Publishing your research

Supervisors & departmental colleagues are the best people to advise on where to publish.  There are several issues which you will need to consider if you decide to publish your research. This guide is designed to highlight library tools and services available at University of Galway to assist you with publishing your research.

The Epigeum tutorials in this section are published by Oxford University Press.

The tutorials are available via the Researcher Development portal: https://nuigalwayie.sharepoint.com/sites/rdc/SitePages/Epigeum-Research-Skills-Toolkit.aspx 

 Register on the Epigeum platform and choose from the following tutorials:

• Getting published in the Arts
• Getting published in the Sciences
• Conferences, presenting and networking

To find related research consult a library subject guide. See also:

The Academic Writing Centre is a service hosted in the Library that offers one-to-one support to students with their writing skills.

See the Academic Writing Centre webpage.

See this selective listing of other books on academic publishing available in the James Hardiman Library.

The "Think. Check. Submit." tool has been developed by open-access and for-profit publishers, along with library and other industry associations to help authors identify trusted publishers for their research.

The "Journal Author Gateway" from Sage has guidance on submission, peer review, and post-publication, along with open access and ethics.

Emerald have a series of "How-to Guides" on authoring, editing, and the UN SDG Publishers Compact. 

Taylor and Francis has an "Author Services" platform with a dedicated section on "Researcher Services" for help with the earliest stages of submission.

Wiley also provide guidance for authors of both books and journal articles.