ZD150 Fundamentals of scientific work and preparation of scientific publications in Physical Geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Daniel Nývlt, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Daniel Nývlt, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Daniel Nývlt, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Designed for PhD. students, of for Master students interested in publishing their own results.
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
The course blocks will focus on the issues below and will be accompanied by practical examples. The course will end with a credit.
- bibliographic databases, scientometry and RIV - WoS, Scopus, Google Scholar, GeoRef, ScienceDirect, GeoscienceWorld and others; CrossLink, doi, open access - the future of publishing?, Scientometric principles, RIV and usable outputs; online collection of own citations - Researcher ID, Scopus ID, ORCID, ResearchGate, Academia.edu and more,
- Effective text writing in MS Word - tips and tricks,
- typographic basics - font sets, size, proportionality and font types, Czech encoding, special characters, hyphens and dashs, hyphenation, aesthetic and ergonomic text formatting,
- creation of scientific illustrations and tables - specifics and differences between raster and vector graphics, examples of basic types,
- philosophy and structure of scientific publication - why publish, specific article structure in physical geography, role of individual parts of manuscript, special article types,
- why, how and what to cite?, literature review, standard journal abbreviations, citations sorting rules, bibliographic databases - EndNote, Reference Manager, Mendeley and others; automatical creation of reference list in the required format,
- Publication Ethics, Intellectual Property and Plagiarism,
- English scientific style - main rules, tips and tricks, logical structure, argumentation, practical writing of physical-geographic text, most common mistakes and pitfalls in English,
- basic types of publishing process - editorial work, editor role, reviewer, review process, writing cover letter, the most common reasons for rejecting the article and what next?, preparing a revised manuscript, proofreading,
- Publication possibilities in physical geography in the Czechia and abroad.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- prepare better scientific text, pictures and tables,
- orientate in physical geographical journals and their suitability for publication of selected topic,
- work actively with citation databases.
Syllabus
  • The course blocks will focus on the issues below and will be accompanied by practical examples. The course will end with a credit.
  • - bibliographic databases, scientometry and RIV - WoS, Scopus, Google Scholar, GeoRef, ScienceDirect, GeoscienceWorld and others; CrossLink, doi, open access - the future of publishing?, Scientometric principles, RIV and usable outputs; online collection of own citations - Researcher ID, Scopus ID, ORCID, ResearchGate, Academia.edu and more,
  • - Effective text writing in MS Word - tips and tricks,
  • - typographic basics - font sets, size, proportionality and font types, Czech encoding, special characters, hyphens and dashs, hyphenation, aesthetic and ergonomic text formatting,
  • - creation of scientific illustrations and tables - specifics and differences between raster and vector graphics, examples of basic types,
  • - philosophy and structure of scientific publication - why publish, specific article structure in physical geography, role of individual parts of manuscript, special article types,
  • - why, how and what to cite?, literature review, standard journal abbreviations, citations sorting rules, bibliographic databases - EndNote, Reference Manager, Mendeley and others; automatical creation of reference list in the required format,
  • - Publication Ethics, Intellectual Property and Plagiarism,
  • - English scientific style - main rules, tips and tricks, logical structure, argumentation, practical writing of physical-geographic text, most common mistakes and pitfalls in English,
  • - basic types of publishing process - editorial work, editor role, reviewer, review process, writing cover letter, the most common reasons for rejecting the article and what next?, preparing a revised manuscript, proofreading,
  • - Publication possibilities in physical geography in the Czechia and abroad.
Literature
  • Presentation is given to students, as well as electronic links for further reading.
Teaching methods
Presentations and practical demonstrations using internet.
Assessment methods
Active participation in the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: pro studenty doktorského studijního programu
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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