Proud, frustrated, like it took a lot of time, like you wanted to publish your best work, like you wanted to announce yourself for a wider research community?
A feeling of accomplishment and a thirst for more. I believe that breaking the first barrier will bring in calmness and confidence to pursue more projects.
It was a dream in spite of my faults. I won´t miss the experience. Let the young students by proud!
It was something very important and inspirous. But it was nothing compared with my attitude to the first book of my authorship :)
Thanks for the question for reminding one of my good memories. It was one of my great and excited moment when i received email from the journal editor telling that your "article is accepted". The same feeling i could not get from the following publications even though they are valuable one.
Confidence to pursue more , a dream , inspirous, excited moment . In addition to that for me it was a special time like my wife childbirth of my first kid, when the nurse came from the delivery room and said "congratulation your baby".
I think for me it was a sense of relief! But also validation that the persistance had paid off- i felt like i was setting new records for numbers of rejections, so to have that confirmation that my work and ideas were valued was an immense confidence boost.
Having said that, I think the rejections probably taught me more about how to be a better writer.
At first, of course happiness and sort of pride. But then, sooner, I felt the commitment with my paper, myself and the ideas developed suddenly became higher and deeper.
In fact, in my case, I feel much more committed to myself, my team, my students and my research. The more, the more.
Yes - agree with most the sentiments here. My first attempt at publishing (many years ago now) involved the editor of the journal asking me to re-submit different versions of my manuscript three times - and then they still rejected it. That could easlly have been my first and final attempt - but I persisted. My next attempt at publication was accepted - and it felt like a vindication (and release) that I could achieve it after all.
Once your name 'has been in the lights' once - I found it a 'blessing and a curse' at the same time. I really enjoy the 'buzz' of publishing - but it can become a bit of an addiction - and it can be hard to get off that treadmill.
First i felt like the master of the world, then I felt scary because I said to my self: What will happen if this is the only paper you are able to publish in your entire career? I believe it wasn´t a nonsense because as happened with Dean, I had a lot of rejects in the past. Fortunately I was able to publish more papers in several times and consequently, this fear has disappeared.
I agree... there is definitely a sense of accomplishment , relief and knowing that it has been peer reviewed. It makes you feel that your work is worthwhile and may appeal to a greater audience. In saying that, the months prior (reading, rewriting, editing and formatting the paper to journal requirements) were extremely stressful and exhausting. But we all go back for more......
Indeed Inigo and Cherie. Stressful - yet rewarding when it happens - but once you start to get established and the 'fear factor' starts to disappear i.e. 5-10 articles - then usually researchers are 'on their way'.
...a sense of accomplishement and faith in myself for performing a part of the responsibility as an academic
@Aieman, Prof Hussin et al., I was happy, and I remember I said to myself, 'the challenge is to publish on my own, without help from my great supervisor'.
The feeling of first proper publication (in a respected journal)is like "Yes I too can do it". It gives you confidence for more and more.
Nice Question, thank you Sir!
When i first sent my paper to Biologia Plantarum, after which i received an acceptance letter, containing reviewers’ comments together with a demand of fee for colour plate amounting to US dollar 120, and which i had remitted immediately afterward in spite of being myself bankrupt, and my paper seems to be one of the best and highly cited papers amongst all published ones till date, my supervisor immediately changed my name to 2nd author! Since i did not know of the value between first and second authors, I simply accepted the ADVICE of my supervisor; but the intricate meaning of the term of difference is now-a-days unnecessarily but constantly getting me both nostalgic and nightmarish , despite the fact that I feel satisfied with my potentiality of first works in research in that university life.
I was frightened at first, of people not liking my work or of being wrong and so on. But that started to dissipate once I got more work out there. You can never please everyone, and you shouldn't try to either, in my opinion. An article that pleases everyone informs no one, I think.
Adding more to the thread. Sometimes new researchers feel that there is a barrier to their work, possibly raised by the immediate adviser or a competing colleague or other reasons. So, yes, it is like breaking a wall to see an immense meadow of opportunities (:-)))
As for the attitude of supervisors for the first paper Rishikesh, you are not alone in such an experience. Many supervisors believe that for the first two papers with their PhD candidates should hold their name first, and out of courtesy (or fear) advisees simply accept such a fact.
