Abstract:

A highly competitive research environment with increasingly

limited research funding has created a “Publish or Perish” attitude among

scientists who are judged on the quantity rather than quality of their

research articles. This presentation provides a brief overview of current

trends and challenges in scientific publishing, some ethical considerations,

how publishers and authors interact and influence each other, and how the

publishing arena is being transformed. Tips will be presented on how to

select an appropriate journal for your paper, what aspects of preparation

and presentation to focus on from an editor’s and referee’s perspective,

and hints for increasing the discoverability of your paper after

publication.

 

Personal Introduction:

José Oliveira studied chemistry at the University of

the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa). He obtained his PhD at the

same university in 2000 in organic synthesis, working on reaction

methodology and natural product synthesis.  He worked for a year as a

post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmacy at the Universiteit

Antwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium) developing mass spectrometric techniques for

analyzing trace organic contaminants in the atmosphere. He joined Wiley-VCH

(Weinheim, Germany) in January 2001 and served as Senior Associate Editor of

Angewandte Chemie. He helped launch Chemistry – An Asian Journal, for which

he served as Deputy Editor. In 2008 he assumed his current role as

Editor-in-Chief of the nano- and microtechnology journal Small. He was also

founding Editor of the newly launched Advanced Healthcare Materials. He

holds Honorary and Visiting Professorships at several Chinese universities

and research institutes.