Course description

Good research deserves to be read. This practical course shows you how to give your work the best chance of reaching people: choosing where to publish, making it open, sharing your data, promoting it, and tracking its reach — all using free, ethical methods.

Who it is for

Researchers and postgraduates preparing to publish or share work, and the librarians who advise them.

Learning outcomes

By the end you will be able to:

• Choose a suitable, genuine journal and avoid predatory ones;
• Make your work open via gold and green routes;
• Share data and code so others can reuse and cite them;
• Promote your research effectively and ethically;
• Set up tracking to see who is using your work.

Course outline

1. Choosing Where to Publish
2. Open Access & Self-Archiving
3. Sharing Data & Code
4. Promoting Your Work
5. Tracking Engagement & Alerts

How to study

Work through the topics in order. Each has a short lesson, a worked example, a free resource, and a hands-on “Try it” step. The course is free and open — no fees, no barriers.

Licensing & attribution

Provided free by FRELIP under CC BY 4.0; adapted in part from openly-licensed UNESCO and institutional materials.

Maintained by the FRELIP Open Courseware editorial team.