1. Tips for getting published and getting noticed
Tanita Casci, Head of Research Policy Researchers’ Fair, 27 October 2017

2. Tips for getting published & getting noticed
What is your key message?
Make it easy to grasp
Share your research
Focus and Context

3. Tips for getting published & getting noticed
What is your key message? Focus. Is the content useful and exciting? To whom? Context is everything.
Make it easy to grasp
Share your research

4. #1 What is your message?
Identify your single most important message. Have you:
Contributed significantly to resolving a long-standing problem
Developed novel concepts or new techniques
Brought disciplines together in a productive way
Generated a community resource
Proposed the basis for major changes in policy or practice
Been highly influential on processes, product and management
Tip: Context is everything – make sure you understand where your research sits in the field.

5. Tips for getting published & getting noticed
What is your key message?
Make it easy to grasp Write a good abstract. Present the arguments logically. Appeal to an audience outside your subfield.
Share your research

6. #2.1 Write a good abstract Three main ingredients:
I. What (big) problem are you trying to solve?
II. What have you done?
III. Why should anyone care?

7. #2.2 Tell a good story It must express: What’s the big question?
How have you advanced the field? Focus on one message only.
What is the state of the art? Provide context for your advance.
What’s special about you?
Identify your audience(s). Why should anyone care?
Address any caveats/limitations
It must also:
Inspire confidence: a strong publication has originality, significance and rigour
Be well-written and accessible beyond sub-specialism. A good story does not write itself so take the time to do it well.
Tip: Find a critical friend. Ask them to review your work. Be that critical friend.x

8. Tips for getting published & getting noticed
What is your key message?
Make it easy to grasp
Share your research Getting published is just the beginning.

9. Tip: engage widely with editors, and don’t miss opportunities
#3. Share your research
Make yourself & your work more visible:
Take your paper apart and share it in bits: data, figures, software, etc
Open an ORCID account
Improve your website
Make use of social media for:
Professional networking
Engagement (funders, collaborators, editors, peers)
Self promotion
Track your citations/mentions
Tip: engage widely with editors, and don’t miss opportunities

10. Questions?