IO1 Publications Policy

This forum is intended for members of the Quality and Editorial Board of UPPScience.
It is a platform of discussion to ensure that:
- we implement IO1 (technical) and
- we set up a quality infrastructure that will make UPPScience CoP platform a quality forum (Quality)
 
I will be in this forum only from a technical point of view and you will catch me citing the project proposal for your sins.
 
Situation to date:
Green means accomplished          
Orange means progress (they will go green when finished)                
Red means to be started up (they will go orange next)
BLOCK LETTERS mean action needed but we will deal with one thing at a time in this forum wink
 
O1-A1 Establishment of Quality and Editorial Board
- Constituted during kick-off meeting.
- Made up of Peter Gray (NTNU), Rabia Vezne and Binnur Genç İlter (Akdeniz), Miguel Vidal (CIPFPM) and Valentina Berni (ValIda)
- Extra member who is a research student at IPP will join the board as from Interim Meeting because IPP has expertise in the field and because IPP will head the CoP dynamic observatory.

O1-A2 Establishment of foundations and parameters for research and publishing

THIS WILL BE A TEXT TO GO ON PLATFORM ONCE IT IS READY TO GO. AN INTRO.


O1-A2 Guidelines on parameters for standards and quality for research, publishing and peer review
SHOULD WE HAVE A QUALITY STANDARDS CHARTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ? THIS COULD BECOME PART OF PREPARATION BEFORE PUBLISHING PAPERS AND ALSO PART OF THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES. 
O1-A2 Determination of format, characteristics, requisites and standards for publications
- Decided upon during kick-off meeting.
- Format of papers found in minutes of kick-off meeting BUT WE WILL NEED A MINI DOCUMENT WITH TECHNICAL FORMAT OF PAPERS SO THAT IT CAN BE USED BY USERS OF COP FOR THEIR PREPARATION OF THEIR PAPERS
O1-A3 Determination of criteria for self / peer evaluation / assessment of publications
WE NEED TO PRODUCE CRITERIA FOR PER REVIEW...THE LARGE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF COP DO NOT HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD. THIS COULD BECOME PART OF TRAINING CONTENT FOR TRAINING ACTIVITIES.
O1-A4 Liaison with Technical Team about tools for submission and publication of papers
- started during kick-off meeting with cold run for submission and publication of papers and will end once we try out CoP platform in September and October
O1-A4 Liaison with Technical Team about tools for peer review
- started during kick-off meeting with cold run for submission and publication of papers and will end once we try out CoP platform in September and October
O1-A5 Design and delivery of training content in research and publishing
WILL TAKE PLACE IN BARCELONA

O1-A2 Determination of format, characteristics, requisites and standards for publications
- Decided upon during kick-off meeting.
- Format of papers found in minutes of kick-off meeting BUT WE WILL NEED A MINI DOCUMENT WITH TECHNICAL FORMAT OF PAPERS SO THAT IT CAN BE USED BY USERS OF COP FOR THEIR PREPARATION OF THEIR PAPERS
 
This is what we have as notes from kick off meeting in Brussels
 
Abstract as route into bridging - 50-150 word summary in both languages - native and english
Specify format, Times Roman 12pt, APA referencing etc
3-5 keywords
Paper - max 3000 words
Introduction paragraph -d who are/relationship to stakeholders, then scientific background/literature, aim of study and methods (not compulsory), research question - related to stakeholders - findings and results, impact on stakeholders, dissemination/sustainability, references - but relatively small number and wide range of possible sources
Does the topic address a topic of interest to someone other than the researcher?
what is the target audience?
Does the work plan make sense? Is the method appropriate?
Data - where is it? What form is it in?
Is there a relationship between data, findings/results and the research question?
What is the impact produced by the study?
Language - should be understandable by the target audience, not too academic.
 
Can you put your comments as replies to this post please ?
click on "reply" on left hand corner of this post wink

This is the link to a test paper published using the tools on the platform.

Http://viscontiproject.eu/uppscience/Management_Documents/Test_UPPScience_Paper1.pdf

Any comments ?

Antoine

O1-A2 Guidelines on parameters for standards and quality for research, publishing and peer review
SHOULD WE HAVE A QUALITY STANDARDS CHARTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ? THIS COULD BECOME PART OF PREPARATION BEFORE PUBLISHING PAPERS AND ALSO PART OF THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES. 
 
My question in red still remains...
Once we have a document about format so that one knows length and format of the paper one can publish then we need some sort of guidelines so that we maintain quality standards even if they are mini papers.
Can we have feedback from all please ?
I am sure those of us who have published papers before know of some sort of quality document from some platform. We can adapt to our context.
 
Can we get working on this please ?
 
Antoine
 
 

1. Things that can be done between now and Barcelona meeting

- a strategy that answers the concerns in this article https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-one-learn-research-peer-review-antoin... This could be strategy for preparation and training, in form of quality charter as well as in preparation and tools for peer review.

We need some form of text or video that explains to the member of the CoP some form of quality policy.

We may need texts to help the person publishing a paper or reviewing a paper to look for the right elements.

What about a tool that allows a member publishing a paper to classify it as an opinion paper, a narrative, a reflection or the result of resarch.

2. Things that can be decided upon more in detail in Barcelona (there is a break out meeting for IO1 on the 15th morning)

The thing that comes to mind is the structure of the four training activities including a preparation before and a structure that helps participants possibly leave the training with a paper submitted for peer review...or with practical joint peer review using the tools on the platform.

The project proposal foresees technical training about how to use the platform and then skills building to research, writing to be read etc. as well as peer review.

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