HMS Scholarly Publishing Symposium

Pre-registration has ended. However, you can register onsite.
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The symposium will feature multiple sessions designed to provide a better understanding of scholarly publishing, including insight into how to better position your papers for acceptance. Elsevier publishers will lead the sessions with support from HMS faculty editors. The sessions will underscore the distinct perspectives, experiences and recommendations from experts within the publishing industry and from those who serve as reviewers in their fields of study.

Sessions will include a scholarly publishing panel discussion, a seminar outlining topics and trends affecting scholarly publishing and research-driven institutions; and publishing break-out sessions, aligned with disciplinary concentrations. 

Attendees are welcome to join any or all of the sessions. 
Lunch will be provided for all registered attendees.
 

Sponsored by Elsevier Publishing (https://www.elsevier.com/)
 

Proposed Schedule
10:00am – 12:00pm:   An Introduction to Scholarly Publishing - Panel Presentation
Panelists: 
Rebecca Cooney, PhD, Executive Editor, North America, The Lanct
P. Scott Lapinski, MS, Scholarly Communication & Research Librarian, HMS
Jason Winkler, Publisher, Health Sciences, Elsevier
George Woodward, Senior Publisher, Health Sciences, Elsevier
Topics: Scholarly Publishing Landscape, Best Practices for Structuring a Paper, Overview of the Editorial Process, Publishing Ethics, Open Access and Research Support Services, and Promoting Your Research

12:00pm – 1:00pm:    Lunch (please register by 10/24 to guarantee your lunch)

1:00pm – 2:30pm:      Trends and Issues within Scholarly Publishing
Speakers: 
Elaine R. Martin, MSLS, DA,  Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Countway Library, HMS
Ann Gabriel, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Elsevier
Julie Goldman, Research Data Services Librarian Countway Library, HMS
P. Scott Lapinski, MS, Scholarly Communication & Research Librarian, HMS

2:30pm – 3:30pm:      Publishing Workshop Break-outs by Field/Concentration
Break-out topics:
Biomedical Sciences - George Woodward (Elsevier) and Jason Winkler (Elsevier)
Public Health - Rebecca Cooney (The Lancet)  

HMS Faculty Editor Contributors (confirmed):
Roy Lester Freeman, M.B.CH.B., Professor of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, EiC - Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
Robin Lynn Haynes, Ph.D., Principal Associate in Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Section Editor - Experimental Neurology
Kathryn Elaine Stephenson, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Associate Editor – Clinical Immunology

Sponsored by Elsevier Publishing, organized by HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows and the Countway Library of Medicine