Schema della sezione

    • Illustration by ©David Parkins (courtesy of).

      The course is aimed at students from the following doctoral schools: Pharmacology, Molecular Science, Materials Science and Technology. The 2025/26 course is aimed at first-year students of the 41st doctoral cycle.

      Important! Please note that it is necessary to have completed the Elements of Bibliographic Research Moodle course in order to participate in this course.

    • Location

      Room 2, Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, via Marzolo 5

    • Part 1, 9:00-10:00

      Course introduction (Filippo Vomiero)

      Discussion on:

      • known and used databases
      • open access: what do you know?
      • academic career: what you need to know

    • Part 2, 10:00-12:00

      Scopus (Filippo Vomiero)

      • Citation databases and bibliographic databases
      • Research by topic
      • Sources evaluation and retrieval
      • Bibliography and styles
      • Practical exercises

    • Location

      Room 2, Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, via Marzolo 5

    • Part 1, 9:00-10:30

      Scholarly communication (Marina Zannoni & Michela Zorzi)

      The publication process

      • Choosing the journal
        • The journals in the Chemical, Pharmacological, Physics field
        • How to evaluate a Journal and article metrics
        • Researcher metrics
        • CC Licenses
        • OA colours: Gold & Hybrid, Diamond
      • Article and submission requirements
      • Peer review
      • Facilitations for authors (read & publish agreements)

    • Part 2, 10:30-12:00

      Scholarly Communication part 2 (Michela Zorzi)

      • OA colours: Green
      • Repositories; Padua Research Archive (IRIS)

    • Location

      Room 2, Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, via Marzolo 5

    • Part 1, 9:00-10:30

      Intellectual property (Filippo Vomiero)

      • Licenses, copyright & intellectual property
      • PhD Theses FAQ

    • Part 2, 10:30-12:00

      Patent literature (Marina Zannoni)

      • Patent literature as a source of information and intellectual property

      Research data & Open Science (Michela Zorzi)

      • The management of research data (DMP, FAIR principles, Research Data Unipd)
      • Open access mandates to scientific publications and research data
    • Part 1, 9:00-11:00

      Zotero: a software to manage bibliographic references (Filippo Vomiero)

      Location: Room 2, Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, via Marzolo 5

    • Part 2, PhD-specific course sessions

      PhD in Molecular Sciences & Materials Science and Technology: 11:30-13:00

      Reaxys: how to retrieve literature, compound properties and chemical reaction data (Marta da Pian, Elsevier)

      Location: Room 2, Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, via Marzolo 5

      PhD in Pharmacological Sciences: 11:30-12:30

      AdisInsight: a database for drugs in development, clinical trials, patents and adverse drug reactions (Daniela Ranzani, Springer)

      Link: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/85777521888?pwd=pUbDshpymS2VfFLpb6NgjqZrBljbv2.1