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Plagiarism
Ethics
Breaking the publishing ethics rules can badly damage your reputation as a researcher, and even spell the end of your career. In this module series, we provide you with the support and advice you need to ensure your manuscript and actions are ethically sound.
We explore why it is crucial to observe the existing guidelines and the consequences when you fail to meet those obligations. We then look at some of the rules around authorship and plagiarism in a little more detail. And, we explain your rights as an author, and how you go about obtaining permission to use content from copyrighted publications.
What you will learn
- An explanation of publishing ethics
- Insight into the rules you should observe
- Information about content ownership and permissions
Plagiarism
While plagiarism is serious, it’s easy to avoid. We explain how to keep on the right side of the rules.
Authorship
We explore what it takes to really earn your place on a paper’s list of authors.
Content ownership
You’ve written a paper, but who technically owns it? We clear up the mystery.
Why you can't afford to ignore publication ethics
How publishing ethics can help make or break a researcher’s career.
Demystifying permissions
Everything you need to know about permissions and the pitfalls to avoid.Topic
Topic
- Career guidance
- Research data management
- Going through peer review
- Finding the right journal
- Career planning
- Research collaborations
- Open science
- Book writing
- Writing skills
- Publishing in the Chemical Sciences
- Technical writing skills
- Job search
- Funding
- Fundamentals of manuscript preparation
- Ensuring visibility
- Fundamentals of publishing
- Fundamentals of peer review
- Ethics
- Becoming a peer reviewer
- Social impact
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Language
Language
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Creating a good research data management plan
Find out why you need a data management plan and what it takes to write an effective one.
Demystifying permissions
Everything you need to know about permissions and the pitfalls to avoid.
Why get involved in peer review
Why saying ‘yes’ when an editor asks you to review can boost your research and publishing career.
How your research can make an impact on society
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How to get published in the Chemical Sciences
Top tips for preparing a submission to a chemical sciences journal – which will also prove helpful for those in other disciplines.
Publishing ethics in Chemical and Material Sciences
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