Publish Your First Research Paper
Topic to literature review to submission - the full pipeline.
Free to watch. Starting adds a personal copy to My Learning with progress tracking and a curated-path certificate on completion.
About this path
The research pipeline end to end, assembled from five courses: find a topic worth the months you'll spend on it, run a proper literature review, cite in APA without plagiarism risk, navigate journals and the submission process, and keep it all organized in a Zettelkasten built for academics.
What you'll learn
- Choose a research topic with a defensible gap
- Conduct and structure a literature review
- Cite in APA style and stay clear of plagiarism
- Navigate journal selection, submission, and review
- Run a Zettelkasten that compounds across projects
The path, module by module
Each step is lifted from a full course in our catalog, and where a course repeats itself we keep only the lessons that earn their place.
Module 1 · from How to Find a Research Topic
From Interest to Research Question
Narrowing a topic into a question a journal can publish.
4 lessons · 1h 14m · hand-picked from 8
How To Choose A Research Topic For A Dissertation Or Thesis (7 Step Method + Examples) · Research Gap 101: What Is A Research Gap & How To Find One (With Examples) · How To Find A Research Gap (Quickly!): Step-By-Step Tutorial With Examples + Free Worksheet
Module 2 · from Literature Review Bootcamp
Read the Field Systematically
A structured search and synthesis process, so the review is an argument rather than a summary pile.
4 lessons · 2h 31m · hand-picked from 8
How To Write A Literature Review In 3 Simple Steps (FREE Template With Examples) · Literature Review Example & Sample: Full Walkthrough + Free Proposal Template · Literature Review 101: SIMPLE Explainer With Examples (+ FREE Template)
Module 3 · from Zettelkasten for Academics
Notes That Become a Draft
A note system where reading compounds into writing instead of accumulating as highlights.
3 lessons · 53m · hand-picked from 8
Write in your OWN words | zettelkasten/academic note-taking tips 📝 · writing, teaching, youtube | day to day life as a PhD candidate in performance studies 🎭📚 · 3 ways I organize my PhD notes
Module 4 · from Publish Your First Research Paper
From Draft to Submission
Structure, submission, and the review process, from someone who has been through it.
8 lessons · 1h 51m
You are choosing keywords for a paper WRONG! Do THIS instead... · What they don't tell you about academic publishing | 5 SECRETS · How to write a peer reviewed research paper | Full road map...
Module 5 · from Citations, APA Style & Avoiding Plagiarism
APA Style Made Easy
APA without guesswork. A desk-reference module you will reopen for years.
5 lessons · 21m
Formatting in APA Style 7th Edition Playlist Introduction | Scribbr 🎓 · APA 7th Edition: The Basics of APA In-text Citations | Scribbr 🎓 · APA 7th Edition: Creating APA Reference Entries | Scribbr 🎓