1. Inquiry 1 reports are due Th 9/23 or M 9/27 Get Help: office hours online calendar

2. Stream Videos- http://fri.cns.utexas.edu/student-resources/stream-sort Stream Sort: Open houses have begun... homework #2 will ask you to attend at least 2 open houses. Info sessions 9/30-10/6. Application due 10/10

3. Inquiry 1 Written Report: Title- Concisely describe your experiment. Author(s)- Include your lab time. Abstract- Summarize your work. Do not exceed 250 words. Introduction- Results- Discussion- Materials and Methods- References- include: author name(s), article title, journal or book title, volume and page number, and year of publication Staple your signed/approved proposal to the back of your written report.

4. Oral Report, about 5 minutes Print and bring to lab... a title page with a title for your presentation and your name an introduction page with your question and hypotheses figures, tables, graphs (do not put too many per page, make it readable from the back of the room) Conclusions with your answer and/or other conclusions, problems, etc.

5. Building Blocks of Scientific Literature peer review What is peer review?

6. What happens between collecting the data, writing the paper, and its publication?

7. Associate Editors Bonnie Bartel Houston, TX, USA Alan Jones Chapel Hill, NC, USA Richard Amasino Madison, WI, USA Julia Bailey-Serres Riverside, CA, USA C. Robin Buell East Lansing, MI, USA Sheila McCormick Berkeley, CA, USA Thomas Mitchell-Olds Durham, NC, USA John Ohlrogge East Lansing, MI, USA Kathryn A. VandenBosch St. Paul, MN, USA Susanne von Caemmerer Canberra City, ACT, Australia Research Area and Sections Signal Transduction and Hormone Action Cell Biology Development and Hormone Action Environmental Stress and Adaptation to Stress Bioinformatics, Breakthrough Technologies, and Genome Analysis Systems Biology, Molecular Biology, and Gene Regulation Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Plants Interacting with Other Organisms Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis Whole Plant and Ecophysiology PLANT PHYSIOLOGY September 2008 Volume 148 Number 1 An international journal devoted to basic research into how plants function, ranging from the molecular to the cellular to the whole plant levels, and including the interactions of plants with their biotic and abiotic environments. Editor-in-Chief Donald R. Ort USDA/ARS Urbana, IL, USA

8. Associate Editors Bonnie Bartel Houston, TX, USA Alan Jones Chapel Hill, NC, USA Research Area and Sections Cell Biology Development and Hormone Action PLANT PHYSIOLOGY September 2008 Volume 148 Number 1 An international journal devoted to basic research into how plants function, ranging from the molecular to the cellular to the whole plant levels, and including the interactions of plants with their biotic and abiotic environments. Editor-in-Chief Donald R. Ort USDA/ARS Urbana, IL, USA

9. Research Area and Sections Signal Transduction and Hormone Action Cell Biology Development and Hormone Action Environmental Stress and Adaptation to Stress Bioinformatics, Breakthrough Technologies, and Genome Analysis Systems Biology, Molecular Biology, and Gene Regulation Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures Plants Interacting with Other Organisms Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis Whole Plant and Ecophysiology PLANT PHYSIOLOGY September 2008 Volume 148 Number 1 An international journal devoted to basic research into how plants function, ranging from the molecular to the cellular to the whole plant levels, and including the interactions of plants with their biotic and abiotic environments.

10. After each article is sent to the associate editor, it is then sent to two anonymous reviewers.

11. These reviewers send comments back to the associate editor.

12. After each article is sent to the associate editor, it is then sent to two anonymous reviewers. These reviewers send comments back to the associate editor. They give suggestions for improvement as well as an opinion about whether it should be published or not.

