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ACADEMIC PUBLISHING: FROM BENCH TO PRESS DR.FRANCK VAZQUEZ BASEL, 16 APRIL 2014

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ACADEMIC PUBLISHING:

FROM BENCH TO PRESS

DR. FRANCK VAZQUEZBASEL, 16 APRIL 2014

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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.

Adapted from wikipedia

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BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GET FUNDING

DO EXPERIMENTS

WRITE MANUSCRIPT

DESIGN PROJECT

PUBLISH RESULTS

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BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GET FUNDING

DO EXPERIMENTS

WRITE MANUSCRIPT

DESIGN PROJECT

PUBLISH RESULTS

BE UP‐TO‐DATE

MAKE HYPOTHESES

IDEA IS VALID ?

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BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GET FUNDING

DO EXPERIMENTS

WRITE MANUSCRIPT

DESIGN PROJECT

PUBLISH RESULTS

PLAN MANPOWER

PLAN BUDGET

WRITE APPLICATION

WAIT !!!

PLAN EXPERIMENTS

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BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GET FUNDING

DO EXPERIMENTS

WRITE MANUSCRIPT

DESIGN PROJECT

PUBLISH RESULTS

ANALYSE SAMPLES

RECORD DATA

PREPARE SAMPLES

CONCLUDE / NEW HYPOTHESES

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BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GET FUNDING

DO EXPERIMENTS

WRITE MANUSCRIPT

DESIGN PROJECT

PUBLISH RESULTS

BROAD CONCLUSION

SUMMARIZE DATA

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BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GET FUNDING

DO EXPERIMENTS

WRITE MANUSCRIPT

DESIGN PROJECT

PUBLISH RESULTS

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TIMING OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GET FUNDING

DO EXPERIMENTS

WRITE MANUSCRIPT

DESIGN PROJECT

PUBLISH RESULTS

GET FUNDING

DO EXPERIMENTS

WRITE MANUSCRIPT

DESIGN PROJECT

PUBLISH RESULTS

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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

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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.

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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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THANK YOU