How do you decide which journals are a best fit for your manuscript? Do you know that all rights to a work are often assigned to publishers when a manuscript is accepted? Is there a better option? What is Open Access publishing and what should you know about it This two-part workshop will cover criteria to consider when planning where to submit your work for publication and basic information about copyright as it pertains to publishing. In Where to Publish segment we will look at factors like acceptance rates, impact factors , indexing, cost to publish as open access, serving as the corresponding author, and more. The Author Rights segment we will discuss how author rights are a bundle of rights that may be negotiated by the author with the publisher. Learn to be a savvy author! Please bring your laptop if you can.