How to write and publish scientific paper (note from Coursera)

Research Question/Gap

To develop your knowledge

• We need to know the community within the scientific areas, and search which papers are essential or related.

• Picking the one that is essential and study.

• Identify conference -- and go

• Identify paper -- and read

• Making 10 years bibliography of your research topic

The review process

- Anonymity -- single blind (not know who is the reviewers), double blind (both are blinded)

- Acceptance ratio -- depending on the journal

- Time scale

○ Preprint helps to fast publish your work (if that work is timely mannered

- Content accuracy

Goals of the literatures

- Identify the knowledge frontier and what needs to be studied

- Identify the context of your research question/research problem

- Identify keywords, variables linked to your research question, and their potential relationships

- Establish the relationship between theoretical frames on one part and empirical considerations on the other

Finding the gap

- Clear

- Precise

- Concise

- It is something that highlight in the MS

Building research design

- Coherence (go along)

- Answer the research question

- One idea one paper

Writing academic paper

Title

- Clear

- Short

- Powerful

Abstract

- Most important part

Introduction

- Balancing telling everything and keep some as secrets

- Literature review

○ Finding the gap for each research

○ Leading to why we need to do it

Methodology

- Research design

- Must be reliable

- Inform the data analysis

Results

- Present your finding

Discussion

- How would you describing your research finding to compare with others

- Novelty from the previous literature

Conclusion

- The format really depends on the journal

- Some indicate limitation

Some mentioned on the summarization of study

Essential tips

- Write for specific community and journal

- Introduction

○ Motivation

§ Real gap in literature

§ Why our work is important

○ Write only what is important

○ Have a purpose in each outline to lead to research problem

Building Checklist

- Reduce rejection rate

        - Avoid blank page syndrome