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So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… What I have Learned from Software Engineering

Learn about the importance of publishing in the academic field, the publication process, different publication types, and how to choose the right venues for your work. Gain insights from a seasoned researcher in the software engineering field.

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So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… What I have Learned from Software Engineering

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  1. Daniel Amyotdamyot@uottawa.ca E-Business Seminars, February 28, 2019 So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game…What I have Learned from Software Engineering

  2. Why Publish? Expected from my program… Expected by my supervisor… got no choice! I just want to graduate! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.2

  3. Why Publish, Really? • Results that remain hidden have no value • You build on the work of others, and others will build on your work • Community, continuity • To get feedback on your work • Good progress indicator, “baby steps” • Ph.D. Symposium: excellent for thesis proposal! • To get some external validation • Very good to have in a thesis… but careful with different departmental cultures! • Fame and glory • Get noticed! Reputation helps with career and grants So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.3

  4. But What Do I Know About Publishing Papers? • Still alive… • As a student: two theses (uOttawa!) • (Co-)author of several papers • 9 book chapters, 40 journals, 138 conferences/workshops, 3 patents • Supervisor • 2 Post-Doc, 10 Ph.D., 37 M.Sc. (23 theses) Completed • (Co-)editor: • 11 conference proceedings • IEEE CS, Springer, IOS Press • 3 journal special issues • 5 international standards • And still learning! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.4

  5. First: Know The Game So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.5

  6. Who Are the Actors Involved? • Authors (students, researchers, professors, …) • Reviewers • For conferences: • Program Committee/Board • Program Chair(s) • Steering Committee • For journals: • Editorial Board • Editors and Associate Editors • Typesetters • Publishers • Buyers (e.g., libraries) • Readers • … So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.6

  7. What Is The Publication Process? • Who does what when? • Many types • Open, single-blind, or double-blind • Single round, multiple rounds (with rebuttal, or new versions) • Abstracts only, or full papers • Abstract first: to gauge interest, to start the assignment process to reviewers, or to make a first cut at the selection • Very dependent on the conference/journal • Get to know it for your target venue before submitting! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.7

  8. Sample Journal Process (SCIRP)http://www.scirp.org/aboutUs/ForAuthors.aspx

  9. Another Journal Process (Elsevier)https://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/what-is-peer-review So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.9

  10. Publication Types and Formats: All Have Their Role to Play • How much visibility and impact do you want? • How much time do you have? • What is the quality of your results/validation? • How much space do you need? • How long can you wait? • What quality of feedback do you want? • What tolerance to risk and rejection do you have? • How much interaction do you expect? Book review Poster Abstract Short/position/vision paper Doctoral symposium paper Workshop paper Conference paper Journal paper Book chapter Invited paper Thesis Book… So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.10

  11. There Are Also Non-Peer-Reviewed Options • Newsletters, Magazines, Bulletins • Blogs • Professional social media • Academia.edu • LinkedIn.com • Slideshare.com • ResearchGate.com • Indexed self-archives • https://arxiv.org/ • http://roarmap.eprints.org/ • Web sites: personal or institutional • http://ruor.uottawa.ca So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.11

  12. Do You Actually Have Something to Publish? • Borja (2014) suggests having Yes to all these questions for a good journal publication • Have I done something new and interesting? • Is there anything challenging in my work? • Is my work related directly to a current hot topic? • Have I provided solutions to some difficult problems? • What do you think? So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.12

  13. Choose Your Venues Wisely • Ask around for good conferences and journals • Supervisors can provide guidance, but look around… • Consider the seriousness of • Sponsoring organizations (ACM, IEEE, …) • Program committees (who is involved?) • Publisher quality (Elsevier, Springer, …) • Indexes (directly impacts visibility) • Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, DBLP, … • Impact factor (not just by itself) So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.13

  14. Be Careful! • Do not target bad conferences/journals for the sake of increasing your number of publications • Hurtful to your reputation • Feedback will not be useful anyway • Papers are meant to be read, not be write-only! • Do not get distracted by unfocused emails/spam advertising bad conferences and journals So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.14

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  16. So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.16

