BMC series Publishing Workshops: East Coast US Tour

One of the strengths of the BMC series is our relationship with our Section Editors and our Associate Editors.  They do a lot of hard work for our journals, overseeing peer review and making decisions on manuscripts.  We love to meet our external editors in person, and even more so to support them and their research communities.  Therefore, I was thrilled by two recent invitations from Associate Editors to speak to researchers and students at their institutions. speaking at PopFamSheree Grate, Columbia University On April 16, I spoke at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health as part of the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health‘s Spring 2018 Seminar Series, giving a talk entitled “How to get your research published: An overview of preparing, submitting, and revising an article for a scientific journal.”  Despite the pouring rain, a group of students and researchers came to hear me give tips on planning the research, writing the manuscript, choosing a journal, getting the editor’s and reviewers’ attention, and responding to reviewers. Later that week, I returned to the department to have a more intimate chat with some of the students in the DrPH program to answer some of their specific questions about publishing their work.  It was fascinating to hear about some of the important work being done in the fields, especially since much of it related to my journals, including BMC Women’s Health. workshop panel, MGH CSSAShisong Rong...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Open Access Publishing BMC Series Workshop Source Type: blogs