Journal Article Writing Workshop

Getting Published: Journal Article Writing Workshop

April 22-24, 2024

Learn how to better communicate your results and get published in high-impact scientific journals with Scriptoria's workshop in Journal Article Writing offered over 2.5 days of interactive, hands-on sessions.

Target audience

PhD students from UNamur and (clinician)-researchers from CHU UCL Namur, affiliated to NARILIS. Previous experience having published as a first author is welcome but not required!

Course description

Scriptoria's Journal Article Writing Workshop is aimed at providing early-career researchers the theoretical and practical foundations to write high quality scientific journal articles for publication. Our bilingual trainer has extensive experience as an author, editor and peer reviewer and brings her insider knowledge to the sessions.
In this workshop, we will first cover how to plan, develop and write scientific manuscripts for publication, using real-life examples from basic life sciences as well as clinical research.

Each session will focus on a different part of the manuscript and alternate with participant-led exercises and group discussions to put the learning into action.
We will then focus on the writing and editing skills that you need to succeed as a researcher: being concise, being precise, improving your style, and finding the right tone for your audience. Once again, you will be provided with opportunities to put your editing skills to practise on real text.
The course will also teach participants project management for manuscripts and the formal writing and editing cycle – with practical tips on how to edit and proofread your own work and effectively use MS Word, reference managers, and free software tools. All participants will receive a comprehensive set of course notes in additional to useful templates and checklists.