18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Strategies for Publishing Scientific PaperDR. Herlina Jayadianti, ST, MTUPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

PROBLEM

Why write and publish research papers?Ideally – to share research findings and discoveries

Practically – to get funding to get promoted to get a job to keep your job

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

..it was dark and stormy..

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

HOW TO START?I HATE WRITING

I’m very busy doing things i don’t need to doIn order to avoid

Doing anything I’m actually supposed to be doing

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Reasons for not writing• I don’t have any time for writing• I can’t write in my office• I don’t have an idea to write• My english is poor• I am not ambitious• My teaching comes first• I review paper regularly, but i don’t write my self• I don’t want to play the publications game• I am too tired when I get home to do any writing• I recent giving up so much of my personal time• I do alot of writing, just not for publication• .......etc

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

HOW to write

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Points to ponder prior writing to impact journal

Target readers?

What is my paper trying to say

Points to ponder

A new message?

Is the message of value or potential

value or trivialWhy writing this paper

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

The five STEPSIdentity the

suitable journal

Sending process

Waiting feedback

Article preparation

Correction/rebuttal if needed

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Paper Structure

• Title , author• Abstract

• Introduction• Paper body (background, aaproach, validation, discussion)• Related work• Conclusion• Acknowledgement• References

What is it important/ interesting?What is the problemWhy is it hardwhat;’s wrong with existing solutions?Why is your approach is ‘better’

Used for biddingFirts impression

Be explicit on the relation with your work (competing, complementary, overlapping)

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Note : Papers are a means to an end not a goal

• Don’t think about publications first

•Do exciting research, and the paper will come • But do write early (e.g.

Progress report)

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Great Journal

14

Kinds of Scientific Publications• PhD Thesis

Aspects to be Assessed for a Thesis:background knowledgeoriginal contributions (amount of work)methodologypresentation (writing)

Conference PublicationsFocus on a piece of work with limited discussion

Journal PublicationsMore complete (extensive) discussion

• Monographs / Book chapters / Text books

15

Where to publish your work

• JournalsRanking of journalsReview process of journalsPublication cycle

•ConferencesRanking of conferencesReview process of conferences

a good journal / conference tends to have rigorous review process and long review time

Submit your papers to good places

Competition of some conferences are much more fierce than journals.

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

What constitutes a good journal?• Impact factor –

average number of times published papers are cited up to two years after publication.

(ISI, citation index, Thompson sicientific, JCR)

• Immediacy Index – average number of times published papers

are cited during year of publication.

Source: dor.umc.edu/.../WritingandpublishingaresearcharticleAdair.ppt

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Citation Index Services

Web of Science (ISI)

Elsevier (SCOPUS)

DOAj

Google Scholar

Low

wideLow/high

highCo

vera

ge

Qua

lity

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

SCOPUS

• How to check scopus journal• http://www.scopus.com/• Need to conect with university’s server

• Key in journal’s ISSN• Select ISSN and search• Minimum criteria :

o Peer-review (refereed or juried journal)

o English abstracts

o Regular publication

o References in Roman script

o Publication ethics statement

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

？Ｘ！

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

How to check ISI journal

• http://isiknowledge.com• Click at “additional resources”• Click at “journal citation report”• Select ‘search for a specific journal’ and click submit

Submission of manuscript

Assignment and review

Decision

Revision

Resubmission

Re-reviewAcceptance

Publication

Rejection

Rejection

Source: dor.umc.edu/.../WritingandpublishingaresearcharticleAdair.ppt

Process of Publication

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

What do editors want from papers?• Importance• Originality• Relevance to readers• Usefulness to readers and, ultimately, to

patients• Truth• Excitement/ “wow” factor• Clear and engaging writing

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

...long road...?

