Earth Sciences: Research support

 Open Access publishing support at Stellenbosch University: everything you need to know

• Click here for a complete list of the latest DHET accredited journals
• DHET Research Output Policy
• Google Scholar Metrics - provides publication and topic metrics to help to help authors to consider where to publish
• Journal Citation Reports - a Clarivate Analytics Web of Science journal impact factor resource to evaluate and compare journals
• SCImago SJR - publicly available Journal and Country ranking developed from the Scopus database
• Scopus CiteScore - a metric to track journal performances and impact
• Wiley journal finder suggests journals relevant to your research 
• Elsevier Journal Finder helps you find journals that could be best suited for publishing your article
• Springer journal suggester helps you identifying journals for your article
• Taylor & Francis journal suggester
• Web of Science Find a Match for your paper 
• How to publish - a Springer step by step guide

* Predatory Journals and Conferences

NRF Statement on Predatory Journals & Deceptive Publishers

• Beall's archived list of potentially predatory journal publishers (updated by website owner)
• Predatory Reports is an association of scientists and researchers who seek to help researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research.
• The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists high quality and trusted open access journals. If an OA journal is not listed please consider it as a possibly questionable journal title
• Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker
• A-Z elements for predatory criteria
• Getting the low down on predatory publishing by Prof John Measey
• Flaky Academic Journals
• Shamseer's article identifies 13 evidence-based characteristics by which predatory journals may potentially by distinguished
• Clarivate Web of Science delisted journals March 2023
• Scopus Discontinued List January 2023

• Conferences golden rule: check your professional societies and organisations for conference announcements

  Check Gordon Research Conferences for a legit conference in your research field

  Academic conference alerts

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• Research Data Management questions? Please contact Xabiso Xesi
• Need help with your research impact bibliometrics?
• Find resources to answer your research methods and statistics questions: SAGE Research Methods
• How to write and illustrate a scientific paper
• How scientists communicate: dispatches from the frontiers of knowledge
• Successful time management
• Understanding and applying basic statistical methods using R
• Practical statistics for data scientists: 50+ essential concepts using R and Python
• Probability with R

• Crowdhelix - how to find international research partners. Login with your SU credentials and complete your profile.
• Open4Research a funding portal for the identification of international research funding opportunities
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• Stellenbosch University research-related policies and guidelines
• Ethical clearance Stellenbosch University
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• SU access to AI image creator on Microsoft Bing
• BioRender: create professional science figures in minutes. Free account for personal use
• Research Development Postgraduate Resources (thesis formatting, layout and more)
• Short MSWord tutorials (for assistance with Word problems or formatting, contact Kirchner van Deventer, Library Research Commons)
• SAS from scratch: for anyone wanting to learn SAS to get up to speed with the language, this series explains the core principles along with practical examples.
• A funding adviser’s guide to writing a great grant application