Feel Recognized: Dissemination is the way - Introduction

What is dissemination ?

To spread abroad your work as though sowing seed is known as dissemination. With dissemination, only half of the communication model theory is applied. The information is sent out and received, but no reply is given. The message carrier sends out the information, not to one individual, but many in a broadcasting system. An example of this transmission of information is in the field of advertising, public announcements and speeches. Another perspective to look at dissemination is that of which it derives from the Latin roots, the scattering of seeds. These seeds are metaphors for voice or words: to spread voice, words, and opinion to an audience ^[1].

Is Dissemination of your research manuscript a sole responsibility of Publisher? 
The answer is NO, because with the increasing traffic of research manuscripts and sources to disseminate on the World Wide Web, it is not a good decision to rely completely on publisher for disseminating your research work.

In these series of posts, we will discuss about the dissemination of research manuscripts on the behalf of author considering two scenarios: Before Publishing / After Publishing in any peer-reviewed journals, conference or symposium etc. In the first case, be careful to check out the dissemination policies of your publisher before disseminating your published manuscript. On the other hand, if you have chosen to disseminate your research manuscript before submitting it to any Open Access Journals like IJORCS, Wiley Open Access etc. do check their policies on their website.

This series would be dedicated to provide information about the usage of various dissemination techniques, such as by using:

• Pre-print archives 
• Using Social networks 
• Open access repositories 
• Institutional repositories 
• Press releases 
• Institutional newsletters 
• Research briefs 
• Printed briefs on Conferences 
• Podcasts 
• Video dissemination 
• Wikipedia 
• Reference management websites 

References:

[1].  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissemination (last accessed 25 September 2012).

Contributed By: Gursharan Singh, Hasmeet Singh