Length of paper? How original? Is there a specific benchmark for a study to be labeled as a "breakthrough"? Specific discipline? Citations? References?
2006-12-02 18:36:39 · 3 answers · asked by ahpiau22 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Your question is one that I've wondered myself. I want to publish eventually but here's something you MUST know. I found this out a couple years ago when discussing it with professors. Getting a paper published isn't that hard. You don't have to figure out cold fusion in order to get published :-D In fact, often these conferences are just a way to make money. I'm too lazy to look up the reference to this (that and I'm busy) but there was a team of students at MIT a few years ago who created a computer program to churn out a "scientific paper". All it did was spit out a bunch of sentences that, taken individually, sounded very professional and scholarly but when put together, were complete gobbldy-guk.
Specific discipline? Well, that just depends. You need to find out what the current "fad" is in science (or w/e your field is). Research is not immune to trends and you're more likely to get published if you are researching a sexy topic (i.e - one that's popular).
Hope this helps!
2006-12-02 20:40:14 · answer #1 · answered by jonbauer99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have the luck to be working on the "hot" topic. Have something to say that people in the field will find interesting, doesn't have to be a major "breakthrough".
Write it well. Clear, logical, excellent English, precisely according to the standards published by the journal.
Be like everybody else. See what length is being published, etc.
2006-12-03 01:07:38 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many times do you intend to ask this?
2006-12-03 00:05:43 · answer #3 · answered by Akilesh - Internet Undertaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