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Many of our top scientists and academics publish affordable books that are well cited and seen as seminal work. However, there are also books that go on sale for $1000 or more, written by...
01 January 2020 3,754 3 View
If you look at your GS profile, you get a list of papers with citation numbers. The graphic shows citation #s by year. Is there a simple way to see who has recently cited what work? 🤔
03 March 2018 8,590 13 View
We all travel in our work, and often we claim money back from our employer. There is normally a set policy that states how much we can claim per mile/km, and sometimes this is based on a national...
09 September 2017 4,402 5 View
I got a named email, citing a recent publication of mine, & inviting me to present at a conference. At the bottom of the email was 'Please do not treat this invitation as spam - you have been...
08 August 2017 7,712 0 View
If we look at how much we spend attending an international conference, it can be very expensive. We may prepare or give presentations using paid hours (our salary x XX hours 1). We pay a...
06 June 2016 539 6 View
When we conduct interviews, we look to gain enough data that can offer a reliable picture of the issue being examined. Depending on the field, interview numbers in a study can be very small (I...
05 May 2016 2,858 8 View
We know of the early philosophical texts. We also can track down things like the first journal, the first conference proceedings, the first novel etc. But who wrote the first 'commercial' or...
04 April 2016 7,207 4 View
The concept of 'putting your work out there', then getting open access feedback & dialogue is appealing, but it breaks dramatically with the traditional peer-reviewed journal concept of...
02 February 2016 4,314 1 View
When we look at the 'professions', pretty much all of them advocate continued learning & development. However, almost all of the work I come across centres upon teachers, medicine &...
01 January 2016 6,563 12 View
What literature is there on how we learn at conferences? Much has been written about collaborative learning, networking, linear communication & transactional exchange, dialogical learning etc....
01 January 2016 7,819 5 View
Attending conferences away from home is not cheap. If we present, we may get funding, but if we just attend, it can be difficult to get funding that covers things like the conference fee, travel,...
12 December 2015 784 2 View
We have all had the odd article that struggles to find a home. However, sometimes you come across articles that are just so 'bad', that you doubt whether any journal will accept them. What is the...
11 November 2015 2,168 2 View
Conference presentation abstracts (especially poster presentations) are often limited in the information they hold. Would an accompanying 5 minute podcast by the author lend depth & utility to...
08 August 2015 8,132 0 View
In looking to present my perspectives on conference practices, I have used a wide range of media (journal articles, academic texts, lectures etc.). My latest 'effort' takes the form of a...
05 May 2015 5,559 2 View
In the thread: Should professors jointly publish papers with students?, a separate issue has arisen where the obligations, tasks and recognition of the student supervisor have been linked with...
01 January 2015 3,469 14 View
Over 90% of conference presentations (oral/poster) are only available as a short abstract or citation. I have always taught students to access & read full articles, as abstracts give only...
01 January 2015 8,008 11 View
I recall reading that the US holds approximately 1/4 of the world's academics (but cannot find any source to back this up). Can anyone point me to a source or provide the answer?
12 December 2014 7,819 7 View
I personally dislike the way people claim to have delivered a 'conference paper' or a 'poster paper'. They give an oral presentation or they present a poster - any ancillary material for delegates...
08 August 2014 3,145 12 View
My field of conference poster presentation is little investigated. As such, each new editor wants a bit on the history, scope etc, as well as the specific topic of focus. Much of the recent...
08 August 2014 3,937 18 View
'Published' means different things to different people. Normally, a common feature is that the work has to have been disseminated or made public. A conference presentation may have been delivered...
08 August 2014 1,497 9 View
Most PhD work is littered with statistical markers (SD, ANOVA, p=, N=, two-tailed lesser-spotted thingamajig), but they often refer to simple relationships, that may be better understood (&...
06 June 2014 1,576 43 View
For university-based staff, professional/academic activity often features as one of the areas in our appraisals. Some are actively engaged (they attend conferences, network, engage in platforms...
06 June 2014 9,750 30 View
Some facts: Poster presentation at conferences has been around for at least 45 years. In science and academia, it is the second largest means of knowledge dissemination behind journal article...
04 April 2014 7,699 4 View
Journal article publication is the most prevalent form of knowledge dissemination in academia & the sciences. It is measured on lots of scales, ranging from Impact Factor to perhaps the number of...
03 March 2014 3,497 9 View
The Royal Society (2012) opine that: “a shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as a private preserve … expanding the criteria used to evaluate research to give credit for useful...
11 November 2013 9,029 3 View
Do Gender, Culture or Language impact on how you work, interact with those outside your national sphere or perhaps the avenues you choose to disseminate your work? Some issues such as language...
09 September 2013 5,930 72 View
I am trying to find non-English language data on 'Poster Presentation'. 1) Could anyone confirm that the simple translated terms below would be correct (as in a conference poster...
09 September 2013 4,876 12 View
We have the common conference formats of oral presentation (lecture, paper), poster presentation (traditional, e-poster, poster seminar), workshop, topic seminar etc. How do you use these (or...
09 September 2013 7,349 4 View
Here is my take: Data is a Latin word, but we mainly (>99%) use it in the context of our own languages, so we don't need a pseudo grammar lesson. We mostly use data in a collective sense, so we...
08 August 2013 5,344 6 View
Many institutions will only fund conference attendance (travel, fees & accommodation) if you can show it is worthwhile you attending. Oral presentation is normally a given (good PR for you and...
07 July 2013 7,298 6 View
Many writers in social science use 'her' to show they are being considerate to gender, but in fact we are still prioritizing one sex over another (just the other way round) and for no clear...
07 July 2013 8,141 11 View
I have an interest in Poster Presentation and have published various articles on the topic. I feel though that given the popularity of the medium, it needs a thorough investigation. Any such...
05 May 2013 1,157 19 View
Academic / scientific poster presentations are used as a medium of knowledge transfer and networking by a wide range of professional groups. They are also used within various fields of education...
04 April 2013 2,733 7 View
If you had an article that fitted well with the described aims & scope of a brand new journal, would you submit it, or stick with more established publications? I guess all journals had a 1st...
01 January 1970 8,316 9 View
Posters are the predominant form of presenting at conferences. They can range from just a few at small meetings, to thousands at larger events. We can work out how many of these you could...
01 January 1970 385 9 View
Scientific Communication (the way [we] communicate with each other via publications, presentations etc.) and Professional Development (training / formal-informal education activities etc.) form a...
01 January 1970 6,377 0 View
