Publications

Publishing original research results is a key outcome of doctoral studies.

Students who started their first year before 1 July 2025 must publish at least one original J‑type article in the WoS database as the first author or corresponding author, aligned with their dissertation topic.
Students who started their first year after 1 July 2025 must publish at least two J‑type articles in the WoS database related to their dissertation topic; for at least one of them, the student must be the first or corresponding author, and it must be an original research article (Jimp).

Within the course Publications, students may earn credits for published articles or for active participation in a scientific conference (poster or oral presentation). Supporting documents (e.g. abstract) must be sent to phd@pharm.muni.cz, and the publication record must be entered into the Information System.

All publications must be affiliated with the Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University, meaning the author’s affiliation must include the Faculty’s workplace.

Publication Ethics and Plagiarism Prevention

It is not permitted to publish in journals that exhibit predatory practices. The University Campus Library offers the “Prověřit” (Check) service, which can help you identify potentially predatory journals.

How to cite: principles of good citation practice, publication ethics, and plagiarism prevention
How to avoid plagiarism (a handbook on academic ethics for students)
Good practice in scientific publishing at MUNI

Citation Databases: WoS and Scopus

WoS – citation and bibliographic database

Scopus – a multidisciplinary citation and abstract database by Elsevier

ORCID

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) provides a unique and persistent identifier that researchers can use across their scientific, scholarly, and innovation activities.

As of 1 October 2025, a directive "MU instructions" is in force requiring publishing staff and doctoral students to create and use an ORCID identifier.

Creating an ORCID iD and managing your profile on the ORCID platform is free of charge. After a simple registration on the ORCID website, the researcher obtains a unique identifier and access to a personal profile, where information on education, employment, publications, and other research activities and outputs can be managed. Today, it is standard practice to include the ORCID identifier alongside the author’s name and affiliation when submitting a manuscript to a publisher.

Information about researcher identifiers is part of the research evaluation system and is increasingly required in grant applications. ORCID is also useful for any form of researcher presentation.

Register your ORCID in the IS MU system.
Keep your ORCID profile up to date.
Include your ORCID in your publications and when presenting your research activities.

Support for publication activities

Submission of research outputs to the Results Information Register: Irena Doubková
ORCID, Author Identifiers and Researcher Identity: Richard Heger
Open Science: Richard Heger
Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer: CTT
MUNI Directive No. 10/2013 – Intellectual Property at MU

First author

Has the main contribution to the publication and is listed first.

Senior author
Usually the project leader or head of the research group under whose overarching research plan the publication was produced.

Corresponding author

Typically the first or senior author; handles communication during peer review, ensures data integrity and availability, and responds to questions from the scientific community.

Shared authorship
Two or more authors who contributed equally.