Story Of A Paper Flashcards
Role of a researcher
Pushing the field forward
What are the academic groups made of
One principle investigator, master students, post graduates, PHD, post doc, lecturers of senior lectures
How do the names at the beginning of the paper work? What is the order
The person who did the most, or contributed the most to the paper is given the name at the beginning of the paper.
At the end of the paper, you have the names of the people who oversee the project.
The first name is the first block of people who did a lot of work, in middle is the patients who contributed, those with a minor role and then the block in the end are more of the senior authors
How do academics get funding for their projects
You have to get the funding, you have to apply to research council, or to a charity. If you have got publications that show you can get a project to work, or get it published in a journal, they are more likely to trust that you can do it and can give you the money to do it.
What is scooping
When you’re doing new research, there are also other people who are doing that research: scooping people means getting the results and article published before them.
What is a pact
Instead of scooping you can otherwise make a pact, and say you were both the first people to discover it
What does it mean if a star was placed above the names in the beginning of the article
A star means that they were two separate groups coming together, but are overseeing one thing
What does it mean if some of the authors, names in beginning of article have numbers
They are showing shared contribution at the same level which is called co-authorship
Where would you find the names of the founders who supported the paper in and a list of the patients
It would be under acknowledgments where patients would be first and finders would be at the end
Why do the articles usually have a large list of funders
Hard to visualise at start how much money you need since you haven’t started the project. Once you get to the middle of project you may realise you need more money
What do research grants cover
Research grants cover equipment used in lab to people doing the work, to It and the support of the building you are in
Why may the publishing of the paper take a long time
They need to verify that what article is saying is true etc
What is a cover letter
Letter sent to editor of the journal, where you have to prove why your paper is good enough for that journal. Why they should publish it
If you say there is a group of people behind the research paper they are more likely to publish because it suggests many people also believe this idea/theory.
What are the differences between journals?
The format and the referenced
One journal may be article style, other report
May have to change the specificity
What would the journal do before saying that they will publish your article
They can send out the article to people they think are important in the field, called reviewers. These reviewers then give the journal an opinion on whether they think they should publish the paper or not.
The review then summarises the paper and can give major and minor points.
