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Scientific Writing and Scientific Communication
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:09.02.2023 15:25:24
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | DN_205 | LQF level: | Level 8 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology; Medicine; Pharmacy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Kristīne Mārtinsone | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Doctoral Studies | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema iela, dn rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67409120 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of scientific research activity and research methodology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To deepen the understanding of the scientific writing, intellectual property rights, responsibilities of the scientific community, scientific and science communication; to improve the ability to evaluate one’s scientific activity (defined discipline) and to communicate about it both within the scientific community and beyond. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Academic and scientific writing. Academic integrity as a basis for scientific writing. Doctoral thesis, its development process. Scientific publication, its types, structure and development. Writing and publishing a scientific article. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Responsibilities of the scientific community. Dissemination of research results in the scientific community. Types of intellectual property rights. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Science communication channels and tools. Message formulation and targeting. Basic conditions for effective presentation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Transfer of scientific knowledge obtained in the process of development of the doctoral thesis to the society, at national and international level. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To develop and present a plan for the dissemination of the results of own scientific activity. The presentation should include answers to the following questions: what is being communicated/ why is it novel/ what ethical considerations are followed/ how others will be able to use it/ where is it applicable/ to which audiences should be communicated. The student's contribution to the improvement of the study process is the provision of meaningful feedback on the study course by filling out its evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | A plan for the dissemination of the results of scientific activities for at least two different audiences (scientists, entrepreneurs, society) has been developed in detail and prepared for presentation. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Describes the responsibilities of the scientific community, describes the essence of academic and scientific writing, types, structure and development process of scientific articles, defines the types of scientific and science communication and dissemination of research results, describes the types of knowledge transfer, intellectual property rights. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Reports on the results of own research for a specific target audience (both nationally and internationally), is able to apply the conditions of effective presentation and demonstrate the ability to navigate the various channels of publishing and distributing scientific results. Explains the process of developing and publishing a scientific article, as well as science communication channels and tools. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Evaluates and improves one’s scientific activity. Communicates and networks about one’s field of scientific activity (one’s discipline) with the scientific community and society at large. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gábor, L. (2021). Writing and Publishing Scientific Papers : A Primer for the Non-English Speaker. Open Book Publishers | ||||||||
| 2 | Luby S. and Southern D.L. (2022) The Pathway to Publishing: a Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences. Springer International Publishing AG. E-book. | ||||||||
| 3 | Mārtinsone, K. un Pipere, A. (red.) (2019). Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana. Rīga: RSU. | ||||||||
| 4 | Zaumanis, M. (2021). Write an Impactful Research Paper: a scientific writing technique that will shape your academic career. | ||||||||
| 5 | Wheatley, D. N. (2021). Scientific writing and publishing: a comprehensive manual for authors . Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| 6 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 7 | Gábor, L. (2021). Writing and Publishing Scientific Papers : A Primer for the Non-English Speaker. Open Book Publishers | ||||||||
| 8 | Luby S. and Southern D.L. (2022) The Pathway to Publishing: a Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences. Springer International Publishing AG. E-book. | ||||||||
| 9 | Wheatley, D. N. (2021). Scientific writing and publishing: a comprehensive manual for authors . Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Appelbaum, M., Cooper, H., Kline, R. B., Mayo-Wilson, E., Nezu, A. M., & Rao, S. M. (2018). Journal article reporting standards for quantitative research in psychology: The APA publications and communications board task force report. | ||||||||
| 2 | Author Resources | ||||||||
| 3 | Becker, Lucinda M. (2015). Writing successful reports and dissertations. London: SAGE. | ||||||||
| 4 | Lindsay, D. (2020). Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing | ||||||||
| 5 | Levitt, H. M., Bamberg, M., Creswell, J. W., Frost, D.M., et.al. (2018) Journal article reporting standards for qualitative primary, qualitative meta-analytic, and mixed methods research in psychology. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Avoti par zinātniskās darbības jomu saskaņā ar promocijas darba tēmu. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kamerāde, D. (2016). Kā publicēties augstas ietekmes recenzētos zinātniskos izdevumos? | ||||||||
| 3 | Zaumanis, M. (2021). Kas jāzina zinātniekam, kurš vēlas komunicēt savus pētījumus? | ||||||||
| 4 | Zaumanis, M. (2021). Ietekmīgu zinātnisko publikāciju rakstīšana. | ||||||||
| 5 | Zaumanis, M. (2021). Grafiku un ilustrāciju veidošana publikācijām, pētījumu projektiem un prezentācijām. | ||||||||
| 6 | Ceļvedis "Zinātniskā publicēšanās" | ||||||||
