Course detail

Scientific publishing A to Z

FEKT-DPC-EIZAcad. year: 2025/2026

The hybrid course "Scientific publishing A to Z" guide students through the process of creating (and promoting) a scholarly text. In the first chapters, the course focuses on motivation in scientific career, electronic resource selection and choosing a suitable journal for publishing or a conference for presenting the research. The following chapters provide the overview of the scholarly text creation process and discuss possibilities of research stays abroad and international cooperation. In the last chapters, the course focuses on the dissemination of the results of the scientific work and several minor aspects of career in sciences.
The course is intended for PhD students.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová

Department

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication (FEKT)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of working with PC and Internet.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Assignments (for finishing the subject successfully, you need to do all of them) 


The course is taught in the form of on-site seminars, supported with e-learning (LMS Moodle) and individual consultations. The base of the course is assignments and the feedback to them. 

Aims

To present how academic life and career work, what fuels a researcher
To understand the process of research presentation - the process of article publishing and conference presentation
To consider research stays and international cooperation


The student will know the basic sources of scientific information from pre-paid databases at BUT as well as freely available information sources and patent databases. They will be able to cite the literature correctly. They will be familiar with the basic principles of creating a scientific text and basics of the publishing process. They will be able to find a suitable journal for publishing the text and in relation to science evaluation criteria in the Czech Republic. They will know the basic possibilities to promote the results of the scientific work and will be able to perform citation analysis of the publishing results. 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Marek, J., Dědičová, P., Skůpa, J.: Open acces na VUT v Brně. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Ústřední knihovna, 2014. (CS)
Wallwork, A.: English for writing research papers. New York: Springer, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4419-7921-6. (EN)

Recommended reading

Krčál, M., Teplíková, Z.: Naučte (se) citovat. Blansko. Citace.com, 2014. ISBN 978-80-260-6074-1. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DPC-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DPC-IBE Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DPC-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DPC-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DPC-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DPC-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme DPC-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová