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Engineering Information, Inc

Communicating in Science Writing and Publishing Using Engineering Village Sixuan Zhong 钟似璇 s .zhong@elsevier.com. Engineering Information, Inc. What do we do? Build and maintain a Database of Scientific Knowledge We have been doing this for more than 120 years How do we do this?

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Engineering Information, Inc

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  1. Communicating in ScienceWriting and Publishing Using Engineering VillageSixuan Zhong 钟似璇 s.zhong@elsevier.com

  2. Engineering Information, Inc • What do we do? • Build and maintain a Database of Scientific Knowledge • We have been doing this for more than 120 years • How do we do this? • By collecting, categorizing engineering related research publication • What is it for? • Disseminate engineering information globally • Facilitate scholarly communication • Abstracting and Indexing (A & I)

  3. What Does Ei Publish? • Bibliographical information in or related engineering • Tells who/when/where/what • No full text

  4. Ei收录情况及Ei在中国的收录情况 • 在全球范围内Ei收录5,100多个刊 • 2,600核心刊 • 2,500非核心刊 • 17%会议论文 • 175学科 • 中国期刊260 • 140核心刊 • 120非核心刊 • www.ei.org.cn for more information

  5. Ei in China –在中国的发展 • 1992年开始收录中国科技期刊 • 1998年在清华大学建立中国镜像点 • Ei是第一家在中国建立本地镜像的数据出版社 • 1998年11月中国大学集团成立 • 至今已有近200多用户, 包括140多所高校

  6. Scholarly Communication Writing and publishing using Engineering Village

  7. Scholarly Communication • By publication • Reports • Articles • Proposals • Web pages • By Speech • Conferences • Lectures • Meetings • Optimally do so in English

  8. Journal Publishing • Short history – only 350 years • Currently about 23,000 peer-reviewed journals with 1.4 millions articles • Primary publication

  9. Journal Publishing • Process of scholarly communication • An integral part of scientific research itself • Disseminateinformation • Provide a mechanism for the registration of theauthor’s precedence • Maintain quality through peer review

  10. Scientific Publishing Cycle http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/biology/biolit/litcycle.html

  11. Use Engineering Village to Obtain Information • Interested in Subjects • Interested in Authors • Interested in Publications

  12. Using EV – Search Author Affiliation

  13. An Author’s Goal • Being accepted by a primary journal • Being completely understood when it is published

  14. Scientific writing differs from other kinds of writing • To inform • To persuade

  15. PublicationWriting a Scientific Paper “The goal of scientific research is publication.” - Robert A. Day • Structure and protocol • Language • Clarity • Precision • Objectivity

  16. Conclusion • Communication skill is essential for scientists and engineers • Publication is the goal of research • Use Engineering Village effectively to gather research information • Learn to inform and to persuade effectively • Learn to convey your idea clearly • Scientific research is not complete until the results have been published • The education of a scientist is not complete until the ability to publish has been established

  17. Thank you! Sixuan Zhong –钟似璇 Ei中国全权代表 s.zhong@elsevier.com www.ei.org.cn

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