Identify Yourself
It is a good idea to obtain a free persistent identifying number that can be used to distinguish your scholarly works from that of people who share your name, and to connect your works as you change your name, institutional affiliation, etc. ORCID is a prominent example.

Publish Open Access
Open Access Publishing Fee Waivers available at Cal Poly.

Vet Your Publishing Venue
Tips for deciding whether the journal you are submitting to has high quality standards.

Peer Review of Methods
A growing number of journals offer the option to submit your research methods for peer review, and provisionally agree to publish the results of your study, regardless of what you find. Find out more by reading about Registered Reports on the Open Science Framework. 

Portable Peer Review
An emerging publishing option is to have your manuscript peer reviewed for scientific merit before submitting to a specific journal. Reviews can be transferred to a variety of affiliated journals. The Review Commons is an example of this approach.