take part in a short focus group. Forming part of a project to improve the author journey, your views will influence and inform how their researcher-facing processes work in the future, with the aim of ensuring they meet the needs of the many researchers they work with.
Date: Thursday 30th June
Time: 1pm to 2pm (come from 12:30pm t0 to get your free lunch!)
Venue: Pytchley 101, Park Campus
Workshop: Publishing and reviewing with Taylor & Francis
Library and Learning Services in conjunction with the Graduate School are delighted to announce a new workshop for research students and staff.
Elaine Devine from Taylor & Francis will be leading the workshop and will bring a publisher perspective to the two important scholarly activities of getting published and becoming a peer reviewer.
Programme:
| 10 – 11am | How to get published in an academic journal: tips to help you succeed |
| Questions / break | |
| 11.15am – 12pm | How to be an effective reviewer for an academic journal |
| 12 – 12.30pm | Breakout review exercise on effective reviews for journals Including feedback and questions |
| 12:30 – 1pm | Lunch |
| 1pm – 2pm | Taylor and Francis focus group: give your views on the journal article publishing process (optional) |
Where: Pytchley 101, Park Campus
When: Thursday 30th June from 10am to 1pm (includes lunch)
Who: Research students and staff
To book a place: Please register on our Eventbrite site
Report: Taylor & Francis – Insights into publishing
Last week I attended an interesting event put on by Taylor and Francis (T&F) and, knowing that quite a few Northampton researchers publish with T&F, I thought I’d share some of the things I learned.
There were several talks during the day, covering support for early career researchers; peer review and journal development; the role of the editorial team; journal production; dissemination; and open access. The full slide presentation is available here but for me a number of points stood out.
