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Seminar 5: “Publishing – Why, Where and How”

Publications are the most important goal of research-oriented academics and the best measure of their scientific output and standard. Publications are often the primary criterion in decisions affecting the professional life and advancement of academics, including hiring, ranking, research time release, research support, organizational/institutional posts, editorial roles and more. And yet, many scholars, even experienced ones, sometimes lack proper knowledge on and/or understanding of the reasons to publish. More frequently, they understand the need to publish, but are unsure of the ‘where’ and the ‘how’. And these are critical questions, whose answer significantly affects the probability of a work being published and of gaining the highest possible recognition in the scientific community. This seminar, will present the key questions of “why, where and how to publish”, and will also discuss internationally acceptable/customary ways of evaluating individual publications, as well as scholars’ collective output. Through a presentation and open discussion we shall also advise on the best avenues for personal scholarly development on and through research publications.

Prof Alkis Thrassou
Associate Head of Department of Marketing, School of Business

Alkis Thrassou is a Professor at the University of Nicosia (Cyprus, EU). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds (UK), and is a Chartered Marketer (FCIM), a Chartered Construction Manager (FCIOB), a Chartered Management Consultancy Surveyor (MRICS), and a Senior Research Fellow of the EuroMed Academy of Business. He is the Director of Gnosis Mediterranean Institute for Management Science, the Associate Editor of EuroMed Journal of Business, and the Managing Editor of the Palgrave Studies in Cross-disciplinary Business Research. He has edited and published in numerous internationally esteemed scientific journals and books, and he retains strong ties with industry, acting also as a consultant.