Training kit on scientific publishing
Scientific publishing
The process through which the intellectual output of faculty members at Saudi universities is conveyed to readers, researchers and beneficiaries, through recognised, peer-reviewed scientific publishing outlets that safeguard their intellectual property rights
Objectives of scientific publishing
Stimulating the movement of scientific research.
Making an active contribution to developing the working methods and approaches of individuals and institutions by keeping up with everything new.
Safeguarding the rights of authors in their published research, since it is a process for documenting it.
Forms of scientific publishing
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Traditional publishing:
It is defined as: "the sum of the processes that a printed work goes through, starting from being a manuscript and ending with reaching the reader or beneficiary
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Desktop publishing:
This is the way in which modern technology is used in the electronic classification of books and their processing in preparation for printing them on paper
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Electronic publishing:
This refers to the stage in which the article's writer is able to record their article on one of the word-processing tools
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Commercial publishing:
It is defined as: "the publisher investing their money for the purpose of making profit, like someone who invests their money in some trade, subjecting it to the law of supply and demand
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Non-commercial publishing:
Faculty members, researchers, and postgraduate students.