Academic article writing workshop

The ability to write a scientific article is one of the most remarkable skills for researchersand students that can make you act as a professional in your academic field. On the other hand, writing a scientific articlehas become a concern for students (mainly Ph.D. students). However, the issue shows itself when students are not taught how to write a professional, scientific article that can be submitted to an international scientific journal. In this regard, GAM Group decided to provide the essential platforms for training students on how to write scientific articles to be published in WoS- and Scopus- indexed journals. GAM Group has run many training courses in the last years through online and private workshops.

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GAM Group, led by Dr. Sharifianjazi, assists you in completing your manuscript in the fastest possible way.

Frequently Asked Questions by Students before Enrolling in a Professional Scientific Article Writing Course

The majority of students and researchers know the advantages of having publications and published articles in domestic and international scientific journals. However, most of them cannot publish their work in these journals due to their lack of skills and knowledge about the principles of writing a scientific article. In the academic article writing workshops, all the principles are taught, and by this means trainees can learn all the important points of scientific article writing.

The professional article writing course is held to teach you how to write a scientific article with standard framework. The course is held under the supervision of an experienced instructor who has been author, reviewer and editor of scientific articles of more than 100 articles.

Indeed, the first question that comes to the minds of course participants before enrolling in any course is, “What are the features and differences of this course from other similar courses?”

  • • The first difference between GAM group workshops and other courses is that, unlike most courses, which take place on a single day or even a few days, our courses are offered in 12 to 14 sessions at regular intervals so that students have plenty of opportunities to practice the teachings.
  • • Workshop instructors are experienced teachers with several international scientific articles and good citations and h-indexes.
  • GAM Group article writing classes are held as workshops, one of their distinguishing aspects. Each trainee will be taught both knowledgeand skillof writing a scientific article.
  • • The workshops are held in a specialized manner, in which each trainee learns how to write an article in their particular field of study.

Explicit and detailed tips for writing a research article are presented in the sessions. The course covers everything from writing an abstract to the article’s conclusion. Finally, participants learn how to analyze and present their planned research articles. This Professional Scientific Article Writing course is intended to help participants improve their article writing skills and their ability to compete in the research and international arenas. The workshop topics are listed below.

Dr. Fariborz Sharifianjazi is the course’s instructor who holds the online workshops, and one of his honors is having an H-index of 26 and an i10-index of 37. You can read about him in the contact us page.

Yes, they will. Everyone will receive a certificate after passing exams.

Yes, GAM Group also offers an online learning platform so that students worldwide can contribute to the Professional Scientific Article Writing workshop. The workshops will be held in special and easy-to-use platform.

Yes, of course. Having academic/scientific article helps you employ in better companies. See here.

  What is ISI article?

The ISI (International Scientific Indexing) is a criterion for determining whether or not a scientific paper is valid.   This criterion is used to evaluate English-language journals each year. The journal evaluation process is carried out by Clarivate Analytics Company. The articles published in these journals are called ISI articles or WoS-indexed articles. In other words, if a scientific journal is indexed in the Web of Science (WoS), it is called an ISI journal. ISI articles are the articles that are published in these journals. Researchers and students should have the appropriate abilities, skills, expertise, and information to write such an article. The majority of researchers and students obtain information via ISI article writing workshops. What exactly is an ISI article writing workshop, though?

The importance of article writing

As previously stated, in addition to spreading science around the world and expanding science, article writing will substantially strengthen your academic position and increase your credibility among your coworkers and classmates. After writing and publishing an academic article in a reputable journal, you will face many new opportunities.

Holding an ISI article writing workshop

Both article writing and ISI (scientific or academic articles) have the same general structures. On the other hand, the ISI article has a variety of additional standards because it is international. For instance, the language of the manuscript must be English. This means that the metadata for all articles in that journal, such as the subject, abstract, and keywords, must be available in English on the journal’s website.

The number of words and references in ISI articles and the appropriateness of the references are the second issue. The most significant aspects to consider in the ISI article are the percentage of references from what years and the number of authoritative papers and books that should be referred to. The exact and significant points should be observed to boost your paper’s acceptance rate.

If you don’t follow a set of standards in your results, your article will be rejected. Furthermore, the editor will regard you as a non-professional, which will raise the likelihood of your paper being rejected. So, by studying the most typical article writing mistakes, you may avoid committing them.

Defference between GAM group course and other courses.

The difference between GAM Group course and other courses

Before we get into the distinctions, it’s important to note that anyone can become an excellent researcher without attending a single article writing course. However, the problem with this strategy is that the work speed is plodding, and there is no reason for a person to spend 1 to 2 years learning the fundamentals and skills of article writing. For example, we may know how to make pizza at home, but we eat our pizza at a restaurant due to time constraints.

When you want to know how to write an article through self-study, you’ll come across a lot of content that takes time to read and categorize, and not all of the collected content is appropriate for you, so it’s not time effective. However, the article writing workshops that have been held so far are divided into three categories, as follows. GAM group courses fall into the third category.

  • • One or two day classes (2 to 6 hours)

You will learn the fundamentals of article writing in these classes. You don’t learn writing techniques, and you get lots of new knowledge on article writing that is not helpful. However, you will feelthat you are now an expert who knows how to write a scientific article, and you may say, “What a good class, what a good course!”. Unfortunately, much of the achieved knowledge may not be helpful for you even once. You have saved the information that isn’t valuable to you for writing a scientific article.

  • • Recorded Video Classes

The recorded classes, which some people believe are a little better than the previous type, will offer you information about many aspects of the article. However, you will still gain information and very general points about writing an article. Many of these items exist to fill training time while still retaining content that does not influence your ability to write an article. In general, in this situation, you have wasted your time by watching a few videos; in the end, only your article writing knowledge has increased, and you have gained no efficient and helpful expertise or skills. We all know that information alone won’t help you because you won’t have the confidence to put it to use.

  • • GAM Group online training course

In GAM Group With the help of the Technical and Vocational Training Organization and many years of brilliant experience and experienced staff in the field of professional article writing, as well as the high ability of the instructor of workshops, Dr. Sharifianjazi, who has held over 300 professional scientific article writing courses, we are holding professional, scientific article writing workshops for researchers all around the world. In this regard, you will get acquainted with information, knowledge, abilities, and skills of professional, scientific article writing in your field of study.

GAM Group workshops are held online. The online workshop software is Adobe Connect or BigBlueButton, with full access to potent servers. Before the sessions begin, all trainees verify and test their microphone and camera (optional) via their PC or cell phone with the workshop support staff. This makes trainees more comfortable during the workshop presentation to participate in the workshop discussions and ask any queries they have during the class.

Services offered in GAM group Professional Scientific Article Writing Course

Services of GAM does not finish here. All trainees will have free and full access to the essential research accounts. Also, several practical exerciseswill be offered, together with their answers and analysis, in order to better train you. This will allow you to identify your mistakes and improve your skills. Before the sessions begin, all trainees verify and test their microphone and camera (optional) via their PC or cell phone with the workshop support staff. This makes trainees more comfortable during the workshop presentation to participate in the workshop discussions and ask any queries they have during the class.

So all trainees should contribute in the workshop discussions. In addition, trainees are given several activities and homeworks to complete after each session to help them learn and improve their search skills. By doing the practices, we send you feedback and you will learn all points.

Therefore, all the efforts of the GAM group are to provide a simple path to acquire knowledge and skills of professional article writing to the trainees. This path is taught practically to each trainee. Besides, all trainees will get certificate.

What is taught in Article Writing workshop?

Items that are taught in the academic article writing workshop

Many students may get confused about writing a scientific and academic article. However, through professional training, you will get the skill forever, and you will be able to write your professional manuscript quickly. Researchers and students who want to learn how to write a scientific article can count on GAM online article writing workshop courses.

One of the main factors in the CV is having scientific and academic articles in it that GAM Group helps you fill it with up-to-date unique training methods. The audience of the workshop are mostly B.S., M.Sc. and PhD students and graduates. However, other people can also contribute and there is no limit for that. A scientific and academic article is composed of the following parts:

  • • Title
  • • Abstract
  • • Introduction
  • • Methodology
  • • Results
  • • Discussion
  • • Conclusions
  • • References

The importance of each section of an article cannot be ignored. You will learn how to write each section based on standard frameworks by passing GAM Group courses. You’ll also learn how to avoid frequent mistakes while writing different sections of your manuscript, which will help you improve the quality of your article.

Topics taught in the online article writing courses of GAM Group

In this online course, students would learn how to write their own manuscripts. They will be familiar with scientific standards in articles, analyzing their data and results, using search engines of scientific articles, working with reference management software, reducing plagiarism and professional paraphrasing methods, and using methods to find specific scientific journals in a particular field of research, submitting their manuscript to a journal.

