Category Archives: Research Process

How to Deal with Rejection

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

So after last week, you’ve picked what journal to submit to, and you wait (and wait and wait) to see whether your paper is accepted.  When the day finally comes, your paper hasn’t been accepted.  And if you’re like me, … Continue reading →

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Where to Submit an Article

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Since we seem to be talking about scientific writing this month, the question of where to submit your article arises.  Now the easiest thing to do is to look through the list of references you used and see which journal(s) … Continue reading →

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Scientific Jargon

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Following up on last week‘s post on the book Scientific English by Day and Sakaduski which has some useful lists of “Problem Words and Expressions” and “Words and Expressions to Avoid,” this week I present a list of terms that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Scientific English

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

On occasion I plan to review books on the blog.  Some will be of professional interest; others will be of general science interest.  I doubt if too many of them will be for fun (unless I find a really good … Continue reading →

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Reading Library E-Books

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

So, finally after last week‘s e-book explanation, this week we will actually read library e-books on the Nook (I feel I should give the Nook a name).  We will download books from OverDrive, EbscoBooks, and Ebrary.  After trying, I am … Continue reading →

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E-Books and DRM and E-Book Distributors

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Last week, I said we’d look into downloading books onto the Nook, but I realized that before I could do that I should do some research on e-books and especially library e-books. The standard format for e-books is ePub (except … Continue reading →

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Email and Web on the Nook

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

As I mentioned last time, I wanted to be able to use my new Nook to check email.  The Nook comes with an email program.  I wasn’t able to connect easily to my Baylor email account so I gave up.  … Continue reading →

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My New Nook Tablet

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

For my birthday, my husband who blogs here, bought me a Nook tablet.  Now you have to understand that we are not a smartphone family so a tablet was rather exciting.  I’ve been looking for something to bring on vacation … Continue reading →

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Journal Citations and Impact Factor

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

Last week, I talked about H-Index which is a metric for measuring the impact an author has in his field.  This week, I will discuss Impact Factor (IF) which is one way to measure the impact a journal has in … Continue reading →

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H-Index

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Christina Chan-Park

As I mentioned last week, I decided that there wasn’t enough interesting about controlled vocabulary to fill up a whole month of posts so I’ve decided to switch topics for this week and next to journal metrics.  The first metric … Continue reading →

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