The Synergy of Career Development and Scientific Publication

The 9th Women’s Careers and Networks (WoCaNet) Symposium offered a comprehensive platform for exchanging ideas on career paths and building networks for women in science. A central aspect of this year’s symposium was the active participation of Cuvillier Verlag, the renowned Göttingen-based scientific publisher, which plays an important role in the publication of scientific works.

Organization and Outlook: The Future of WoCaNet

Why Cuvillier Verlag Can Be of Interest to Scientists

For researchers, especially doctoral candidates, publishing their research results is a crucial step in their scientific career. In this context, Cuvillier Verlag offers specific features and services that may be relevant to authors:

• Specialization and Expertise: The publisher focuses exclusively on scientific and academic publications. This specialization brings a deep understanding of the requirements and standards of scientific texts. This is reflected in the qualified support for authors, the design of publications, and the assurance of scientific integrity. The editorial team has expertise in preparing complex scientific content from various disciplines.
• Individual Support and Communication: Compared to very large publishing houses, Cuvillier Verlag offers personal communication. This can be particularly advantageous for young researchers who are publishing a comprehensive scientific work for the first time. Closer cooperation with the editorial and production departments facilitates the publication process and reduces uncertainties. Authors can clarify individual questions and discuss specific requirements.
• Efficient Publication Processes: The publisher is known for its efficient publication processes. Prompt publication of research results is of great importance in science to reflect the current state of research, set priorities, and accelerate the advancement of knowledge. Short turnaround times from manuscript submission to publication are often an important factor for researchers.
• Comprehensive Distribution Network and Visibility: Although independent, Cuvillier Verlag has an established distribution network. Published works are distributed through various channels to reach the worldwide scientific community. These include traditional bookstores, scientific libraries—both national and international—and online platforms. Listing in relevant databases and library catalogs ensures the findability, long-term availability, and citability of publications.
• Adaptation to Modern Publication Forms (Open Access): Cuvillier Verlag is aware of the trend towards more Open Access and offers corresponding publication models and an Open Access platform with approx. 2000 titles. Open Access enables free and unrestricted online accessibility of scientific content, which can increase the reach and citation rate of research results. This flexibility in choosing the publication model is an important aspect for many scientists today.

The Advantages of the Cumulative Dissertation

Position yourself with your cumulative monograph to present your entire professional competence. This makes your research profile currently available and shows your entire range of services. This way you can document for your professional future:

• How you conducted your research
• With which project partners you worked
• How you designed your methodical search for new insights and systematic documentation

Free yourself from complex and lengthy review processes! Present yourresearch in a timely manner, use your doctorate immediately, and thus avoid losing your job (e.g., with temporary university positions) or increase your chances in vacant positions in the economy. This way you avoid significant income losses.

When publishing a cumulative monograph, the following advantages arise for
you:

• Generate reach, even if individual articles were not classified as A-papers.
• The doctorate can be used even before the articles are published in journals—this opens up further career prospects and a higher salary for you earlier.
• A publication as a print and eBook with ISBN is actually cheaper with Cuvillier Verlag than just an eBook publication—contact us!
• Publication in journals is guaranteed.
• Professional advice and support.
• Your dissertation appears as print, eBook, and server license and/or as Open Access and makes your research results available to science and business in a bundled form.
• Promotion of your scientific reputation through international distribution and excellent marketing.
• Strong distribution partners (Schweitzer Fachinformationen, ciando, EBSCO, etc.) position your title in libraries, which increases citations and impact factor.
• Through active and targeted search engine optimization (SEO), your title can be found worldwide with all search terms.
• In addition, the bundled presentation of your cumulative dissertation as a monographic publication significantly facilitates access to your research and literature search.
• You are also entitled to the distribution of VG Wort. More information can be found in our info box on our website.

You are the knowledge elite! By publishing your research in a healthy German or European publishing landscape, you do not participate in the exorbitant price increases of journals and contribute to realizing immense savings potential. These savings would enable our universities to retain excellent research, create new positions, and strengthen research and development. It is important not to sell our produced knowledge, which is funded by all of our tax money, to oligopolistic journals and then buy back your own knowledge—with price increases of 7600% in the last 43 years. It is important to keep the knowledge in our knowledge pools and not give it to the American journal pool with often stifled licenses.

How Cuvillier Verlag Supports the Publication of a Cumulative Dissertation

Publication also places specific demands on the publisher, for which Cuvillier Verlag can offer comprehensive support:

• Professional Formatting and Standardization: One of the biggest challenges with a cumulative dissertation is the merging of articles originally created for different journals with different formatting guidelines. Cuvillier Verlag has the expertise and technical capabilities to professionally design these different components into a unified and coherent overall work. This includes the alignment of fonts, citation styles, illustration styles, and other formatting details, so that the dissertation is perceived as a cohesive work. In addition, the framework (introduction, discussion, summary) is optimally integrated into the overall work to create a common thread through the individual publications.
• Clarification of Copyright and Publication Rights: The publication of articles that have already appeared in journals requires careful clarification of rights with the respective original publishers. This can be a complex and time-consuming process. Cuvillier Verlag can provide advice here, support communication with journal publishers, and obtain the necessary permissions for secondary publication within the dissertation. This support significantly relieves authors and ensures the legal correctness of the publication.
• Compliance with University Requirements: Universities often have specific requirements for the acceptance and publication of dissertations, including cumulative models. Cuvillier Verlag is familiar with these requirements and can ensure that the formatted dissertation complies with the guidelines of the respective university, which simplifies the administrative process for doctoral candidates.
• Physical and Digital Availability: The publisher not only ensures the professional printing of the dissertation but also its digital availability. This is important to make the work accessible to a wider readership and to place it in relevant online archives and databases. The physical edition is also important for archiving in libraries and as a personal reference work. Findability, visibility, and citability are premises of modern publishing.
• Long-term Archivin and Findability: Cuvillier Verlag contributes to the long-term archiving and findability of the dissertation. By registering with the German National Library and listing in relevant scientific catalogs, it is ensured that the research results remain accessible and citable for decades. This increases the sustainability of the published research.

Conclusion: WoCaNet and Cuvillier Verlag’s Contribution to Science Promotion

The 9th WoCaNet Symposium 2025 was a successful event that made an important contribution to strengthening and networking women in science. The diverse workshops, inspiring lectures, and the interactive career fair offered participants valuable impulses for their professional development. The presence and commitment of Cuvillier Verlag at the career fair underline the important role of publishers in the entire scientific publication system. For
researchers, especially those who opt for high-quality publication, Cuvillier Verlag is a valuable partner. It not only provides the necessary infrastructure for professional publication but also 36 years of expertise and support that completes the complex process of dissertation and all other scientific publications and makes the research results accessible to the world. The cooperation between initiatives like WoCaNet and specialized publishers like
Cuvillier Verlag is crucial to optimally promote young scientists and sustainably strengthen the research community.