DoST PCIEERD, Elsevier train 4,000 researchers on research publishing

AIMING to upskill science researchers on publishing their work, the Department of Science and TechnologyPhilippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DoST-PCIEERD) and global scientific publication aggregator Elsevier trained 4,000 scientists and engineers from 26 countries on using the scientific search engine.

Titled “Best Practices in Writing and Publishing Your Research Paper,” the webinar was a first of a series of workshops lined up for the renewed partnership between the DoST council and Elsevier in boosting the capabilities of the country’s science and technology community.

The event was facilitated by Johan Jang, customer consultant of Elsevier Southeast Asia.

Dr. Enrico Paringit, executive director of DoST-PCIEERD, emphasized that access to scientific information benefits the country as it gives barrier-free access to various literature that Filipino researchers need for their own research projects. It also allows teachers to bring current research into the classroom and addresses the problem of the rising cost of journal subscriptions.

A total of 3,936 participants from the Philippines attended the webinar who came from diverse institutions, mostly from the government and academe. The rest came from the US, UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Egypt and South Africa among others.

Elsevier renewed DOST’s subscription to its peer-reviewed journals in October 2020, enabling three sectoral planning councils, two collegial and scientific bodies, seven research and development institutes (RDIs) and six S&T service institutes and partner higher education institutions (HEIs) of DOST to continue accessing ScienceDirect, a leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature.

Paringit further encouraged researchers to submit proposals to DoSTPCIEERD to forge partnership among science communicators in the country. The council started accepting research proposals in its priority areas on May 3 until June 3, 2021.