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ACADEMIC PUBLISHING:
FROM BENCH TO PRESS
DR. FRANCK VAZQUEZBASEL, 16 APRIL 2014
BASIC RESEARCH ?
RESEARCH IS USED TO ESTABLISH FACTS, SOLVE NEW OR EXISTING PROBLEMS ANDTO SUPPORT OR DEVELOP NEW THEORIES.
RESEARCH PROJECTS CAN SERVE TO EXPAND PAST WORKS IN THE FIELDAND MIGHT TEST THE VALIDITY OF INSTRUMENTS OR PROCEDURES.
THE PURPOSE OF BASIC RESEARCH ARE DOCUMENTATION, DISCOVERY,INTERPRETATION, OR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF METHODSAND SYSTEMS.
AIM OF RESEARCH IS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND TO USE THIS KNOWLEDGETO CREATE NEW APPLICATIONS.
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BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
GET FUNDING
DO EXPERIMENTS
WRITE MANUSCRIPT
DESIGN PROJECT
PUBLISH RESULTS
BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
GET FUNDING
DO EXPERIMENTS
WRITE MANUSCRIPT
DESIGN PROJECT
PUBLISH RESULTS
BE UP‐TO‐DATE
MAKE HYPOTHESES
IDEA IS VALID ?
BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
GET FUNDING
DO EXPERIMENTS
WRITE MANUSCRIPT
DESIGN PROJECT
PUBLISH RESULTS
PLAN MANPOWER
PLAN BUDGET
WRITE APPLICATION
WAIT !!!
PLAN EXPERIMENTS
BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
GET FUNDING
DO EXPERIMENTS
WRITE MANUSCRIPT
DESIGN PROJECT
PUBLISH RESULTS
ANALYSE SAMPLES
RECORD DATA
PREPARE SAMPLES
CONCLUDE / NEW HYPOTHESES
BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
GET FUNDING
DO EXPERIMENTS
WRITE MANUSCRIPT
DESIGN PROJECT
PUBLISH RESULTS
BROAD CONCLUSION
SUMMARIZE DATA
BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
GET FUNDING
DO EXPERIMENTS
WRITE MANUSCRIPT
DESIGN PROJECT
PUBLISH RESULTS
TIMING OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
GET FUNDING
DO EXPERIMENTS
WRITE MANUSCRIPT
DESIGN PROJECT
PUBLISH RESULTS
GET FUNDING
DO EXPERIMENTS
WRITE MANUSCRIPT
DESIGN PROJECT
PUBLISH RESULTS
PUBLISHING ?
THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION,LITERATURE, MUSIC, …
THE ACTIVITY OF MAKING INFORMATION/KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE.
PUBLICATION IS IMPORTANT AS A LEGAL CONCEPT:
GIVES FORMAL NOTICE OF AN INTENTIONESTABLISHES COPYRIGHT = PROTECTS INFORMATIONSERVES TO ESTABLISH/DETERMINE PRIMACY
ACADEMIC PUBLISHING
ONLY EXPERTS CAN READ / FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR MANUSCRIPT.THESE EXPERTS ARE YOUR COMPETITORS!!
THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS/EDITORS IS TO MANAGE THEPROCESS OF PEER REVIEW:
MAIN AIM IS TO ORGANIZE AN IMPARTIAL ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCHMANUSCRIPTS.
ANOTHER AIM IS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND RELEASE NEWFINDINGS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
SCIENTISTS RELY ON IMPACT FACTOR OF JOURNALS TO PUBLISH THEIR WORK:
AVERAGE NUMBER OF CITATIONS TO RECENT ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THEJOURNAL
NUMBER OF CITATIONS IN YEAR N TO PAPERS IN YEAR N‐1 AND N‐2
IF =NUMBER OF CITABLE PAPERS PUBLISHED IN YEAR N‐1 AND N‐2
IT IS AN INDICATOR OF THE JOURNAL VISIBILITY AND QUALITY:THE HIGHEST IMPACT, THE HIGHEST VISIBILITY !
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