SciLifeLab & AAAS/Science Publishing Workshop for Junior Researchers
April 24, 2025 @ 08:30 – 15:30 CEST
Are you a junior researcher looking to navigate the scientific publishing landscape with confidence? Want to know what makes a great manuscript and how to optimize your chances of getting published in high-impact journals?
Join us for this highly regarded and rewarding interactive workshop hosted by SciLifeLab in collaboration with AAAS/Science, designed for early career researchers (PhD students and postdocs) where you’ll gain insider insights into the entire publishing process—from writing and structuring your paper to peer review and post-publication impact.
Workshop Leaders
- Valda Vinson (Executive Editor, Science Magazine)
- Sacha Vignieri (Deputy Editor Research, Science Magazine)
Workshop Content
View Curriculum
Morning session (hybrid)
The publishing landscape
- Towards reproducibility
- Open access and preprints
- Authorship
- Picking a journal
Preparing your paper
- Planning ahead
- Structure your paper
- Cover Letter
- Title/Abstract
- Data accessibility
The Publication Process
- Process at Science
- Review process
- Writing a review
- Optimizing Impact (author promotion)
Afternoon session (on-site)
This session features an interactive paper tutorial, where participants will engage in in-depth group analysis and discussion of selected preprints—both those nominated by participants and publications chosen by the Editors.
Please note: Pre-workshop preparation is required for all participants.
The selected preprints should fall under one of the following categories:
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Genomics, Proteomics and Systems Biology Approaches
- Ecology and Environment
- Molecular Medicine
Practical Details
The workshop is divided into two sessions:
🔹 Morning Session (Hybrid) – A Zoom link will be provided to online participants one day before the workshop.
🔹 Afternoon Session (On-site) – Focused on preprints within life science topics (see Curriculum for details).
Participation Guidelines
🔹 PhD students and postdocs in life sciences will be prioritized for the on-site session.
🔹 Pre-workshop preparation is required for all on-site participants.
🔹 Everyone is welcome to join online.
🔹 On-site participation includes lunch and coffee breaks with the Editors.
On-site participation is limited to 40 spots!
Participants for the on-site workshop will be selected after the application deadline based on:
✔️ Affiliation (to ensure a fair distribution across research groups).
✔️ First come, first served basis.
📅 Deadline for application: March 24, 2025
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