Misconceptions about writing a thesis (links) Mike Gould of Communication Consultants Michael Gould Associates BV.

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Misconceptions about writing a thesis (links) Mike Gould of Communication Consultants Michael Gould Associates BV

It’s publish (and get cited) or perish A university department, research organization or individual’s impact factor can be evaluated using web services such as: Thomson Reuters’ Web of Knowledge ( Elsevier’s SCOPUS ( Google Scholar ( orhttp://scholar.google.com Microsoft Academic Research ( For Article-Level Metrics Information, see:

pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen The Sokal Affair: an experiment to test a journal's intellectual rigor and, find out if it would publish an article “liberally salted with nonsense if it (a) sounded good and (b) flattered the editors' ideological preconceptions.” The pseudo-paper was published: For a similar effect see this spoof lecture by an actor. Google: The Great Dr. Fox Lecture, A Vintage Academic Hoax Do you want to create a random pseudo-scientific article?

Some ideas worth considering Should everyone submit the truth, the whole truth (and nothing but the truth)? material material Free subscription, no author charges, high quality! Read more about Open Culture culture.cc/freeculture.pdf culture.cc/freeculture.pdf Open peer review e.g.