GS515

Title Research Paper Publication

5 ECTS

Module description

Students taking this module will develop the writing skills necessary to write a research paper and will learn about the publishing process. The student must write the entire first draft of the paper, in collaboration with co-authors when appropriate. The student must also format any figures and tables to appear in the paper. The student must use appropriate reference manager software, such as EndNote, to manage and format the references for the paper. The supervisor will provide feedback to the student and review all drafts of the paper. The student will be involved in selecting an appropriate journal along with the supervisor, will prepare the paper for submission and respond to the reviewers’ feedback. In order to successfully complete this module, students must have a first-authored research paper accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Learning outcomes

1. Write up and present their research findings in research paper format.
2. Prepare publication-standard figures and tables.
3. Use Reference Manager software for managing references and formatting a bibliography.
4. Select an appropriate journal for their research findings.
5. Prepare an article for submission to a research journal.
6. Respond to reviewers’ criticisms and revise a research article accordingly.

Module resources/ Any other resources: Epigeum Research Methods in Literature Review, Epigeum Getting Published in the Arts/Sciences (as appropriate), Writing for Publication (video by Rowena Murray)

Common Content for all supervisor-owned GS modules:

Teaching period all year

Module description The student should only register for this module in the academic year that they intend to complete the module.

Module content & assessment

Indicative content Completion of this module may require the student to attend workshops or seminars, complete training (including online training), maintain a reflective journal recording the student’s experience of their learning and/or completion of specific tasks or assessments. The content will be designed by the student’s supervisor so as to ensure that the student can achieve the module’s learning outcomes and that the supervisor can assess that the learning outcomes have been met by the student.

Department-based assessment

The research student’s supervisor is responsible for ensuring that the student has achieved the learning outcomes for this module and for recording this result in the student record system.

The supervisor will gather and retain written evidence that the student t has achieved the module’s learning outcomes. Each piece of evidence may only be used to demonstrate that the learning outcomes have been achieved for a specific module, i.e. no double-counting of learning achieved.

Results to be recorded on a Pass/Fail basis, with a Pass mark of 40%.

Each student may only receive credit for this module once.

Workload type/Independent & Directed Learning (non-contact)/

all learning and assessment activities/ all learning outcomes/100-125 hours for 5 ECTS

Any other resources: Online training materials are available on Blackboard 1GST1 in the Research Skills Training folder and in some cases the relevant GS module on Blackboard. Such resources include those from Epigeum.