Writing to Publish Academic Papers in English

Higashi-Hiroshima Campus

Date:
Friday, June 19, 2015

Time:
Session Ⅰ : 11:00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Session Ⅱ : 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session Ⅲ : 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Venue:
Library Hall, Central Library

Kasumi Campus

Date:
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Time:
Session Ⅰ : 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Session Ⅱ : 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session Ⅲ : 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Venue:
Large meeting room, Koujin Conference Hall

Agenda:
SessionⅠ: Research misconduct: Know it to avoid it
Participants will learn how to avoid the falsification and fabrication of data as well as plagiarism. The seminar will also include descriptions of other questionable research practices. There will be one activity in which participants will discuss how to resolve one scenario of research misconduct.

Session Ⅱ: Writing to publish essentials
Participants will learn the essentials to start writing their very first paper. These include the ordering of sentence types in each section of the paper as well as a review of the use of verb tenses in the Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion sections.

Session Ⅲ: Reviewing your paper before a submission
Participants will learn the second step of writing: review of a draft to revise it before submission. This session is for experienced researchers who have already written a few papers and would like to improve the structure of their content. It will include descriptions of common errors and methods to revise the content. Applying these tips will help peer reviewers better understand the content, which in turn might increase the chances of a positive review.