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Sharing Your Research in the Health Sciences

Guidance from the MSL on sharing posters, presentations, articles and other scholarly works

Conferences

Academic and professional conferences are excellent venues for sharing posters and presentations about your research, programs or experiences. Many offer in-person, hybrid, or virtual formats. 

Some conferences, however, are misleading, exaggerated or even fake. Presenting at these types of conferences is a waste of money, time, and especially credibility. 

 

graph showing spectrum of fraudulent to qulaity conferences

Adapted from: The InterAcademy Partnership. (2022, Combatting Predatory Academic Journals and Conferences (Summary Report in English). Retrieved Apr 22, 2024 from https://www.interacademies.org/publication/predatory-practices-summary-English

 

This check list gives guidance on trusting a conference to attend and present your research - Think.Check.Attend Checklist

 

Texas A&M University & Local Conferences

Check the Texas A&M University Events Calendar for symposia, conferences and summits local to your campus. You can limit by location, type, and audience. 

 

Academic and Professional Organization Conferences

Finding organizations that sponsor reputable and affordable conferences:

  • Mentors and colleagues can give great advice.
  • Many national or international groups have regional affiliates with conferences that are easier to attend in-person.
  • Once you find a reputable conference, check the website for student memberships, travel or "best abstract" awards, or volunteer opportunities to help with funding attendance.
  • Check the Conferences tab in the Library database, Pivot
    • Choose to sign in with your NetID institutional login for "Texas A&M University-College Station"
    • Browse by Topic area or
    • Search by general topic (put multiple words in double quotes, such as "palliative care")
    • This database shares information about calls for papers with deadlines regarding forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors, and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world. The list is not all-inclusive, but it can be a great start.

 

Tips for Presenting In-Person and Digitally - tamu.libguides.com/posterpresentations/presenting 

 

See this article from Fisher and Trautner for  before, during, and after the conference ideas - Maximizing the Academic Conference Experience: Tips for Your Career Toolkit 

 

Are the proceedings of the conference going to be published in a journal or supplement?

  • Add the abstract citation to your CV once it is published.

 

Consider sharing the poster or presentation file(s) on a site such as SlideShare (freely available) or Texas A&M University's own OAKTrust (faculty and staff may upload anytime, students must have faculty partners)

  • Share ONLY IF
    • ALL co-authors agree to share. Some may not want to share results for preliminary data widely. This should be respected as a principle of good authorship.
    • You have permissions to share from creators of any images not your own.
  • Assign tags or keywords that people searching for your topic would likely use.
  • Add a citation to this link in your CV.
  • Promote your work in a professional manner on social media.
  • Track the metrics, such as downloads, views, or shares for your submission to get an idea of interest in the topic.

 

Add citations and/or links to proceedings or shared files to all of your digital profiles, such as Google Scholar, ORCID, LinkedIn or ResearchGate.

For more information about digital profiles, see - Scholarly Identity