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  18. Dear sir, How are you? My name is XXX, I am from XXX. I am a businessman, my business is about Citing for Money.Please let me introduce the nature of this business: As you know, the IF(Impact Factor) of a journal is very important, if a journal has a high Impact Factor, the journal will be very significant and famous. So many journals published in English ask my company to improve their Impact Factors. And the only way to improve the Impact Factors is to cite papers from the journals.So now I invite you to cooperate into this business, the cooperation method is as follows: 1. The price is: 50 USD for each citation, that is, if you cite 1 paper in one of your papers, you will get 50USD, and if you cite 8 papers in one of your papers, you will get 400 USD;2. Payment method: (A)bank account, USD bank account, Euro account or other bank account, if it is not USD bank account, I will send money that is Equivalent to the USD in other currencies to you;(B) moneygram company, I send money to moneygram company, and you go to branch of moneygram company in your city to get your money, if you want to know the details, please reply this email to xxxxxxxxx3. You reply this email to xxxxxxxx so I will know that you would like to cooperate with my company;4. I will send the citation regulation and journal list to you, many journals in different research fields ask my company to improve their Impact Factors, you will find some journals that are relevant to your research;5. You will cite some papers from the journals in your paper, before you cite them, you should tell me which papers you are going to cite;6. As soon as the paper is accepted, you should tell me the information of the accepted paper, and I will make budgeting for you;7. As soon as the paper is published onine, you should tell me and send the paper link to me, and I will send money to you;8. In fact, now there are many professors in different countries cooperating with my company, they cite papers from the journals, and I send money to them. Please reply this email to xxxxxxxxxxx I will send the “money payment list” to you, so you will see that I have really sent much money to professors in different countries. If you would like to cooperate with my company in citing for money, please reply this email to xxxxxxxxx and we will talk about the details.

  19. How Not To Do It So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.19

  20. The Positive and the Negative Approaches to Venue Selection • Positive • Look at evidence or rankings • SCImago Journal & Country Rank • CORE rankings (Australia) • Publish or Perish • Google Scholar Metrics • Negative? So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.20

  21. So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.21 http://www.harzing.com/pop.htm

  22. Google Scholar Metrics (uses h5-index) So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.22

  23. So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.23

  24. So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.24

  25. FAKE! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.25

  26. So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.26

  27. FAKE! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.27

  28. FAKE! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.28

  29. Interesting Papers… • N.Turajlić, S. Nešković, and M. Vučković, Mesto MeraPerformansi U ModelimaPoslovnihProcesa (Where Performance Measures Fit Into Business Process Models, in Serbian), Simpozijum INFOTEH-JAHORINA 2009, Belgrad, Serbia, March 2009, p. 598-602 • R. Terzić and R. Rađenović, UCM: ITU-T Notacija za SpecifikacijeZahteva za TelekomunikacioneSistene i Servise, X Telekomunikacioni Forum TELFOR'2002, Belgrade, Serbia, November 2002. • What do they have in common? So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.29

  30. It’s a Jungle Out There! • To read: Telfer guide to predatory publications (2018) So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.30

  31. Other Good Links on Predatory Publications • uOttawa • Library resources and Ulrich’sWeb • Moher D, et al. Stop this waste of people, animals and money. Nature. 2017 Sep 6;549(7670):23-5 • Beall's List of Predatory Journals and Publishers • http://beallslist.weebly.com/ • Careful… biased. • Cabell’s lists (commercial) • http://www.cabells.com/about-blacklist • http://www.cabells.com/about-whitelist • Predatory journals discourse 2017 So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.31

  32. There are Many Submission Systems • Influence the submission and review processes • You and your co-authors may need to create accounts • For conferences, many open-source ones are popular • CyberChair • EasyChair • … • Some will also check the “similarity” of your paper with others So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.32

  33. Conferences: Can You Actually Go? • You are submitting to a conference? Be there! • Never submit to a conference where it will be impossible for you and your co-authors to attend and present (visa, budget, time…) • No-show: very bad for your reputation • Financial Help • Your supervisor and department! • Faculty funding (see specific deadlines) • Engineering, Telfer (search travel), Arts, … • GSAED funding (after the conference) • APTPUO funding , CUPE funding (unrelated to thesis) So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.34

  34. Then: Play The Game So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.35

  35. Set Objectives • What are the expectations of your program and of your domain/community? • Cultures vary… • Single-author papers in Communications vs multiple-author papers in Engineering • Pick a problem you are passionate about and that will lead to significant impact • Do not simply be opportunistic! • Aim high and be ambitious • But define intermediate objectives (strategy) • Learn how to be convincing… competency helps! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.36

  36. Learn the Author Guidelines • Vary considerably from venue to venue • Most conferences will impose the publisher’s template • Some journals have templates, others will do the typesetting themselves • Expectations might be different between the initial submission and the final paper • Instructions about fonts, sizes, figures, references, … • Anonymity might be required (double-blind reviews) • Beware of intellectual property issues • Examples: • http://re18.org/calls_dates/callForResearchPapers.html • http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/766 So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.37

