Where are you going to publish your paper?
Dr. Jillian Buriak
Professor- University of Alberta
Associate Editor
ACS Nano, 2009-present
Board of Reviewing Editors (BoRE) Science, 2003-2008
Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Time: 3:00 – 4:30pm
Place: Between bldg.3 & bld.2, Auditorium 0215
If your research does not generate papers, it might just as well not have been done. “Interesting and unpublished” is equivalent to “non-existent.”
George M. Whitesides, Advanced Materials, 2004, 16, 1375.
Next to the research itself, publishing and disseminating our research results is the most important activity we do as scientists. In this informal, discussion-based talk, I hope to clarify a number of points related to the writing and publishing
process. For instance, I will answer the following questions, and try to provide constructive advice for how to improve your chances of traveling a smooth path to acceptance.
- What does an editor do when they receive a paper? (I’ll show you exactly what happens at the American Chemical Society, on Paragon Plus)
- How are the referees chosen?
- Why was my paper rejected without review?
- How do I choose the best journal for my paper?
- How do I handle the revisions?
- Is the impact factor important, and how is it calculated?
- What do I put in the cover letter? Does it matter?
- What should I do to help my paper get cited?
- What can I do to increase the chances of my paper getting accepted?
- What are the big mistakes that lead to rejection?