The participants become a professional in their field of research after completing the GAM Group professional article writing course. The online course is held in three steps: pre-writing, while writing, and post-writing as follows:

The stages and steps of isi journal article writing course

Step 1: Pre-writing

Students will be taught the following items: as below:

  •  What is ISI article?  
  • • All terms related to scientific article writing  
  • • Types of scientific search engines  

Step 2: While writing  

The researcher becomes thoroughly familiar with the writing scientific article. Homeworks are given to researchers to upgrade their skills. The researcher becomes thoroughly familiar with the writing scientific article.  

  • • Important points for choosing the title of the scientific article  
  • • How to write an abstract for a scientific article?  
  • • Body of a scientific article  
  • • How to paraphrase the text of the article and eliminate plagiarism

Step 3:    Submit and referee of an academic article

Most researchers are confused about submitting a manuscript to a scientific journal. Some of the issues that the researcher’s faces include how to submit a scientific article, how to apply a guide for authors, and journal selection. Key points will be taught in this regard.

Syllabus of the Professional Scientific Article Writing Course of GAM Group

Syllabus of the Professional Journal Article Writing Course of GAM Group

  1. 1. Provide an outline for the article as well as the sequence in which it should be written.
  2. 2. Introduction to common and professional terms in article writing.
  3. 3. How to use Scientific Search Engines (e.g., Scopus and Scalar, etc.).
  4. 4. Free download of articles (via GAM Group’s dedicated research account).
  5. 5. Select the appropriate journal by title.
  6. 6. Choose the best referee for your manuscript.
  7. 7. Compilation of the manuscript according to the journal guidelines (Guide for authors).
  8. 8. How to correspond with the editor and the relevant journal.
  9. 9. Create Bibliographies and Citations right within the manuscript via EndNote software.
  10. 10. Paraphrasing techniques and elimination of plagiarism.
  11. 11. How to write a good Cover letter.
  12. 12. Submit the article to the journal.
  13. 13. How to prepare a revision of the desired article.
  14. 14. Send the proof of the article.
  15. 15. Common mistakes and ethical problems in writing scientific articles.
  16. 16. Introduction to reputable, invalid, and fake journals.
  17. 17. Introduction to the credibility of WoS journals and other journals.
  18. 18. How to find domestic and foreign scientific journals in the field of students’ specialty.
  19. 19. Introduction to graphical abstract and how to prepare attachments to the article.

Course duration and certificate

The duration of the course is 45 days and consist of 12 to 14 sessions. Two online sessions are held each week (each session between 1-1.5 h).

Two different certificateswill be given to students who passed GAM Group professional article writing course. In the first case, trainees will receive a certificate of attendance from the Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organizationimmediately after passing the course. In the second case, trainees can take the professional article writing exam after completing the course and receive an international certificateif they achieve the appropriate score. Both certificates can be translated into any language and presented in any country. (If the trainee is one of the top 3 students of his school, he can get a discount on the course by presenting a certificate from his school).

What is a scientific article? What kind of writing is called a scientific article?

What is an academic article? What kind of writing is called a scientific article?

A scientific article is a kind of writing that can be written according to the author’s point of view performed in a scientific way. During the article, its title is explained and discussed, which leads to a more significant comprehension of the performed research. Seminars, conferences, and academic journals are the most common venues for presenting scientific articles. The term “article” is now commonly used when someone has completed research and wants to show it to the science world. The performed research can be a dissertation or experimental work, modeling and simulation, or a review of resources on a specific topic.

When you write an article, you use your thoughts, external sources, and a set of facts and procedures to examine and interpret a situation and problem that the world of science has not yet addressed and attained. You make it available to other researchers and academics worldwide. As a result, a scientific article is a kind of writing that is authored by academic researchers and will be published if accepted by an academic and scientific journal. For example, an article is a summerized version of a high quality thesis.

Types of scientific articles based of publication index

Types of academic articles based on publication index

There are several types of indexes. WoS, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, Crossref, Publons, and ResearchGate are the most important indexes worldwide.  WoS and SCOPUS are the two most important among others:

  • • WoS-indexed Journals

Web of Science (WoS) is a kind of index produced by Clarivate. The term “WoS-indexed journal” refers to a journal that meets the requirements for inclusion in the WoSdatabase provided by Clarivate. WoS journals have a lot of scientific worth around the world, and the articles you publish in these journals are very helpful for your CV. JCR aricles are also journals indexed in CLARIVATE what have Impact Factor. ISI journals are also called WoS journals. So when we say ISI-journal it means its name exists in the Master Journal List. Please refer here for more information.

