Local: Auditorium Prof. Dr. José Marques Dos Santos
Date: Monday, June 30th, 2025 | 09h00-09h30
Chair: Rita Lado, Principal Researcher, LSRE-LCM/ALiCE, FEUP
Lecturers: Kay Tancock, Executive Publisher, Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
Kay Tancock
Executive Publisher, Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
Author workshop: a whistlestop tour of common ethical pitfalls of well-intentioned researchers
The talk will walk the audience through the ‘Top 10 Ethics Pitfalls of Well-Intentioned Researchers’. We will consider a number of typical items that honest researchers often get wrong, and how you can avoid them. The session looks beyond plagiarism and other intentional breaches in publishing ethics, and examines some of the key pitfalls you may not have considered. The aim is to assist new authors by making their publishing journey as straightforward as possible, and helping them to submit articles that will appeal to journal editors and reviewers. Join us for a half-hour countdown of everything you must not do if you want to get published!
Biography
Kay Tancock is the Executive Publisher overseeing a prestigious portfolio of Chemical and Environmental Engineering journals at Elsevier, including the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Chemical Engineering Science. With 12 years of experience at Elsevier, she has managed journals across diverse subject areas, from geography to control engineering. Based in the UK office in Oxford, Kay is dedicated to supporting early career researchers and will be available at DCE25 to engage with attendees about their publishing aspirations. Her presentation will focus on essential best practices for ethically sound publishing, and she welcomes further discussions on all publishing and journal-related topics during the conference. Attendees are more than welcome to plan conversations with Kay regarding their research publication plans.