  37. What To Do • Good writing style • Get to the point! • Choose your title wisely • You want to be found by the reviews of others! • Context, problem, state of the art, objectives, methodology, solution, results, validation, impact… • Abstract: more of an executive summary than a teaser… • Respect imposed templates/formats, if any • Have someone review the paper before submitting • MUST DO if not written in your native language So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.38

  38. Example of a Weak Abstract We propose Use Case Maps (UCMs) as a notation for describing features. UCMs capture functional requirements in terms of causal scenarios bound to underlying abstract components. This particular view proved very useful in the description of a wide range of reactive and telecommunications systems. This paper presents some of the most interesting constructs and benefits of the notation in relation to a question on a User Requirements Notation recently approved by ITU-T Study Group 10, which will lead to a new Recommendation by 2003. Current research on UCMs is also discussed. [Amyot, D.: Use Case Maps as a Feature Description Notation. Language Constructs for Designing Features. Springer-Verlag. 27-44, 2000] Where are the context, objective, methodology, and results? So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.39

  39. Example of a Strong Abstract Background:Despite the potential benefits of health information exchange (HIE) and the two decades of efforts from the Canadian and the American governments to promote health exchange projects, failures far outnumber successes. Objective:To better understand the barriers influencing the adoption and implementation of inter-organization HIE systems in Canada and the USA.Method: A systematic literature review was conducted to examine English-language studies that identified barriers to HIE in Canada and the USA between 1995 and 2016. Electronic databases, backward searching and expert consultations were used.Results: 31 articles have been included. There is a dearth of publications reported on the HIE barriers in Canada.A total of33 barriers have been identified. Conclusion: There are noticeable differences in the barriers reported in these countries.Privacy concerns and a lack of stakeholder buy-in are recurring barriers over time in the USA. Low adoption of electronic medical records is the main barrier in Canada. [Almoaber, B., Amyot, D.: Barriers to Successful Health Information Exchange Systems in Canada and the USA - A Systematic Review. Int. J. of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 12(1), 44-63, 2017] So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.40

  40. Common IMRAD format Introduction: What did you/others do? Why did you do it? Methods: How did you do it? Results: What did you find? And Discussion: What does it all mean? In some domains, journals will actually impose a format So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.41

  41. Borja’s Advice (2014) Prepare the figures and tables. Write the Methods. Write up the Results. Write the Discussion. Write a clear Conclusion. Write a compelling introduction. Write the Abstract. Compose a concise and descriptive Title. Select Keywords for indexing. Write the Acknowledgements. Write up the References. So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.42

  42. What To Do Too • References • Appropriate, consistent style, no missing info • Reference quality = good indicator of paper quality • Learn how to use LaTeX or Word, really! • Great online LaTeX environment: Overleaf • High-quality images • Avoid bitmaps, use vectorial formats • If bitmaps, use a lossless format (PNG, not JPG) • Do not use Word figures or graphs! • Copy/paste from Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, … • But Paste as… Enhanced Metafile So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.43

  43. http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1821 So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.44

  44. Common Weak Spots: Methodology and Validation • Research Methodology: explicit, with reference(s) • Validation • Quantitative and/or qualitative analysis • For method/tools: practitioner validation (by others) if possible; demonstrate applicability & pragmatism! • Be neutral and unbiased. Do not over/under claim! • Recognize limitations; this is a sign of maturity • Threats to Validity • Cover the different categories (internal, external, …) • Explain how they were mitigated, and highlight the parts that remain • Think about them in advance… Be proactive! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.45

  45. Claim Your Contribution! The first author matters. The rest, substantially less… So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.46

  46. Self Checks (Borja, 2014) Does the paper contain sufficient new material? Is the topic within the scope of the journal? Is it presented concisely and well organized? Are the methods and experiments presented in the way that they can be replicated again? Are the results presented adequately? Is the discussion relevant, concise and well documented? Are the conclusions supported by the data presented? Is the language acceptable? Are figures and tables adequate and well designed?, are there information duplicated? Are they too many? Are all references cited in the text included in the references list? So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.47

  47. Some Writing Tips Andrew Hendry’s, on scientific papers Daniel Amyot’s, on theses So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.48

  48. If you Use Word… • Learn how to use paragraph and character styles properly, and stick to them • Beware of “intelligent” copy-pasting • Learn how to use cross references • Use them for sections, figures, tables, references, algorithms, etc. • Define your own styles if needed, with numbered paragraphs (sequential or hierarchical) • For long tables, do not split rows across pages, and repeat the first heading across pages • Do not trust blindly “suggested corrections” • Go train yourselves on YouTube! So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.49

  49. Plan Some Time for Integrating Comments from Co-Authors and… Supervisors! http://phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1531 So, You Want to Play the Publish or Perish Game… p.50

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