Jeffrey RobensEditorial Development Manager, Springer Nature

2016 12 9 13:30 - 17:15 open 13:00

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PresenterDr. Jeffrey Robens has a diverse research background and is an experiencedauthor and peer reviewer. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvaniain the United States and has worked at various institutes in Singapore andJapan, including RIKEN and Kyoto University. In his current role as EditorialDevelopment Manager at Springer Nature, Dr. Robens gives educationalseminars worldwide for authors to improve their manuscript quality andreach their publication goals. Using his extensive research and publicationbackground, Dr. Robens is particularly able to assist non-native English-speaking researchers increase their chances of publication success.

1. Effective academic writing

• Improving readability

• Avoiding ambiguity

• Writing simply and concisely

• Avoiding common mistakes

• Native English scientific writing style

2. Manuscript structure

• Introducing the importance of your study

• Transparently reporting the methodology

• Factually presenting your results

• Discussing relevance and implications

• Writing strong conclusions

• Effective titles and abstracts

3. Effective publication strategies

• What’s important in choosing a journal

• Understanding the relevance of the study

• Identifying the most appropriate journal • Improving the suitability of your manuscript

• for your target journal

4. Successful manuscript submission for high impact journals• What editors at high impact journals are looking for• Editorial process at Nature-branded journals• Case study: successful submission to Nature Cell Biology

○ Cover letter to emphasize the significance of the study○ Understanding decision letters and revising your manuscript○ Responding to the referees’ comments in the response letter

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• Nature等インパクト・ファクターの高い海外誌に投稿する予定のある大阪大学の教員・研究員、大学院生

• 医学と生命科学分野の例を中心とした内容ですが、他の分野の方にも参考になります。

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Activity: Attendees will need to improve the readability of poorly written

sentences.

Activity: Attendees will need to identify which aims are most appropriate for an identified research

problem.

Activity: Attendees will need to identify the most suitable journal for a

specific study.

Activity: Attendees will need to determine which response is best for a

reviewer comment.