Prepare your publication package

Introduction

Key terms: management of your PhD project, archiving, open science, FAIR, introductory course, mostly relevant for students in the beginning of their PhD trajectory.

ECTS: 1 
Number of sessions: 1
Hours per session: 3 

Researchers should ensure that it is clear to others what data their research is based on, how the data were obtained, and how the results were achieved, and they need to make certain that the research process steps are verifiable.

This information is offered in a publication package, which consists of all data, materials and information that are needed to reproduce and assess published research results.

Publication packages facilitate open science and research transparency, and they are therefore increasingly considered mandatory in universities.

In addition, publication packages support continued access to data and provide a clear record of the research process, even after the project concludes. This facilitates the replication of methods in future work, and makes it easier to explain your research to others.

You’ll benefit most from the course if you bring your own data (raw or processed) and other research materials you already have available, such as research plans and instructions. This will allow you to begin developing a publication package tailored to your own project during the course.

It is not a problem if you do not yet have your own research materials. You will not be able to reflect and apply the idea of a publication package on your own research, but you will still learn about the importance and function of publication packages.

Entry level and relevance

This course can be attended without any prior knowledge or experience. However, the course will become easier for you if you have a basic understanding of open science and data management . Courses that you can follow to obtain this minimum knowledge level are mentioned below.

The course is useful for all PhD researchers who conduct empirical research.

We recommend attending the course at the start of your PhD trajectory, so that you can develop publication packages for your whole project.

Relations with other courses

Publication packages are relevant within the broader frameworks of open science and data management, which are more comprehensively discussed in the EGSH course Open science and research transparency. You may follow the latter course as a preparation, but this is not mandatory.  

How to prepare

 
You will be asked to bring your own data and materials so that you can start with creating a publication package for your own project during the course. Please contact the lecturer if you have any doubts or questions about what you should bring with you.