Tag: article
Academic writing in a nutshell
Throughout your career as a student and/or researcher you will produce a series of reports, papers, publications and other texts, in many cases in fluent English. Tips and tricks to improve your writings in English are collected on the UGent portal. The faculty of Arts & Philosophy created a ... Read more
Article submission for publication
How do you get your article published in a journal? How do you choose the right journal? The Knowledge Center for Health Ghent lists several tips for the medical sciences. Here's a selection of generally applicable tips. How do you select a journal? CriterionTools Content SJFinder Find the Best Fit ... Read more
Biblio: how to register my publications?
Manuals The mannual How to register your publication General principles Biblio (including the explanation on the UGent classification) How to make full advantage of the Public interface Biblio How to draft publication lists for FWO and FWO/Biblio mapping How do I register a publication? There are several ways ... Read more
Collaborating on an article: what are your options?
There are several different online platforms you can use to write an article together (in real time). Some of these platforms are: OneDrive, Google Drive, Sharepoint or Overleaf. Every Ghent University staff member or student has their own OneDrive for Business space, with 1 Terabyte of storage. Read more
Creative commons: open licence for copyrighted works
General info A Creative Commons licence is an open licence. These kinds of licences allow certain, globally recognised, standardised re-use of copyrighted material. It is a so called upfront licence. You don't have to ask for permission to access, share or use a protected work, the permission is granted automatically. ... Read more
DOI / ISBN / ISSN / PMID
These are all unique identifiers that refer to a specific source. Based on these identifiers, you will always be able to find the full and correct bibliographical information. A DOI or Digital Object Identifier is a code distributed by the International DOI Foundation, or IDF. It can refer to ... Read more
EndNote: how can I edit and delete references?
Once you have uploaded all your references into your EndNote library, you can delete duplicate references, add and edit references manually, and update references automatically. These clips show you how you can do that: Delete duplicate references (You might need to log in to your Microsoft Stream account to view ... Read more
EndNote: how can you add PDFs?
In EndNote, you can easily add PDFs to your references. This clip explains how: (You might need to log in to your Microsoft Stream account to view the video.) Read more
EndNote: how to import multiple references from Web of Science
You can import up to 500 references at the same time from Web of Science into your EndNote library. To do this, enter your search query > click "Export" > click "EndNote desktop" You will see a pop-up where you can enter the amount of references you want to import. ... Read more
EndNote: how to personalise your reference fields
You can personalise the fields in EndNote in two different ways. Reference types You can choose which reference type is your preferred default, e.g: Journal Article. You can also choose which fields a certain reference type needs. Open EndNote via Athena Click Edit > Preferences, click on the tab "Reference ... Read more
Journal: what does "peer-reviewed" mean?
It is essential to researchers to publish in peer-reviewed journals. A peer review means that the quality of the research will be assessed by colleagues before publication. In practice, peer review works like this: Submit: You send your article to a journal. The subject of your article falls within the ... Read more
Open Access colours: gold, green, hybrid and more
Open Access comes in different colours. While we especially use the term green OA, gold OA and hybrid OA, other terms refine those broader terms. This tip addresses some of the Open Access flavours. Diamond Open Access: not-for-profit, non-commercial organizations, associations or networks publish material that is made available online ... Read more
Open Access to your publications
Open Access refers to the practice of making peer-reviewed scholarly research and literature freely available online to anyone interested. Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose, subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness. It does not affect authors' freedom to choose ... Read more
Remote access & VPN
For copyright reasons, most electronic resources (databases and journals) can only be consulted within the UGent network. In the library catalogue they have an indication "UGent only". You don't have to be on campus to be able to access these resources. Off-campus access is easy through Athena. Just open ... Read more
Retraction Watch: what is it?
Retraction Watch is a database that lists retracted (retractions) or corrected (corrections) publications, or publications with an expressions of concern. A blog is connected to the databese, highlighting some of the retracted publications. Retraction Watch started in 2010, which means you will not find older publications in the collection. The ... Read more
Scholarly article: where to find it?
Search a bibliographic database The best way to find qualitative scholarly articles is to use a bibliographic database. There are multidisciplinary databases (eg. Scopus, Web of Science) as well as discipline specific databases (eg. PubMed for health sciences). These databases give an overview of published scholalry information, whether or not ... Read more
Web of Science (WoS): introduction
Web of Science (WoS) is a portal of several scholarly databases. Ghent University has access to: Science Citation Index (SCI) Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) Emerging Sources ... Read more
Working Paper: what is it? Where to find it?
A working paper or discussion paper is a “work in progress”, a paper you are still working on. It is a preliminary, nearly finished, unpublished version of your research project that is not yet ready to be presented at a conference nor to get published in a journal. You have ... Read more