WEEK 10: COLLABORATION Flashcards
for a good health research we need:
1) Financial resources
2) Different academic and technical skills
3) Access to population(s)
mentorship
a formal or informal relationship in which a more experienced person (the mentor)
offers professional development advice and guidance to a less experienced mentee
what to do to find a mentor
Ask classmates, colleagues, professors, supervisors who might be helpful mentors
➢Search the profiles of researchers at the new investigator’s home institution
➢Email the individuals identified as potential mentors to ask for professional development
advice; an invitation to meet is not an agreement to serve as a mento
bibliometrics
quantitative analyses of written publications
h - index and i10index
h-index: an author has at least h publications that have each been cited at least h times
i10 index: a count of the number of publications by an author that have been cited at least 10 times
what are the two main issues with bibliometrics
1) Articles with simpler methodologies are easier to understand and get more citations
2) Open-access articles are getting more citations especially by researchers from lowerresource countries
responsible conduct of research
A concept that encompasses research ethics, professionalism, and
best practices for collaboration and communication with other
researchers
co-authorship
The process of two or more collaborators working together to write a
research report/article
lead author
the person who conceptualizes the research, writes the first drafts, does most of
analysis, interpretation and discussion
- almost always the first person in the author list
senior and middle authors
Senior author(s): doing a lot but less than first
author or are the research supervisors, goes 2nd or
last depends on the organization policies
Middle authors: others with different levels of
collaborations. Either in order from greatest to least
contribution or alphabetically by family name
corresponding author
Responsible for
➢ Submission of the article
➢ Formatting
➢ Managing the review process
➢ Communicating journals responses
to article with co-authors
➢ Other administration works
what does the process of knowledge translation include
1) Synthesis
➢ The research you produce
2) Dissemination
➢ Conference presentations
➢ Publication
3) Exchange
4) Ethically-sound application of knowledge
purposes of conferences
Networking and exchanging ideas
➢ Presenting new research can be a useful way to get feedback on a project before submitting
the work for review by a journal
4 steps to get in a conference
1) Conduct a good research (single most important thing!)
2) Find a conference that might be interested in your research
3) Submit a well-written abstract (abstracts will usually get printed
and shared with attendees)
4) Respect all requirements including (not limited to) due dates, words
counts, priorities of topics, etc
3 reasons we have to publish
1) Unpublished research=not existing research
2) Direct professional benefits for researchers
3) Respect for the time and efforts of participants and collaborators