Really exited and proud, to be frank with a positive urge to do even more and of course better too.
The feeling after a while and especially if the publication is read more and more, that one's contribution is even more valuable and helpful for others to expand and explore further.
A huge trust in myself! I then happen to realise that I could make it, and that other doors could be open, hence.
How did you feel when your first research paper was published?
Sense of achievement, recognition, confidence, motivation, trigger momentum to plan & prepare for the next article.
No special feelings.
Moreover I almost never re-read my publication because during several months after the paper is published - the interpretation of some effects - becomes much deeper.
Regards, Leonid
Я почувствовал, что росту на собой. То есть есть я попытался создать новое знание по актуальному вопросу, по которому другие авторы высказывались только в последующем.
My name wasn't even on it!!! I was a "ghost writer." Never happened that way again, I made sure of that.
Even though I'm jus pursuing Master's degree I published my first paper in a reputed Springer journal "Wireless personal communications". It took around 9-11 months of rigorous revisions. When online print was released in springerlink i repeatedly googled my name and was happy that my hard work has been paid off well. It just gave goosebumps :D All happened because of my guide.
Yes Prof. Hussin Jose Hejase :D after that i ate two DBLP and SCOPUS indexed journals and now hunting in the jungle Internet-of-Things :D
Nice Jothi, I can say "Buena Caza" as in the Jungle Book or "Good Hunting".
Always the first intent could be either way [success or failure] depending on the support and guidance you have. However, if failure one must practice perseverance to break the wall and from there on more confidence is built, and if success one must learn to improve even further.
I felt encouraged by the representatives of the scientific community who were in the best position to evaluate my work. That first article was published during my PhD course work, which I commenced in large part to highlight and hopefully change dysfunctional public policies for licensing adolescent drivers. The paper was a theory paper in which I was able to cite my own prediction of the adverse effects of one licensing policy that was published by my PhD director , in addition to the results of three subsequent evaluation studies that corroborated my prediction. The article was reported in a national newspaper and appeared to have led to policy changes in at least two licensing jurisdictions. That first article felt like hitting a home run in a championship game. Very satisfying and memorable.
I felt the need to share my insight about publishing not the fiirst one, but rather further articles (PS I've also written a dozen of words about publishing my very first article in this topic). Well, while publishing the first one was an analogy of a relief or something close to it, so publishing the second one can be compared to getting a better time on a racetrack. What's interesting, I think that publishing the third, the fourth and so on, will be related to a common feelings. Why? Because after the first article science became for me something close to a craftsmanship. But so beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Only and such.
Today my first research paper got the acceptance. It's a feeling of something which can't be explained. Just had a feel of being Blank for some time. It was like whom should I call first to inform about my achievement. A long awaited accomplishment. On this behalf I congratulate myself for breaking the first barrier in the academic world.
Can I ask what you would have liked to receive as a gift in celebration of the publication of your first paper?
Indeed the best feeling, coz when you see your draft in one of the prestigious journal. Only the real happiness could be explained by the author, its so real and fascinating. Cheers and best wishes to everyone who's reading this.
My first paper got rejected after three rounds of revision from a journal. I felt like fishes out of water, disturbing. Than attempted to another journal, got accepted quickly. Indeed, the best feeling, I can't express happiness simply by words that it was so happy, excited, encouraged and energetic that leads to do more research ahead. My message is: Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to other side is attainable only after great suffering.
Very happy, thankful, excited and encouraged so much....., words could not express but only the feeling of pleasure it was..... It seems like my work can give a useful space in this scientific world though small.
Me sentí muy emocionado, pero sobre todo agradecido con el profesor que me orientó en el proceso. Siento que he sido muy afortunado en poder aprender a publicar investigaciones de la mano de mis profesores. Además, porque muchas de ellas reflejan trabajo de equipo, esfuerzos colaborativos, aprendizajes comunes.
It's full of frustration and happiness after you feel the most depressed
We feel very happy we will get more confidence to publish the resaech articles in well reputed journals.
Yes, it's a very motivating thing that fills you with the confidence to do more research work.
Time is the crucial thing; it will take time; however, once your first paper published, it clears several doubts, and you became more responsive regarding review process.
after first publication i learned things not to do during research work .
Being thankful for the mentorship received to publish the first paper is fundamental and brings with it the inertia to continue.
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