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Publishing a scientific paper is an essential stage in the research process. Submitting to a scholarly journal provides peer feedback to improve and validate your work, ensuring trust in your findings. Journals also aid discoverability, ensure research integrity and help promote your work to increase its impact.

This ‘Publishing a Research Paper' 2nd edition course will guide you through the entire process of publishing a paper. It offers essential best practices and strategies to help you do everything possible for a smooth and seamless journal publication. In addition to updates to the existing course, there are new topics such as open data, open peer review, and preprints.

Publishing a Research Paper: 2nd Edition is now available.

Developed in conjunction with experts

Davide Esposito

Chief Editor, Nature Catalysis

Jan Eldridge

Head of Physics, University of Auckland

Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire

Associate Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Nathalie Le Bot

Editorial Director, Health and Clinical Sciences, Nature Communications

Rafal Marszalek

Chief Editor, Scientific Reports

Strengthening Your Reviews: Webinar recording

In Conversation with Nature Portfolio Editors

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How can I start my journey to publishing a review paper as an early-career researcher?
How do I refine the scope of my review to make sure it is comprehensive but still impactful?
To what extent can I voice my opinion in a review paper?

Review papers play a powerful role in the advancement of science and as a researcher, being able to write a great review paper will enable you to influence the way that your peers view the challenges, opportunities and future directions of your field.

Join Nature Portfolio review experts Giulia Pacchioni, Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Materials, and Silvia Conti, Associate Editor of Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, as they answer your questions on the challenges that you face when planning and writing a review paper.

Strengthening Your Reviews: Webinar recording is now available to members of subscribing institutions.

This webinar supports our revamped course Writing and Publishing a Review Paper: 2nd Edition which provides you with practical skills to sharpen your review-writing and the confidence to navigate publishing your own reviews. To maximise your learning experience with this webinar, we recommend you to work through the course before you access the webinar.