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).
Workshop Leaders
Valda Vinson (Executive Editor, Science Magazine) and Sacha Vignieri (Deputy Editor, Research, Science Magazine) are traveling all the way from the USA to provide you with exclusive insider insights into the entire publishing process – from writing and structuring your paper to peer review and post-publication impact.
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 Science 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 onsite application: March 24, 2025
Deadline for online registration: April 22, 2025
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