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Rejection

• All author get rejections• Rejection is a path to acceptance• Do not take it personaly or blame the

reviewer• Do use the feedback to improve

Broader, more general resultBetter motivation and applicationsStronger theoryMore compelling evaluation.......etc

Some Key Tips• Ingredients of good science• Novelty of idea (timing)• Comprehensive review of literature• Strong data; strong analysis/stats input• Thought provoking discussion recognizing limitations of

one’s work

• Ingredients of good writing• Good organization• Appropriate use of tables & figures• Right length• Right audience

Modified from Bourne PE. Plos Comput Biol 2005

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Networking is important

• Start early, make use of Social Networking tools• Facebook• LinkedIn• Social networks for scientists• SSRN, Academics.edu, Researchgate

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

If you hate writing – Get over itIf you want to become an academician

Today Not Tomorrow

Self-Discipline

PassionFeel the energy that

comes from focusing on what excites you

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Conclusions

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Personal recommendations

• Find your way through the publication jungle

• Favor established venues with high reputation and strong records over "easier" targets

• Aim at top journals but get there in a stepwise manner via conferences

• Don't be frustrated by rejections

• Don't be obsessed by publication

• Read many papers, and learn from good ones & bad ones

• Write frequently: quality is everything

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Journal indexed by SCOPUS

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Publications publish by SpringerLink

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Publications indexed by SCOPUSJayadianti, H., Nugroho, L.E., Santosa, P.,Widayat,W., Pinto, C.S., 2014, Solving Problem of Ambiguity Terms Using Ontology, Information An international interdisciplinary journal, Volume 17 number 8, August 2014 (Printed in japan), ISSN 1343 4500 (print), ISSN 1344 8994 (electronic), Indexed by scopus, Jdream, Mathematical rewiews, Zentrablatt MATH, Proquest, Swets, EBSCO, Published by international information institute www.information-iii.org Jayadianti, H., Nugroho, L.E., Santosa, P., Widayat,W., Pinto, C.S., 2013, Leveraging Knowledge from Different CommunitiesUsing Ontologies, The 2013 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WORLDCIST13) Algarve Portugal 27-29 March 2013, Published on SPRINGER book -, ISBN: 978-3-642-36980-3 (Print) 978-3-642-36981-0 (Online), Indexed by scopus, Jdream, Mathematical rewiews, Zentrablatt MATH, Proquest, Swets, EBSCO, http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist13/ ,http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-36981-0/page/1, http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-369810/page/1#page-1 Jayadianti, H., Nugroho, L.E., Santosa, P., Widayat,W., Pinto, C.S., 2013, Semantic Interrelation in Distributed SystemThrough Green Computing Ontology, The International Conference on Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ICITEE), The IEEE Xplore digital library, IEEE Catalogue Number : CFP13TEF-ART; ISBN: 978-14799-0425-9, http://icitee2013.te.ugm.ac.id/

Jayadianti, H., Nugroho, L.E., Santosa, P., Widayat,W., Pinto, C.S., 2012, Integrating Large knowledge repositories in Multi agent ontologies, 2nd International Workshop on Exploiting Large Knowledge Repositories (E-LKR), Jaume I University of Castellon de la Plana, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain and supported by OXFORD University UK, Indexed by scopus, Jdream, Mathematical rewiews, Zentrablatt MATH, Proquest, Swets, EBSCO, http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/isg/conferences/ELKR2012/, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-882/ Jayadianti, H., Nugroho, L.E., Santosa, P., Widayat,W., Pinto, C.S., 2012, Ontology encourage problem solving of data heterogeneity, semantic heterogeneity and data inequality using ontology, The 7th Mediterranean conference of Information system (MCIS), Universidade do Minho Campus de Azurem Guimaraes Portugal, Indexed by scopus, Jdream, Mathematical rewiews, Zentrablatt MATH, Proquest, Swets, EBSCO,http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/23089/1/mcis2012_submission_82.pdf

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Reviewer for the paper indexed by Scopus• The 2014 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies

(WorldCIST'14), Madeira Island, Portugal http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist14/index.php/committees Indexed by scopus, Jdream, Mathematical rewiews, Zentrablatt MATH, Proquest, Swets, EBSCO, Published by international information institute (published in Springer book chapter)

• WorldCIST'15 - 3rd World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal, 1 - 3 April 2015.http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist15/index.php/committees - ISI journal - Indexed by scopus, Jdream, Mathematical rewiews, Zentrablatt MATH, Proquest, Swets, EBSCO, Published by international information institute (published in Springer book chapter)

The Seventh International Conference on Information November 25 - 28, 2015, GIS NTU Convention Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan- support by International Information Institute http://www.information-iii.org/committee.html Indexed by scopus, Jdream, Mathematical rewiews, Zentrablatt MATH, Proquest, Swets, EBSCO, Published by international information institute -

18/0

4/20

23he

rlina

jaya

diati

Thank you“There is no way to get

experience except through experience.”