  • • SCOPUS Journals

ELSEVIER, a Dutch publisher, developed one of the largest databases in 2004 and worked with several scientific institutes. This publisher reports the number of citations to scientific works in all fields. Scopus-indexed journalsare the journals that are ranked in this database. Scopus, has a Q-based rating that is derived from the phrase quartile. Scopus also has SJR index. This comes from Scientific Journal Rankings. If a journal is ranked among Q1 journals, it has the highest ranking among other Scopus journals, and if it ranks among Q4 journals, it has the lowest ranking.

Important points that we should know before starting to write the article include the reason for publishing the article, types of articles, ethical principles of publishing and its structure

Before beginning the journal article, there are a few points to keep in mind:

Reason for publishing the article

We publish a paper so that we can share our study findings with researchers all around the world and so that we can use them to develop science. There are other resons to publish an academic article. For example, many companies give allocate funds to their workers who publish scientific articles in good journals. Many universities will give you grants and scholarships for doing a research that will be ended to a scientific article. So, writing article can make you an expert and

the ability to write a scientific article is so important. Publishing JCR articles gives you the opportunity to get higher degree, e.g. you can become a professor. Also, in some coutries like Iran,

can help you for using governmental funds. Or you can use other scientific funds. For instance buying car. You can also join the elite center in some countries.

Different types of scientific articles

All types of journal articles

  • • Original Research Articles

GAM These publications are peer-reviewed before being published in international and national journals. However, not every study is an original research article. If you’re not sure whether an article is original, think about its goal, authors, and audience.

This can also be as result of new experiments and new models or simulations. An original research article presents research findings on previously unpublished data, results and practical works. This kind of article involves the research method in detail so that other researchers can understand it. Since the original research paper is a report of the results of new research, the authors should be researchers who have expertise in this field. An original research paper is written for researchers studying related topics.

  • • Short Reports or Letters

These articles summarize the original research findings, which the editors believe will be of interest to a wide range of researchers and will likely lead to more research in this field. This format is ideal for researchers with time-sensitive resultsbecause these publications are pretty short. Because this article format frequently has word limits, some empirical facts may not be revealed until the authors complete a full version of the original work. Short Communications is a term used to describe these publications.

  • • Review Articles

These articles are sometimes confused with original research articles, but the aim of writing review article is different. Review articles adhere to a scientific framework, and are peer-reviewed, but they do not present new data or results. Instead, they review the current state of the art in a special scientific field. These articles usually do not include “Methods” or “Results” sections because they do not present new data. These articles serve a vital purpose in science, although they are not the same as the research articles.

  • • Case Studies

These articles outline specific instances of unusual occurrences. Case studies are designed to alert other researchers to the likelihood of a particular phenomenon. In medicine, this form of research is frequently used to describe the existence of undiscovered or emergent illnesses.

Target Journal

Finding the target journal for your article is one of the most critical tasks before submitting it. In this area, there are several options, the most essential of which is to use search engines to find scientific and academic journals. Journal Finders are the names of these search engines. We must understand how to use these search engines so that we can find the target journal. Elsevier Journal Finder is one of these search engines. We can use this journal search engine to find the specific journal we’re looking for.

Knowing the ethical principles of publishing an article to avoid violations

One of the things that every article writer should be aware of is publication ethics. COPE is one of the essential journal publication ethics guidelines. You can go to COPE’s official website to read its content. However, the following are the most crucial aspects of publication ethics:

  • • Tell the target journal that your manuscript hasn’t been published anywhere else.
  • • Declare any conflict of interest.
  • • Check that all contributors meet the requirements for writing an article.
  • • List the appropriate author statement in the manuscript.
  • • Write acknowledgment.
  • • Record clinical trials.
  • • Explain that all animal experiments are carried out with full responsibility.
  • • For a thorough and accurate research report, follow the instructions.
  • • If you discover flaws in your research later, notify the journal.
  • • Sign the copyright agreement.

Also, if you’re going to be a reviewer for an article, you shouldn’t share the manuscript with anybody else without the editor’s approval. This means that you can not share the data with others. Only you can share your comments with editors.

Structure of the scientific article

Each article should have its main structure. Therefore, if this structure is not followed, your manuscript will be rejected by the journal and the publisher. Some academics believe that, in terms of acceptance, writing an article in this format is just as important as the article’s novelty. In other words, if your paper is unique and innovative but does not adhere to the academic writing style, it will be rejected by the journal.   Read more about scientific article writing.

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