“Publish or perish” is an adage that many of us working in academia will sadly be all too familiar with. However, working out how best to begin working toward publication is not a straightforward task. Amongst a complex and changing landscape of journal publishing, where trusted journal and so-called 'predatory journals' are competing for our attention, working out where to publish, and how to plan your publication strategy with your own career goals in mind can be daunting. Focusing on journal articles as a research output, this informative session led by Dr Paul Cannon (MVLS College Librarian) will discuss some of the factors that may influence a publication strategy and illustrate research impact. The session will demonstrate a range of tools that researchers can use to identify suitable outlets for their research, from journal matching services, to utilising bibliometric and altmetric data to assess research outlets and demonstrate research impact.

The approved policy relating to the content of the Enlighten: Publications Institutional Repository.

Slides for a presentation on supporting open access and open research delivered by the Research Information Management Team.