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Why write a scientific paper?
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Advance Knowledge in your research field with evidence;
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Explain your ideas;
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Two key components in a research paper:
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An explicit
claim
on your contribution on a research problem;
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Evidence
to support your claim;
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Your contribution can possibly be a refutation of a hypothesis of the present problem.
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What to claim for a scientific paper?
什么样的观点能够成为科学性论文论述的内容?
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Your technique solves a problem for the first time;
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Your technique performs better in the following aspects:
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Higher success rate
高成功率
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Coverage
覆盖率更高
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Efficiency
你的想法能够提高某问题的效率
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Usability
你的方法更容易让用户接受
写文章切忌面面俱到!一个,至多两个切入点为好,要讲深讲透!
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Typical Structure of a Research Paper
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Title: Catchy and Indicative of your research contribution (
吸引眼球并有意义
)
文章题目越短,被接收的可能性反而越大
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Abstract: include the following items
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A summary of the research problem;
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Your claim;
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The evidence;
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Introduction
: include the following items (the most important part!)
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Motivation
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A re-statement of Abstract
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Significance (
重要性
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An outline of the rest of the paper
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Related Work:
与你的论文问题相关的资料
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A critical review
批判的眼光对待以前及现有的方法
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强调你的创新点
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Problem Statement and algorithm design: explain your idea in detail
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Evaluation: Evidence to support the claim of your research contribution
除非能用理论证明你的观点,最好要有实验结果与数据
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Conclusion & Summary of the research contribution
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What to know before you write?
写论文前要知道些什么
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Assess the audience
:给谁写
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Assess the purpose
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Read other people’s writing from the forums that you are targeting
要知道你的敌人是谁!看哪些人在做类似的工作
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Follow the rules
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如何写高质量论文?
(1)
Choose a promising topic
选题很重要
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(2)
How to present a convincing case?
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What exactly is the problem being solved?
你的文章解决什么问题
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How are your ideas significant?
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Is all related work referenced and reviewed?
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Comparative studies with previous work are needed.
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Has your system implemented?
文章提出解决问题的方法是否实现了
(3)
In-Depth Analysis of Empirical Results
写清实验细节
Enough details for your experiment settings
有没有其它的可能实验途径?
alternatives
实验结果是否一致并有结论性?
Are the results consistent & conclusive?
实验中重要参数调整与选择的方法和原因
实验结果与前言(
introduction
)动机是否一致
实验过程中好的结果加以学习,坏的结果记录下来让他人避免
(4)
Introduction
前言
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1/3-2/3 rule from reviewer’s perspective:
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1/3 time to read your introduction & make a decision
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2/3 time to find the evidence for decision
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A good introduction with a good motivation is half of your success!
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Include the following items:
研究的问题;动机;技术贡献;证据;重要性;文章概要
Outline
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How to publish?
Reading
and citing relevant paper from the premier forums! (must)
技术进步文章是主题文章,应用型文章必须要强调创新点(
innovation
)
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How to deal with feedback?
(1)
How to deal with Handling Editors?
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Be polite, but to the point;
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Ask for a change, if a clearly biased or unfair case;
(2)
How to deal with conflicting review reports?
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杂志(
Journal Submissions
):
Provide a point-by-point statement of change!
将每个审稿人修改意见列出,并说明所作的修改
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会议(
Conference
)
(3)
How to deal with “arrogant” and “ignorant” reviewers?
Provide a gentle statement for the “unreasonable” criticisms;
Try and resolve some of their comments
尽量按他们的意愿改
Your attitude to the reviewers is important!
修改稿可以再投
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总结以上最重要的
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点:
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文章要有想法和证据;
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切忌面面俱到
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明确敌人是谁
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Choose a promising topic
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实验数据前后是否一致
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前言很重要
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引论相关文章
premier forums
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写详细修改报告
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用宽容的态度对待审稿意见