RLDrA05 Published Review

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course acknowledges the publication of a critical review (review of a monograph, edited volume, or a monothematic issue of a journal) on which they worked under the supervision of their tutor or other experts in the field. Participants must enroll on the course in the semester following the publication of the review. The choice of the reviewed publication as well as the journal to which the review is submitted must be discussed with the supervisor in advance. The reviewed publication has to be connected to the student’s dissertation project . The review must be published in a journal which, for the given year, is listed in at least one of the following databases/lists: Web of Science, SCOPUS, ERIH or the list of Czech peer-reviewed journals. Reviews published in the student religious studies journal “Sacra” are also accepted.
Learning outcomes
After passing the course, students are able to:
  • write a critical review which is accepted by the editorial office of a target journal;
  • edit the text of a review which has been accepted for publication and prepare its final version linguistically as well as formally;
  • understand the practical issues of publishing reviews in academic journals.
    • Syllabus
    • Submitting the review to an academic journal (before enrolment on the course).
    • Receiving feedback from the editorial office and acceptance of the review by the journal editors (before enrolment on the course).
    • Working with feedback and preparation of the final version of the review (before enrolment on the course).
    • Proofreading the text of the review and editing the formal aspects of the text (before enrolment on the course).
    • Publication of the review in an academic journal (before enrolment on the course).
    Literature
      required literature
    • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009, 209 pp. Studijní texty, 34. svazek. ISBN 978-80-86429-40-3. info
    • Cesty k vědě : jak správně myslet a psát. Edited by Břetislav Horyna - Josef Krob. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2007, 170 s. ISBN 9788071822233. info
      recommended literature
    • MACGILCHRIST, Felicitas. Academic writing. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2014, 190 stran. ISBN 9783825240875. info
    Teaching methods
    Individual work on the text of the review and consultations with the supervisor.
    Assessment methods
    Students submit the already published text of the review to the home vaults in the Information system at MU. For assessment, the nature of the journal in which the review has been published is decisive: the journal has to be indexed in the Web of Science or SCOPUS or listed in ERIH or in the official list of Czech peer-reviewed unimpacted periodicals (Seznam recenzovaných neimpaktovaných periodik vydávaných v České republice); publication in the student religious studies journal "Sacra" is also accepted (100 %). Another condition for passing the course is to create a publication record through the Publication application in IS MU (type “r Review”) and to fill in correctly all information necessary for submitting the record to the RIV database.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    Study Materials
    The course is taught each semester.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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