《研究生**英语(第2版)/教育部研究生**用书 复旦博学21世纪研究生英语系列》:
Remember that a thesis is only a few years of your work,and that-if all goes well-your research career willcontinue for another 30 or 40.Don't be afraid to leave partof the problem for future work,and don't compare yourselfto senior researchers who have years of work and publicationsto show for it.(On the other hand,if you identify too muchfuture work,your thesis won't look very exciting bycomparison.)Graduate students often pick overly ambitioustopics(in theory,your advisor will help you to identify arealistic size problem).Don't overestimate what other peoplehave done.Learn to read between the lines of grandioseclaims(something else a good advisor will help you to do).
Publishing Papers
Publishing your ideas is important for several reasons:itgives you a source of feedback from people who read yourpapers;it establishes you as a member of the researchcommunity(useful for getting a job down the line);and itforces you to clarify your ideas and to fit them in the contextof the current state of research in your field.
There are two key properties of a good paper:significantcontent-original,important ideas that are well developedand tested-and good writing style.The degree to which the paper's content has to be“significant”depends on where you're submitting it.Preliminary ideas and work in progress are more suitable for a workshop or symposium;well-developed,extensively tested ideas are more appropriate fora journal.One way to decide where your paper should be submitted is to read papers in potentially appropriate publications(e.g.,last year's conference proceedings and current iournal issues).Another method lS to show a draft oroutline of the paper to your advisor or other colleagues andask their advice. If you have a great idea,but present it poorly,yourpaper probably won't be accepted.Be sure you know whatthe point of the paper is and state it clearly and repeatedly.The same goes for the key technical ideas.Don't make thereaders work to figure out what's important——tell themexplicitly.State the problem you're addressing,why it'simportant,how you're solving it,what results you have,howother researchers have addressed the same or similarproblems,and why your method is different or better. Don't try to put every idea in your thesis into oneconference paper.Break it down into pieces,or write one ortwo longer journal articles.
As you refine your ideas,you can republish in newforms,but be sure you're adding new material,not just rehashing the same ideas.Some papers start as short workshop papers,evolve into conference papers,and eventually。___——with the addition of detailed empirical results or formal proofs-become journal articles.It's usually okayto publish the same or substantially similar papers in multiple workshops,but papers for conferences and journals generally have to be original,unPublished work.
It is critical that any paper you plan to submit be read by someone else first,if only to check for typos,grammatical errors,and style.A good reviewer will give you feedback 011the organization and content of the paper as well.The moretightly refereed the publication you're submitting to,the more trouble you should go to in order to have it pre-reviewed.For a workshop paper,having your advisor read it over(assuming you can convince them to do so 1)is probably enough.For a refereed conference,have one or two other
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