Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
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RESEARCH PAPERS
YASHAVANTHA DONGRE
UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE
CONTENTS
• Specializedbroad interest
• Theoreticalapplied
• Full-length
• Subscriptionopen access
• Timeliness of publication process
• Journal reputation
Ethical Guidelines
• Citation
Private conversations referenced in publications
only with permission
• Acknowledgement
Contribution is not significant enough to list
as author, must obtain permission first
Types of Authorship
• Lead author
Primary responsibility, most substantial contribution,
usually first author
Abstract
• Problem and objectives
• Methodology
• Findings and Conclusion
• Research’s effect and impact
Check journal style guide for abstract
length restrictions
Sections of an Article
Introduction
• Problem to be addressed
• Background and literature review
• New developments and principle results
• Research purpose and method
Sections of an Article
Discussion
• Results viewed in larger context
• Comparison with other related work
• Significance
Sections of an Article
Conclusion
• Summary (no new information)
• Statement of specific conclusions
• Future consideration
Sections of an Article
References
• Numerical order by appearance
• Follow journal’s style guide
• EndNote and Bibtex
Sections of an Article
Appendices
• Supplementary material
• Material valuable for specialist
Acknowledgments
• Technical assistance/useful comments
• Financial support/disclosures
Writing Your Paper in English
• Grammar, punctuation, spelling, terminology
• Logical sentence structure, clarity of content
• Common weakness is omission or misuse of
“the” and “a”
• Suggestions
o Use shorter sentences
o Read papers in English in leading
research journals
o Ask colleagues for help
• Work relevant to journal scope
• Results significant to field
• Incremental work discouraged
• Discussion, conclusions supported by data
• Work placed in proper context
• Equations, figures, tables, multimedia
contribute to presentation
• Well-written and logically organized
Before You Submit
Language Review
• http://languageediting.osa.org
Style review
• Journal style guide
• Browse published
articles
Follow online submission process
Copyright
agreement
• Authors
transfer copyright
• Retain rights for
author reuse
Title and Abstract
• Note if for
feature issue
• Note related
papers
Submission Process
Reviewer
suggestions
• 3 names
required
• Designate
non-preferred
Peer Review Process
Reviewer recommendations
• Accepted as is
• Requires further revisions
• Referred to another journal
• Rejected
Peer review comments should help produce a
better manuscript
Peer Review Process
Manuscript Decisions
• Editor makes decision after peer review
• If revisions are requested
• Authors may resubmit revised manuscript
• A cover letter should explain each change
• Editor may refer back to review
• Editor makes final decision
Suggest a few referees, but make sure that:
• They aren’t just the big names in the field
• They are not closely linked to you.
• You can ask for reviewers to be excluded, but
don’t go overboard
Peer Review Process
Dealing with referee’s comments:
• Referees are not your enemy—consider them an
ally who can help improve your manuscript
• Treat them seriously (one revision allowed)
• Deal with each and every point
- You don’t need to agree with all of them
• Can make additional changes
• Don’t cast aspersions on referees, or try to guess
the referees’ identity (you are likely to be wrong)
• Be courteous to referees & editors
Your Participation in the Process