Workshop: W-A

Getting Articles into Journals

Organizer:  Robert Beichner (beichner@ncsu.edu), North Carolina State Univ.

Where:  Delta Suite
When:  8:15 – 9:45 & 1:45 – 3:15, Thursday, August 5

Goal: Participants will learn how to be more successful in getting research articles published.

Theme: Research isn't really "science" until it has been peer-reviewed and published. This workshop will present ways to increase the publishability of articles. Attendees will examine different types of journals, learn how to meet their individual formatting standards, and gain insight into how reviews are conducted.

Activities: Participants will compare different journals to help them "fine-tune" their writing style, review citation formatting, learn how to manage article layout, etc. They will see how to create articles using RevTex, the preferred form for submission to APS journals and the American Journal of Physics. After a thorough review of the steps required for a detailed review, attendees will work in groups to review example articles. (If space becomes a concern, we may need to limit attendance to only one participant per research group.).