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Phil Magness

4/17/2011 9:04am

Carden and Coyne on Academic Publishing

Liveblogging from the Career Development Seminar

Advice on Publishing:

- Grad school is the transition from being a consumer of scholarship to a producer. That product is original scholarship.

- Each discipline has its own emphasis on writing and different types of publishing. Be aware of what your field expects.

- Pick something that's doable. Write a dissertation, not a treatise.

Various Types of Research Paper Strategies:

1. The Small Twist - a new tweak on an existing idea. Lower impact, but a way to build up publications.

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