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1. o p e n c o n
Workshop: How to make your research open
Erin C. McKiernan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology
Wilfrid Laurier University
Visiting Scholar
Institute of Mathematics
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ross Mounce
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Bath

2. o p e n c o n
PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT
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3. o p e n c o n
Manuscript preparation with writeLATEX
• writeLATEX is a free service
• allows new users to learn LATEX
• allows experienced users to collaborate on docs with new users
• many journals provide article templates - need for formatting by hand!
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4. o p e n c o n
Getting started with writeLATEX
Upload your tex and any sty
files as a zip archive
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5. o p e n c o n
Sharing your work on writeLaTeX gallery
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6. o p e n c o n
Direct submission from writeLATEX to journals
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7. o p e n c o n
POSTING PREPRINTS
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8. o p e n c o n
Which journals allow preprints?
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9. o p e n c o n
A journal doing it right - PeerJ
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10. o p e n c o n
A journal who could do better - Neuron
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Where can I post preprints? arXiv
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12. o p e n c o n
Where can I post preprints? bioarXiv
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13. o p e n c o n
Where can I post preprints? figshare
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Example of preprint on figshare
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15. o p e n c o n
Where can I post preprints? PeerJ PrePrints
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Example of preprint on PeerJ
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17. o p e n c o n
CHOOSING A JOURNAL
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18. o p e n c o n
Directory of Open Access Journals
doaj.org
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19. o p e n c o n
Thomson Reuters Open Access Journal List
science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/linksj/opensearch.cgi
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20. o p e n c o n
Cofactor Journal Selector Tool
Can filter for subject, open access options, Impact Factor, and more!
cofactorscience.com/journal-selector
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21. o p e n c o n
What are your licensing options?
creativecommons.org/choose/
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22. o p e n c o n
SELF-ARCHIVING YOUR ARTICLES
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23. o p e n c o n
Which journals allow self-archiving?
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24. o p e n c o n
A journal doing it right - PeerJ
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25. o p e n c o n
figshare
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26. o p e n c o n
SHARING YOUR DATA
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27. o p e n c o n
Sharing data with figshare
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28. o p e n c o n
Sharing data with Data Dryad
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29. o p e n c o n
Best practices for data sharing
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30. o p e n c o n
SPREADING THE WORD
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31. o p e n c o n
Using Twitter to amplify your reach
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32. o p e n c o n
Use Wordpress to explain your research
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33. o p e n c o n
TRACKING YOUR IMPACT
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34. o p e n c o n
Show your real impact with altmetrics
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35. o p e n c o n
Building altmetrics into your CV
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