introduction to technical writing€¦ · • sequence and list the figures, table, notecards etc....

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

by Halina Misran

Lecture 1-1

Academic Publication -UNIM 513 July 2012

Dr Halina Misran

reporting of new and novel results to the larger community of researchers.

your results will contributes to the pool of knowledge within your field of specializations (and others!).

very often provides information that helps others to interpret their own experimental results.

Why do you need to write and publish an academic paper ?

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Advantages of Academic Paper Writing

• Rigid writing style will allow researchers of all level to understand the contents.

• Simple and straight to the point.

• Readers will get the key results and conclusions

they are looking for.


Types of Academic Papers

• Review Paper

• Conference Proceeding

• Original Research Article

• Letter to Editor


Types of Academic Papers (continued)

Review Paper • The purpose of a review paper is to thoroughly

review recent progress in a particular topic.

• Overall, the paper summarizes the current state of knowledge of the topic. It creates an understanding of the topic for the reader by discussing the findings presented in recent research papers.

• A review paper synthesizes the results from several primary literature papers to produce a coherent argument about a topic or focused description of a field.



Conference Proceeding

• In academic publishing, proceedings are the collection of academic papers that are published in the context of an academic conference.

• are usually distributed as printed books (or sometimes CDs) either before the conference opens

or after the conference has closed.

• Proceedings contain the contributions made by researchers at the conference. They are the written record of the work that is

presented to fellow researchers.



Original Research Article • A research article reports the results of original research, assesses its contribution to the body of knowledge in a given area, and is published in a

peer-reviewed scholarly journal. • A given academic field will likely have dozens of

peer-reviewed journals.



Letter to Editor

• In academic publishing, letters to the editor of an academic journal are usually open post-publication reviews of a paper, often critical of some aspect of the original paper.

• The authors of the original paper sometimes respond to these with a letter of their own.


Review


Research

Article


How to start…

What is the “story” of my paper?

What is new/novel in my paper? – novel materials, novel method, novel software etc. or modified method and approach.

What has been improved or achieved in my paper?

What is the “niche” of my paper, or where is the heart of my paper?

…you will have to keep reminding yourselves to

stick to these points throughout the long and winding writing process…(at least 3 months for beginners)


Where do I start?

• Get Organized.

• Gather all the data that you already have.

• Print out all charts, schematic diagrams, tables, etc.

**do not include raw data in your journal unless it is

very necessary to build up your story (often as

Supplementary Information given free by the

journals online.

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Where do I start?

• Sequence and list the figures, table, notecards etc. according to your storyline. •Before starting to write the paper, take the time to

think and develop a list of points to be made in the paper.

• As you progress, use whichever strategy works for

you to begin to order and to organize those points and ideas into sections.


An academic paper should consists of :


• Title

• Abstract

• Materials and Methods / Experimental Method

• Results and Discussion

• Conclusions

• Acknowledgement

• Literature Cited



• Title

The correct title will increase the visibility of your paper ~chances to be cited by other people are higher.

- should be concise and reflect the contents of the

paper.

- it could be short and unambiguous, yet be an

adequate description of the work or long and

descriptive.

- should contain the key words describing the work

presented.

Paper Title ~ VERY IMPORTANT

not a section, but it is necessary and important.

Remember that the title becomes the basis for most on-

line computer searches - if your title is insufficient, few people will find or read your paper.

The Title will probably be written earlier, but is often modified once the final form of the paper is clearly known.



• Abstract

What did I do in this study?

What are the key findings?

What are the differences of this study with the previous studies?

Summarize



• Introduction

What are the current problems, what had been done so far by other scientists and how I plan to overcome them?



• Materials and Methods / Experimental Method

How did I solve these problems?



• Results & Discussion

What did I found out at the end of my studies & what do they means?

Evidences :

Tabulate your results in Figures and Tables.

Explain your results in relation to previous findings.

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0 10 20 30Pore diameter (nm)

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MSF-6

MSF-7

MSF-8

MSF-9

Figures

Fig. 1. Pore size distributions.

Reusable low-cost

optical pH sensor Low-cost Optical Gas Sensor

(CO2, NH3, CH3COOH, HCl etc.)