13. The associate editor then has three choices:

14. Accept paper as is. (rare)

15. The associate editor then has three choices: Accept paper as is. (rare) Accept paper and ask for some changes.

16. The associate editor then has three choices: Accept paper as is. (rare) Accept paper and ask for some changes. Reject paper. (20-80% rejection rate in physical sciences*) *Scholarly Consensus and Journal Rejection Rates. Lowell L. Hargens (Feb., 1988) American Sociological Review 53: 139-151 and Bang for Your Buck: Rejection Rates and Impact Factors in Ecological Journals. The Open Ecology Journal (2008) L.W. Aarssen, T. Tregenza, A.E. Budden, C.J. Lortie, J. Koricheva and R. Leimu 1: 14-19

17. Now what do the author(s) do: Accept paper as is… Celebrate

18. Now what do the author(s) do: Accept paper and ask for some changes… Work on changes. May be changes to text, experiments, or both.

19. Now what do the author(s) do: Reject paper… Submit to another journal or try to fix deficiencies and resubmit.

20. Who reviews papers?

21. Volunteers. Other researchers knowledgeable in the field.

22. Who reviews papers? Volunteers. Other researchers knowledgeable in the field. This can lead to conflicts of interest.

23. Who reviews papers? Volunteers. Other researchers knowledgeable in the field. Not every reviewer does a great job.

24. What makes a “good” or “top ranked” journal? Best Journal Ever

25. What makes a “good” or “top ranked” journal? Where the most important papers are published?

26. What makes a “good” or “top ranked” journal? Where the most important papers are published? Citations = Important

27. CA: A Cancer Journal For Clinicians-------69.026 New England J. Medicine ------- 52.589 Annual Review of Immunology ------- 47.981 Review of Modern Physics ------- 38.403 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ------- 31.921 Annual Review of Biochemistry ------- 31.19 Cell ------- 29.887 Physiological Reviews ------- 29.6 Nature Reviews Cancer ------- 29.19 Nature ------- 28.751 Lancet ------- 28.638 Nature Reviews Immunology ------- 28.3 Nature Medicine ------- 26.382 Science ------- 26.372 Nature Immunology ------- 26.218 Annual Review of Neuroscience ------- 26.077 Nature Genetetics ------- 25.556 Jama-J. of the American Medical Assoc. ------- 25.547 http://biomedicalscien cesblog.blogspot.com/ 2008/06/journal- impact-factor-2007- top-500.html Top Impact Factors (2007)

28. CA: A Cancer Journal For Clinicians-------69.026 New England J. Medicine ------- 52.589 Annual Review of Immunology ------- 47.981 Review of Modern Physics ------- 38.403 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ------- 31.921 Annual Review of Biochemistry ------- 31.19 Cell ------- 29.887 Physiological Reviews ------- 29.6 Nature Reviews Cancer ------- 29.19 Nature ------- 28.751 Lancet ------- 28.638 Nature Reviews Immunology ------- 28.3 Nature Medicine ------- 26.382 Science ------- 26.372 Nature Immunology ------- 26.218 Annual Review of Neuroscience ------- 26.077 Nature Genetetics ------- 25.556 Jama-J. of the American Medical Assoc. ------- 25.547 http://biomedicalscien cesblog.blogspot.com/ 2008/06/journal- impact-factor-2007- top-500.html Top Impact Factors (2007)

29. Bang for Your Buck: Rejection Rates and Impact Factors in Ecological Journals. The Open Ecology Journal (2008) L.W. Aarssen, T. Tregenza, A.E. Budden, C.J. Lortie, J. Koricheva, R. Leimu 1:14-19 Top journals are more selective.

30. Publishing in a journal with a high impact factor is “very important” for researchers. Bang for Your Buck: Rejection Rates and Impact Factors in Ecological Journals. The Open Ecology Journal (2008) L.W. Aarssen, T. Tregenza, A.E. Budden, C.J. Lortie, J. Koricheva, R. Leimu 1:14-19

31. Building Blocks of Scientific Literature peer review What is peer review?

32. Inquiry 1 reports are due Th 9/23 or M 9/27 Get Help: office hours online calendar