Publishing

Articles Guidance from the Library Research Support Team on Peer Review Guidance from the Library Research Support Team on Open Access and Rights Retention Guidance from the Library Research Support Team on Publishing How to Avoid Predatory Publishers Taylor and Francis – A step by step guide to getting published

Asynchronous / Self-directed Training Publishing with Bloomsbury Webinar (49:08) The Conversation Training – Journalistic writing courses for academics Responsible use of research metrics – an online course via the Academic CPD Blackboard organisation site.

Blogs Crafting Your Scholarly Voice: Writing Your First Academic Journal Article Sheffield Hallam Open Research Newsletter The Wellbeing Thesis – All PGRs Students Should Be Publishing All The Time

Books Getting Published: Academic Publishing Success, Wisker, G (2015) Publishing From Your Doctoral Research: Create And Use A Publication Strategy, Salmons, J and Kara, H (2020) Publishing Journal Articles, Becker LM, Denicolo, P (2012) Writing For Academic Journals, Murray, R (2013)

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Podcasts How to PhD Podcast – The Secrets of Journal Publishing (28:22) How to PhD Podcast – Choosing the Perfect Journal Keywords (24:15) How to PhD Podcast – How to balance your time writing journals vs your thesis (25:17) How to PhD Podcast – How to write and submit journal papers (30:20) How to PhD Podcast – How to deal with journal corrections and rejections (28:19) How to PhD Podcast – How to peer review (32:43) PhD Life Raft Podcast – How to Publish Your PhD (29:23) Taylor and Francis Podcast: Getting Published For The First Time (15:13) Taylor and Francis Podcast: Making your research open (15:57)

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Professional Services Support Teams Sheffield Hallam Library Research Support Team

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Synchronous / Live Training (please check the Events Calendar for current availability) LRST: Getting Published Important issues to consider when getting published, particularly focusing on choosing where to publish. Writing for The Conversation – 7th October 2025 The session will help you to consider the news potential of your expertise, how to look for story hooks and angles from the news, how to write a quality story pitch to section editors, and other advice. The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, written by the academic and research community. Editors work with university experts to publish research-informed articles for the media and public audiences.

Tools https://thinkchecksubmit.org/

Videos AcWriVox Videos Dr Peter Matanle – on coping with rejection (0:44) Dr Peter Matanle – on publishing in the PhD (0:36) Dr Chris Holland – on turning a 3* into a 4* paper (1:16) Dr Chris Holland – on coping with rejection (1:18) Dr Chris Holland – on choosing a journal for your work (0:52) Dr Chris Holland – on Alt-metrics (0:50) Publishing With Bloomsbury Webinar (49:08)

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