High-Quality Research
Publication Strategies
Journal Selection, Ethics & Best Practices — a 3-day online programme on choosing the right journal, protecting your research from predatory publishing, and publishing with integrity.
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Publish with confidence, not guesswork
A strong publication record shapes promotions, grants, PhD viva outcomes, and institutional rankings, yet most researchers are never formally taught how journals are evaluated or how to tell a credible one from a predatory one. Across three focused evening sessions, this programme covers the metrics editors and committees actually look at, the red flags of fake impact factors and pay-to-publish traps, and the ethical standards — from authorship order to handling reviewer comments — that protect your work from retraction or rejection.
Who Should Attend
Open to all disciplinesResearch Scholars & PhD Students
Preparing a first submission and choosing a journal that fits their field and thesis timeline.
Faculty & Assistant Professors
Building a publication record for promotion, API score, and career advancement.
Early-Career Academics
Wanting to avoid predatory journals and understand how citation metrics are calculated.
Guides, Supervisors & Reviewers
Responsible for mentoring scholars on ethics, authorship, and journal selection.
Programme Schedule
3 SessionsUnderstanding Journal and Author Metrics
- Introduction to publication metrics
- Metrics in academic careers
- Journal Impact Factor
- CiteScore
- h-index & i10-index
- Citation count
- Scopus & Web of Science
- Google Scholar
- ABDC
Selecting Quality Journals and Avoiding Predatory Publishing
- Criteria for selecting journals
- Identifying indexed, peer-reviewed journals
- Q1–Q4 journal ranking
- Open access vs subscription
- Article Processing Charges
- Predatory journals & fake impact factors
- Journal selection tools & checklist
Publication Ethics and Responsible Research Practices
- Principles of publication ethics
- Plagiarism & similarity index
- Authorship criteria & contribution
- Duplicate submission & salami publication
- Data fabrication & falsification
- Conflicts of interest
- Ethical approval & informed consent
- COPE guidelines
- Handling reviewer/editor comments
Dr. Nitu Maurya
IILM University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Registration
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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME · 3–5 AUGUST 2026 · ONLINE VIA ZOOM