Writing and publishing a scientific article - REDACTAR Y PUBLICAR UN ARTíCULO CIENTíFICO

Emma Rochelle-Newall is a director of research at IRD, which she joined in 2003 after completing a PhD at the University of Maryland in the United States and a post-doctorate at the CNRS. She is currently director of one of the five scientific departments of IRD. As part of her work at IRD, she regularly teaches students and young researchers in developing countries on how to write scientific articles.

Dr Abdou Beukeu Sow's research on the informational practices of Senegalese researchers has shown that social representations have an impact on researchers' productivity. The understanding of issues linked to the production of Scientific and Technical Information (STI) and its dissemination plays a fundamental role in scientific writing. Dr Sow’s experience in the field of university libraries has given him an understanding of how young researchers consider the role of bibliographic references when writing their articles, theses and reports and how their conception of STI dictates their information and communication practices (research, dissemination and STI).

An electrical engineer and doctor in telecommunications and signal processing, Mamadou Lamine Ndiaye is a professor in the electrical engineering department of the Polytechnic Graduate School (ESP) of Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (UCAD). He teaches electronics (analogue and digital), embedded systems, object-oriented programming (JAVA), networks (IP technologies and associated protocols), telecommunications and signal processing. He currently leads the Research and Cooperation Department at the ESP and, since 2010, has led a research group on energy management systems at ESP. Professor Ndiaye has published around twenty publications over the past five years, supervised three PhDs and is currently supervising five PhD students in the field of electrical systems and signal processing.

Since 2013, Bernabé Batchakui has been a member of the MOOC editorial committee of the RESCIF (Francophone Network of Excellence in Engineering Science) and MOOC manager at the National Advanced School of Engineering of Yaoundé (ENSPY) in Cameroon, where he is a teacher-researcher. Since December 2017, he has been quality officer for the University of Yaoundé 1 in the framework of the REAMOOC (African Network for the Development of MOOCs). He is also a member of the coordination team for the second-year research Master’s at the Computer Engineering department of ENSPY. Since 2009 he has regularly contributed to the supervision of students on post-graduate programmes (Master's and PhD), with nearly 70 engineering theses and second-year research Master’s, one PhD in 2019 and four PhDs underway. Using his skills and experience, Dr Batchakui aims to contribute to research at his university by equipping academics with didactic tools to help publish their scientific articles. Dr Batchakui is also a reviewer for leading conferences and journals: IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), African Conference on Research in Computer Science (CARI), Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems (SITIS) and Arima Journal, among others.

Bhen Sikina Toguebaye is a professor, lecturer in scientific writing at the Inter-State School of Veterinary Sciences and Medicine of Dakar and a member of the Senegalese National Ethics Committee for Health Research.

Dr Diallo has published multiple research articles and regular reviews in specialist scientific journals. He has supervised Master’s students and contributed to several scientific papers. In this MOOC, Dr Diallo shares his experience and knowledge in writing and publishing scientific articles.