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After You Publish: Communicating Research to Non-Researchers

Disseminating Research

We define dissemination as a planned process that involves consideration of target audiences and the settings in which research findings are to be received and, where appropriate, communicating and interacting with wider policy and health service audiences in ways that will facilitate research uptake in decision-making processes and practice.

- Wilson PM, Petticrew M, Calnan MW, Nazareth I. Disseminating research findings: what should researchers do? A systematic scoping review of conceptual frameworks. Implementation science : IS. 2010;5(1):91-.

Caution: Sharing full text

When you publish an article, usually the copyright is transferred from you to the journal or publisher.  This means that they can set the conditions - usually a fee - for who can see the article.

To find out whether and how a publisher or journal allows you to share the full text of articles you have published with them, take a look at SHERPA/RoMEO's Publisher Copyright Policies and Self Archiving page.