Course overview
Publishing research in scholarly scientific journals is essential for advancing scientific knowledge, meeting academic job requirements and fulfilling research funders’ expectations, if applicable. Publishing research is also important for postgraduate students who are interested in pursuing academic and/or research careers.
Writing scientific journal articles is both the art and the science.
Course objectives
The overall objective of this course is to offer practical guidance for writing scientific journal articles to researchers, academics and postgraduate students.
Specific objectives are:
- Understand the fundamentals of writing scientific journal articles
- Explore preparation, planning, writing, submission and publication phases
- Discuss practical guidance for writing different sections of scientific articles
- Discuss guidance for navigating the article submission process
- Offer tips for dealing with reviewers’ comments and article revisions
Target audience
Researchers, academics and Doctoral and Master’s students.
Course delivery format
This course is delivered online in real time.
- Course duration: 6 hours (3 online sessions of 2 hours each)
- Presentations, group discussions, workbook activities, online polls, examples and videos
- Designed and facilitated by Dr Sandra Mandic, PhD, PMP.
- No use of generative artificial intelligence tools in preparation of any of the Compass Guide books, courses or course materials.
See details below for upcoming dates and times for this course.
Course content
- Considerations for writing scientific journal articles
- Characteristics of high-quality scientific journal articles
- Overview of preparation and planning phases
- Practical guidance: How to write various scections of scientific journal articles
- Preparing your article for submission
- Responding to peer reviewers’ comments
- Questions to ask yourself if your article keeps being rejected
Check out the course brochure for details.
Relevant resource
Book: Compass Guide: How to Write Scientific Journal Articles written by Dr Sandra Mandic
- This book is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil).
- The course fee includes a 1-month complimentary viewing-only access to an inspection copy of this book.
Cost
- Standard course registration fee: €149.00 or NZD $299.00 per person per course
- Student course registration fee: €99.00 or NZD $199.00 per person per course (with a proof of student status)
Participants paying a student fee will need to send a proof of the student status by email to agile.research.nz@gmail.com.
Upcoming course dates and times
All course dates and times listed below are in New Zealand time zone (UTC+12).
- 16, 17 and 18 February 2027; 6:00 am – 8:00 am (New Zealand time zone (UTC+12))
- 11, 12 and 13 May 2027; 6:00 am – 8:00 am (New Zealand time zone (UTC+12))
Register for this course
Discounts are available for group registrations. Contact us by email to obtain a quote.
Interested in this online course for your organisation or in Spanish?
If your organisation is interested in having this online course delivered in English or Spanish at different dates and times, please send an email to agile.research.nz@gmail.com to discuss your organisation’s needs and preferred timing for such a course.