To assess the quality of scientific journals and make use of journal metrics to take decisions on where to submit a manuscript Be able to organize and prepare a scientific-technical article Write in English efficiently and clear
1. The world of scientific publishing 2. The organization of the manuscript 3. The author at work 4. Scientific-technical language. Figures
Tipus d’activitat Hores amb professor Hores sense professor Hores virtuals amb professor Total Anàlisi / estudi de casos 0 8,00 0 8,00 Elaboració individual de treballs 0 3,00 0 3,00 Sessió expositiva 10,00 4,00 0 14,00 Total 10,00 15,00 0 25
Mike Ashby (2005). How to Write a Paper (6th Edition). Cambridge: . Recuperat 07/07/2014, a http://www-mech.eng.cam.ac.uk/mmd/ashby-paper-V6.pdf S.katzoff (1964). Clarity in Technical Reporting (2nd Edition). Washington DC: NASA. Recuperat 07/07/2014, a http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/~silvia/research-tips/NASA-64-sp7010.pdf Karl-Heinz Schwalbe, Antony Ingraffea (2011). Ethics in Science. Recuperat 07/07/2014, a https://www.structuralintegrity.eu/site/pdf/esis/Documents/Newsletter/Newsletter50_paper1.pdf Elsevier (2020). SCOPUS Training videos. Recuperat 29/06/2022, a https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmFEGsa7e9nG8nvIpVld6xc6-G9gH9Uxb Clarivate (2020). Web of Science Training. Recuperat 29/06/2022, a https://www.youtube.com/user/WoSTraining Kristin Sainani - University of Stanford (2020). Stanford course - Writing in the Sciences. Recuperat 29/06/2022, a https://www.coursera.org/learn/sciwrite
Activitats d'avaluació: Descripció de l'activitat Avaluació de l'activitat % Recuperable Solving a quizz on journal metrics 20 No Writing the abstract of a paper Clarity of the message. Proper organization. Language. 40 No Preparing the sketch of a manuscript Proper organization. Clarity. 40 No
The evaluation is based on the ability of the student to organize and write a manuscript. It is not related to the quality or originalty of his research. Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:To be evaluated, students must attend at least 80% of the sessions Avaluació única:Students that request "Single Assessment" evaluation and comply with the required conditions, will have to deliver the assignments of the course. Requisits mínims per aprovar:To pass the course, the student should obtain a grade of 5.0 or more.
Mentoring will be performed by means of online platforms such as Google Meet. They will be agreed with the teacher by email.
Communication with students will be via e-mail and the News forum of the course’s Moodle. Individual on-line meetings will be possible for a personalized monitoring.