Scientific Publishing

Course schedule

Dates Start time End time Location Coordinator    
7 May 2025 (IN-PERSON) 08:45 17:00 TBA (IN-PERSON at WUR Campus) Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS) Apply
22 October 2025 (IN-PERSON) 08:45 17:00 TBA (IN-PERSON at WUR Campus) Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS) Apply

Course description

No science without publishing. Careers are increasingly dependent on what a person has written and where it is published. Likewise, PhD candidates are expected to publish  the outcome of their PhD research.

Being generally new in this arena, young scientists may be in oblivion towards the process, rules and regulations with respect to scientific publishing.

This one-day workshop provides insight and awareness in the developments, process, rules and ethical aspects of scientific writing and publishing. Furthermore tips how to get your work published are also addressed.

General Information

Target Group: PhD's and postdocs
Group size: Max. 30 participants
Course duration: 1 day (08.45 - 17.00h)
Language: English
Credit points: 0,3 ECTS
Self-study hours 0
Name lecturers: Claudius van de Vijver (Graduate School PE&RC), Fanrong Meng (Wageningen UR Library), Stefan Geisen (editor)
Venue: See course schedule

Programme

Location: See course schedule
8.45 Registration and welcome
9.00 Past, present and future (Fanrong Meng)
10:00 Break
10:15 Publishing: The editor's view (Stefan Geisen)
11:30 Break
11:45 Publishing challenges of the PhD kind (Claudius van de Vijver)
 
12.45 Lunch
 
13.45 Workshop: Publishing challenges and solutions
14.30 Break
15:00 Workshop continued
16.45 Wrap up
17.00 End of the day

Issues that will be discussed amongst others in the afternoon session:

  1. (co)Authorship rules (and what can a first author expect from co-authors)
  2. What data goes in a paper
  3. When is a paper worth publishing? / How do you rate the quality of the paper?
  4. Quantity vs quality
  5. Selection of journal to publish in
  6. ?

Course fee

Reduced fee:

  • PhD candidates of Wageningen University with an approved Training and Supervision Plan (TSP)
  • Postdocs of Wageningen University, who are registered at one of the WU graduate schools

€ 50

University fee:

  • All other PhD candidates
  • Postdocs of Wageningen University, who are not registered at one of the WU graduate schools
  • Academic staff of Wageningen University, who are registered at one of the WU graduate schools
 € 100
External fee: All other participants € 200

Fee includes study and training material, coffee/tea and lunch (when in-person).

Cancellation condition

You may cancel free of charge up to 1 month before the start of the course. After this date you will be charged the University fee (€ 100). Unless:

  • You can find someone to replace you in the course and supply the course coordinator with the name and contact information of your replacement.
    In this case you will only be charged a € 50,- cancellation fee.
  • You (PhDs and postdocs of Wageningen University) have a valid reason to cancel (illness or death in the family 1st or 2nd degree).
    In this case you will be charged the reduced fee and your supervisor/PI must send a mail indicating the reason for cancellation.

Note: If you would like to cancel your registration, ALWAYS inform us. Someone else may still be able to take your spot.

Information

For more information please contact : wgscourses@wur.nl