When are your results ready for publications, who are the co-authors?
Conference presentation or journal article? Selection of the right journal.
What is your topic, what is your audience?
Title, abstract, introduction, preliminaries, new results, conclusions, references
Co-authors, acknowledgements (for persons and for funding organizations)
Word-processors, figures, tables
References, self-references
Submission, revisions according to the suggestions of the referees, archiving
Ethics issues

The PhD student – in close cooperation with his/her advisor – will be able to plan the publication activity, prepare the individual publications, and avoid some common mistakes.