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Effective High-

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Materials

pH sensing

core-shell silica

embedded

membrane

pH 10

pH 5

pH 6

pH 7

pH 8

pH 9

hollow or

functionalized

core

nanoporous silica shell

Low-cost template for

mesoporous carbon

and carbon nanotube

Nanoporous silica

Carbon Nanotube

Nanoporous silica

Nanoporous carbon

Figures

http://www.astisensor.com/pro4.htm

Schematic Diagrams

micelles self-assemble

into arrays

anionic species

condensation to form

linkages

thermal treatment to obtain

nanoporous materials

Process 1 Process 2 Process 3

Actual Pictures, Electron Microscopy Images

Reusable low-cost



UVA/UVB Protected


Effective High-

cleaning Abrasive

Materials

pH sensing

core-shell silica

embedded

membrane

pH 10

pH 5

pH 6

pH 7

pH 8

pH 9

hollow or

functionalized

core



mesoporous carbon

and carbon nanotube

Nanoporous silica

Carbon Nanotube

Nanoporous silica

Nanoporous carbon


Table 3. Pore characteristics comparison

7.8

13.3

12.4

9.6

pore

diameter*3

(nm)

MSF-9

MSF-8

MSF-7

MSF-6

sample

C8

C10

C12

C14

1.10

1.07

1.35

1.04

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449

445

carbon

chain

pore

volume*2

(mL/g)

surface

area*1

(m2/g)

7.8

13.3

12.4

9.6

pore

diameter*3

(nm)

MSF-9

MSF-8

MSF-7

MSF-6

sample

C8

C10

C12

C14

1.10

1.07

1.35

1.04

505

244

449

445

carbon

chain

pore

volume*2

(mL/g)

surface

area*1

(m2/g)

*1 By B.E.T. method *2 By t-plot method *3 By BJH pore size distribution

Reusable low-cost



UVA/UVB Protected


Effective High-

cleaning Abrasive

Materials

pH sensing

core-shell silica

embedded

membrane

pH 10

pH 5

pH 6

pH 7

pH 8

pH 9

hollow or

functionalized

core



mesoporous carbon

and carbon nanotube

Nanoporous silica

Carbon Nanotube

Nanoporous silica

Nanoporous carbon

Tables


Equations



• Conclusions

In summary, what did I get at the end of this study?



• Acknowledgements

• Who helped me out?

People, research grants, universities.

“ The authors thank……”



• Literature Cited

• Whose work did I refer to?

Most journals and conferences accept papers for publications only after peer review

by a small group of scientists who work in the same field and who recommend the paper to be published

(always with some revision )

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Journal Writing – UNIM 513 Jan 2012

Dr Halina Misran

Peer Review

Journals Ranking

• is widely used in academic circles in the evaluation of an academic journal's impact and quality.

• are intended to reflect the place of a journal within its field, the relative difficulty of being published in that journal, and the prestige associated with it.

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High Impact Factor Journal

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Journals Ranking

Measures

Impact factor

ISI listed - Institute of Science Index

SCOPUS listed

The g-index

The h-index

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Impact Factor (IF)

Reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in the journals.

Quartile rankings are derived for each journal in each of its subject according to which quartile of the IF distribution the journal occupies for that subject category.

Q1 denotes top 25% of the IF distribution

Q2 a middle-high position (between top 50% and top 25%)

Q3 a middle-low position (top 75% to top 50%)

Q4 bottom position (bottom 25% of the IF distribution).

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ISI - Institute of Science Index - Thompsonreuters

provide comprehensive coverage of the world's most

important and influential journals and research results.

It maintains citation databases covering thousands (ca. 25,000) of academic journals, including

Engineering Index(EI)

Science Citation Information (SCI)

Science Citation Information Expanded (SCIE)

Social Science Citation Information (SSCI)

Arts and Humanities Citation Information(AHCI)

Electronic Social and Science Citation Index (ESSCI)

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ISI Journal List in Materials

Total journals found: 145

46. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

47. JOURNAL OF BIOBASED MATERIALS AND BIOENERGY

48. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

49. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

50. JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

51. JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

52. JOURNAL OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS

53. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

54. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

55. JOURNAL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AND MATERIALS

56. JOURNAL OF INORGANIC MATERIALS

57. JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS

58. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

59. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS EDUCATION

60. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE

61. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

62. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

63. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

64. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

65. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

66. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS

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SCOPUS (Elsevier) Listed Journals

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g-index

an index for quantifying scientific productivity based on

publication record.

It was suggested in 2006 by Leo Egghe.

Given a set of articles ranked in

decreasing order of the number of

citations that they received.

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h-index (Hirsch index)

The h-index is an index that attempts to measure quantity and

quality of the published work of a scientist or scholar.

The index is based on the distribution of citations received by a

given researcher's publications.

A researcher has index h if h of his/her Np papers have at least h

citations each, and the other (Np − h) papers have no more than h

citations each.

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Thomson Reuters Master Journal List JOURNAL LIST

Total journals found: 145

46. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

47. JOURNAL OF BIOBASED MATERIALS AND BIOENERGY

48. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

49. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

50. JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS

51. JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

52. JOURNAL OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS

53. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

54. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

55. JOURNAL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AND MATERIALS

56. JOURNAL OF INORGANIC MATERIALS

57. JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS

58. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

59. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS EDUCATION

60. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE

61. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

62. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

63. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

64. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

65. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

66. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS

67. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE

68. JOURNAL OF MECHANICS OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

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