Guest Speakers
Roine Leiringer
Associate Professor
Department of Real Estate and Construction
The University of Hong Kong
Andy Dainty
Director, Loughborough University Doctoral College
Writing A Scientific Article
Why is this important?
- A large proportion of what researchers of is writing
- This is how you disseminate your research and ideas
- Journal papers are one of the fundamental measure of your effectiveness and quality as a researcher and academic
- At present, probably the single most important thing in terms of career progression (promotion, grants, external appointments etc.)
The process of writing
- Keep writing, regardless of quality and purpose!! You get better at it over time
- Expect to draft and redraft text many times!
- Read as much as possible!
- Make coherent notes on relevant papers and books you read
- Try to emulate scholars you admire and the styles/format of journals you might target
“Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.”
——George Eilot
Writing for publication
- Think about your audience
- Target a specific journal or conference
- The structure of a scientific paper is usually quite standardised
- But check carefully for variations!
Introduction
- Provide the setting for the paper and introduction the reader to the topic under investigation and provide at least a partial description of what is to come (the first two sentences are important!!)
- Explain the significance of the research or paper, and justifies why it is important and interesting – so what?
- Make sure you have a statement of the purpose of the paper / research
- Depending on the journal, the introduction might include the discussion of relevant literature – current state of the art
- It can be useful to explain how you have structured your argument, i.e. what is to come
- The knowledge gap fallacy
For more information, refer to the soft copy….
Playing the Citation Game
Outline
- The importance of developing a citation profile – a case study
- Knowing your IFs from you SNIPs and your SJRs
- Playing the game effectively
If you do nothing else, of this…
- Search for yourself and make sure your top-ranking profiles are up-to-date
- Check which outlines are working for you and why
- Go open access
- Focus on promotion on the IR version
- Get alerted when your work is cited and mentioned
- Get an ORCID
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