Journal Publishing Workshop (Part 1)
When applying for tenure and promotion, your research impact is key to developing your dossier. During the first part of our Journal Publishing Workshop, faculty learned how to create a strategic publication plan that aligns with their promotion timeline and departmental expectations.
For those who weren’t available to attend, we’ve complied resources from the workshop to help you learn how to manage your writing timeline, identify target journals, and gain concrete strategies for publishing success.
Event Takeaways
- Journal Publishing Worksheet
- Journal Publishing Presentation
Publishing Resources
Tools for identifying an appropriate journal
Guides to Research Impact
Tools for Avoiding Predatory Journals
Open Access Publishing at BU
- Open Access Publishing Support: Publish Gold Open Access in select top-tier journals with 100% of APC fees waived through BU’s Transformative Agreements.
- BU Open Access Policy: Retain rights to your work and self-archive accepted manuscripts without paying fees or navigating complex publisher permissions.
- OpenBU (Institutional Repository): Fulfill funder public-access mandates (e.g. NIH/NSF), track global download analytics, and share OER or research outputs effortlessly via MyCV.
Advice about publishing journal articles
Guidance about writing a scientific article
- Drake, J. M., & Han, B. A. (2025). How to write a scientific paper in fifteen steps. PLoS Computational Biology, 21(9), e1013505.
- Montagnes, D. J., Montagnes, E. I., & Yang, Z. (2022). Finding your scientific story by writing backwards. Marine Life Science & Technology, 4(1)
NCFDD videos and recorded webinars about publishing
BU has an institutional membership to NCFDD, a professional development organization for faculty in higher education. To access NCFDD Recourses:
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