Section outline

  • Course Overview

    This course teaches authors how to effectively promote a paper through different channels, including conferences, events, and multimedia avenues. It outlines the rights and responsibilities before and after publication, so you have a complete understanding of the process and your own responsibilities post article acceptance.

    Learning Outcomes

    This course will help you to:

    1. Understand the various stages in the production process
    2. Prepare and assemble your article to pass through the production process
    3. Understand when and where changes can be made to published articles
    4. Understand self-archiving and its advantages
    5. Recognize reuse policies to appropriately and ethically share your work
    6. Understand the importance of promoting your paper
    7. Identify and employ different ways to effectively promote your research


    From time to time, we will refer to SAGE’s own specific publishing practices so that we can give you the most specific and practical guidance possible. However, these processes will likely be applicable to other journal publishers. If in doubt, always check their guidelines.

    • Course Resources

      You will need to access certain files and resources throughout the course to get the most out of the activities. You can find them all here. 

    • Video Transcripts

      You can access all video transcripts here.

    • Pre-Course Self Assessment

      Before you dive into this course, spend a few moments reflecting on your familiarity with the topic and your current level of skills confidence. 

      You will then re-visit the same questions in our Post-Course Self Assessment and reflect on how the course has helped you develop in confidence and grow your skills. 

      • Module One: Author Responsibilities Pre-Publication

        This module will help you to:

        1. Understand the various stages in the production process
        2. Prepare and assemble your article to pass through the production process

      • Module Two: Author Responsibilities Post-Publication

        This module will help you to:

        1. Understand when and where changes can be made to published articles
        2. Understand what self-archiving is and the advantages this entails
        3. Recognize self-archiving and reusing policies to appropriately and ethically share your work

      • Module Three: Promoting Your Paper

        This module will help you to:

        1. Understand the importance of promoting your paper
        2. Understand the different avenues available to help promote your paper

      • Post-Course Self Assessment

        Now you’ve completed the course, spend a few moments reflecting on where your familiarity with the topics and your confidence skills levels are at now. 

        Has the course helped you develop new skills and grow your confidence?

        You'll need to complete the Post-Course Self Assessment in order to download your certificate. If you didn't do the Pre-Course Self Assessment before starting the course, please go to the top of the page and reflect on your familiarity with the topic and your level of skills confidence before you started the course.

        • Completion: Certificate

          Completing all modules (plus the pre and post-course assessments) will unlock the course certificate, which you can then download here. Your course certificate will only be made available once you have completed all these sections.

          If you have difficulty accessing your certificate, please contact the Sage support team at: onlinesupport@sagepub.co.uk. You can also check out this FAQ page which may be helpful.

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          • Accessibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

            We have high standards of accessibility on Sage Campus and as of May/June 2024 all activities within this course are keyboard and screen reader compatible. For more details on accessibility standards, please see the Sage Campus Accessibility Guide.

            For those using assistive technology, please note that within this course:

            • Tab components: JAWS and NVDA behave slightly differently. For NVDA to keep reading, it is best to exit focus mode and go back to browse mode. 
            • Matching: JAWS does not read out question label on dropdown focus. 

            Additionally, please refer to our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement which outlines our commitment to high standards of DEI on Sage Campus.