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Debunking Common Myths About Writing a Thesis and Academic Publishing

Explore common misconceptions surrounding thesis writing and the academic publishing process. Understand the significance of citation and how metrics like impact factor are evaluated through platforms like Thomson Reuters' Web of Knowledge, Elsevier’s SCOPUS, and Google Scholar. Learn about the implications of pseudo-scientific articles, such as the infamous Sokal Affair, and the importance of intellectual rigor in academic publishing. This resource also discusses the role of open peer review and free academic resources available for scholars.

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Debunking Common Myths About Writing a Thesis and Academic Publishing

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  1. Misconceptions about writing a thesis (links) Mike Gould of Communication Consultants Michael Gould Associates BV

  2. It’s publish (and get cited) or perish A university department, research organization or individual’s impact factor can be evaluated using web services such as: • Thomson Reuters’ Web of Knowledge (http://www.webofknowuledge.com) • Elsevier’s SCOPUS (http:// www.scopus.com) • Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com), or • Microsoft Academic Research (http://academic.research.com) For Article-Level Metrics Information, see: http://www.plosone.org/static/almInfo.action

  3. Do you want to create a random pseudo-scientific article? http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen The Sokal Affair: an experiment to test a journal's intellectual rigor and, find out if it would publish an article “liberally salted with nonsense if it (a) sounded good and (b) flattered the editors' ideological preconceptions.” The pseudo-paper was published: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair For a similar effect see this spoof lecture by an actor. Google: The Great Dr. Fox Lecture, A Vintage Academic Hoax

  4. Some ideas worth considering • Should everyone submit the truth, the whole truth (and nothing but the truth)? http://www.reproducibleresearch.net/index.php/RR_material • Free subscription, no author charges, high quality! http://www.jstatsoft.org/ • Read more about Open Culture http://free-culture.cc/freeculture.pdf • Open peer review e.g. http://copernicus.org

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