Public Engagement and Social Media for Academics

Title: Promoting your article for maximum interest: Public engagement and social media for academics

Instructor: Alireza Salehi Nejad

Target audience: Faculty members, Graduate students, Editors

Date: Saturday, 13 Nov 2021 – 10:00 (IRST)

Type of workshop: Professional, Technical, Academic

Level:All levels

Venue: Online

Description:

It is estimated that over 2 million scientific articles are published annually at an escalating rate. Hence, it is of prominent significance to ensure that one’s publications stand out. This workshop elaborates on what the authors can do to get their publications the attention they deserve. In particular, this workshop expands on how social media can be used to publicize academic work, and provides some practical guidance on how to develop the impact potential of research through appropriate science communication and social media engagement beyond traditional forms of publishing.

Learning outcomes and the topics of presentation:

·     How to maximize your article’s visibility

o  Pre-publication

§  Find the right journal

§  Get it published

§  Enrich your article

§  Understanding the copyright and publishing licenses

o  Post-publication

§  Promote your article

§  Exercise your copyrights

§  Sharing data

§  Conferences

§  Media relations

§  Bibliometrics

·     Public engagement and science communication

·     Using social media to publicize your work

o  Important social networks for authors and researchers

o  Tools for publicizing your work

o  The potential risks in publishing your work online

Organizer:

• Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

Endorsers:

• Center for Open Science (COS)
• Figshare
• Humanities Commons
• International Association of Communication in Healthcare (IACH)
• Mendeley
• UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture (UCCC)
• UNESCO Chair on E-Learning & Teaching (UCET)
• UNESCO Chair on the Communication of Science & Technology (UCCST)

About the instructor: Alireza Salehi Nejad is a researcher at Cyberspace Research Policy Center, University of Tehran, and has extensively collaborated with numerous academic publishers - notably SAGE Publications, Elsevier, Cambridge University Press, Canadian Center of Science & Education, Springer Nature - and scholarly journals as an editorial board member and reviewer. Alireza has served as Associate Editor for the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Associate Editor on linguistics for De Gruyter Open, the Ethics Committee of Linguistic Society of America, Mendeley Advisor, Figshare Ambassador, Center for Open Science Ambassador, and Web of Science Academy Mentor.

Organizer’s secretarial: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran