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Academic Writing, Visualization, Presentation, and Publishing of Research is a comprehensive guide to scholarly communication in a digital research environment. Written for PhD candidates and early-career researchers in the social sciences and management, it shows how to write with clarity, visualise data with accuracy, present findings with confidence, and navigate publishing with integrity.

Rather than treating these as separate skills, the book links them as one workflow: how arguments travel from a dissertation chapter to a figure, from a slide deck to a manuscript, and into peer review and open access publication. It also addresses the realities of modern research communication, including collaborative writing platforms, virtual conferences, preprints, and responsible use of AI tools.

Key features include:

· Step-by-step guidance on academic writing across genres, including theses, journal articles, and book chapters

· Practical support for literature reviews and systematic literature reviews (SLRs), including search strategy, screening, synthesis, and reporting

· Principles and best practice for data visualisation, including accessibility, chart selection, and avoiding misleading graphics

· A tool-aware overview of visualisation and writing software, from spreadsheets to R and Python, plus collaboration and reference management tools

· Guidance on research presentations across formats, including conferences, seminars, posters, and doctoral defences, with advice for virtual delivery

· A clear roadmap through publishing, peer review, open access options, and responding to reviewer feedback

Written for PhD candidates, early-career researchers, and methods instructors in the social sciences and management, this volume also supports research support staff and supervisors who need a course-ready reference on communicating research well across written, visual, and spoken formats.