In your opinion, what is more effective for a young researcher whether to publish a scientific paper in an SCI journal or at the conference where there is a possibility also to meet other colleagues and share experience with them.
It is a very interesting question where lots of scientists have been arguing about.
In my opinion every professor as a mentor should lead a young researcher correctly, assist him in publishing papers in SCI journals but also to encourage her/him, to write papers for scientific conferences. It will allow her/him to gain new experiences and meet other colleagues from all over the world. That is the best way not only for a young researcher but its mentor also.
Conferences are really very good at starting points to start the journal into journal publications. Nevertheless, it depends on the person because sometimes the personality of the young researcher might be not very social. In that case, maybe he or she will be able to successfully write for academic journals.
Journal for sure. Conferences don't really provide adequate feedback and there's the real risk of your data being stolen
Dear Dr. Bajramovic!
You spotted an important point. May I argue that in the early stage of his or her career a researcher is dependent of his/her supervisor into a great extent. To gain visibility and to enlarge his or her network a young researcher might prefer to attend conferences:
>> CER Comparative European Research (2020). "CER - International Scientific Conference for PhD students of EU countries: INVITATION - CALL FOR PAPER" Citation: "CER 2020 - Comparative European Research is a platform for presentation of research finding and for exchange of experience relating to Central European development and knowledge sharing. The goal of the conference is to promote innovations, support research, and enhance development. The secondary goal is focused on quality comparisons of results of PhD studies. Main topics of the conference will focuse on basic and applied science results of three branches: Social Sciences (e.g. Management, Marketing, Psychology, Sociology, History, Pedagogy) - Natural Sciences (e.g. Physics, Earth Science, Ecology, Biology, Zoology, Botany) -Applied Sciences....4th International Scientific Conference for PhD students of EU countries (Oct 26, 2020 - Oct 28, 2020)" © SCIEMCEE Online Scientific Conferences. Available at:
http://www.cer-sciemcee.com/
On the other hand the field of research does matter, but as long as a top scientist are involved as a co-author the choice is not that relevant - rather I argue finding a balance between conference and scientific journal papers is a good way forward:
1) Li, W., Aste, T., Caccioli, F. et al. Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers. Nature Communications 10, 5170 (2019) Open Access © 2020 Springer Nature Limited Available at:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13130-4
2) Pippa Smart (2020). "Publishing during pandemic: Innovation, collaboration,
and change"Learned Publishing 2020; 33: 194–197 Open Access© 2020 The Author(s). Learned Publishing © 2020 ALPSP. Available at:
Article Publishing during pandemic: Innovation, collaboration, and change
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
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