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Relevant Courses
学术规范与论文写作-程明明-南开大学
CCF-Shenzhen-学术论文审稿及撰写经验分享-张海军-哈尔滨工业大学深圳研究生院.pdf
学术报告 | Remote Sensing：学术论文写作之范式——中国地质大学 (武汉) 陶明辉教授
General Suggestion
A student’s guide to undergraduate research
- Choose the right lab
- Learn to think like a scientist.
- Look for questions, not subjects.
- Mentoring is as important as research.
- Reach out with confidence.
- Get the most out of the experience
- Start your research with reading, and keep on reading.
- Set specific goals for yourself and let your mentors know.
- Research takes time.
- Find a healthy balance.
- Find financial support.
- Always think about the big picture.
10 Tips for Research and a PhD
- Read broadly.
- Work on two things.
- Be ambitious.
- Collaborate.
- Be proactive.
- Write a blog.
- Keep a source of positive energy.
- Play to your strengths.
- Intern or visit a university.
- Play the long game.
Advice for Academic Research-Northwestern University-Ricardo Dahis
Advice on Research and Writing-University of Maryland-Mark Leone
Advice - A repository of links with advice related to grad school applications, research, phd etc related to (usually but not always) CS, NLP, and ML.
Syllabus for Eric's PhD students (Google docs)
A repo for open resources & information for people to succeed in PhD in CS & career in AI / NLP
UCLA Library Research Tips-Tutorials and Videos
Perspectives on Research Productivity-UCSD-Xinyu Zhang
How to research-中科大-周正阳 (in Chinese)
专访＠爱可可-爱生活：如何做好科学研究（干货满满）-北邮-陈光
如何做研究与写论文？-南京大学-周志华教授(in Files folder: research_and_paper_zhou_zhihua_2007_ppt.pdf)
如何在顶尖期刊上发表论文？
实例分享| 导师书写的PhD Proposal（博士研究提案）
如何书写选题报告
如何读一个PhD？
微博JaneMere-科研生活的讲座的ppt-20210620
李葆春：科技论文之美 | CCCF专栏
Paper Reading
How to Read a Paper-University of Waterloo-S. Keshav
Researchers spend a great deal of time reading research papers. However, this skill is rarely taught, leading to much wasted effort. This article outlines a practical and efficient three-pass method for reading research papers. I also describe how to use this method to do a literature survey.
How to (seriously) read a scientific paper-Science Careers
沈向洋、华刚：读科研论文的三个层次、四个阶段与十个问题
Paper Writing
MIT Biological Engineering Communication Lab: How to go about writing a paper.
Comment: Highly Recommneded. Practical Formula with Annotated Examples
- General Tips
- Abstract
- General and Specific Background (~1 sentence each). Introduce the area of science that you will be speaking about and the state of knowledge in that area. Start broad in the general background, then narrow in on the relevant topic that will be pursued in the paper. If you use jargon, be sure to very briefly define it.
- Knowledge Gap (~1 sentence). Now that you’ve stated what is already known, state what is not known. What specific question is your work attempting to answer?
- “Here we show…” (~1 sentence). State your general experimental approach and the answer to the question which you just posed in the “Knowledge Gap” section.
- Experimental Approach & Results (~1-3 sentences). Provide a high-level description of your most important methods and results. How did you get to the conclusion that you stated in the “Here we show…” section?
- Implications (~1 sentence). Describe how your findings influence our understanding of the relevant field and/or their implications for future studies.
- Introduction
- General Background. Introduce the general area of science in which your project takes place, highlighting the status of our understanding of that system.
- Specific Background. Narrow down to the sub-area that your paper will be addressing, and again highlight the extent of our understanding in this sub-area.
- Knowledge Gap. After discussing what we know, articulate what we do not know, specifically focusing on the question that has motivated your work.
- “Here we show…” Very briefly summarize your methods and findings.
- Methods
- State the reasons for choosing your methodology
- Use subheadings to organize content
- Provide minimal essential detail
- Avoid “we did…” or “the authors did…”
- Discussion
- Tell how your paper is special
- Relate your results to existing results
- Tell how your study’s limitations leave open the big questions
- Results
- Create a logical narrative, organized into subsections
- Each Results paragraph has rationale, data, and a transition
- Show minimal essential data
- Use appropriate style
Springer Nature Author tutorials: Writing a journal manuscript
By the end of the tutorial you should know on how to:
- Prepare prior to starting your research
- Structure your manuscript and what to include in each section
- Get the most out of your tables and figures so that they clearly represent your most important results.
My Research Essentials-How to get published in academic journals (slides)
How To Write an Awesome Abstract
- Background (2-3 sentences): Provide just enough background to “set the scene” – the bare minimum necessary to make what follows understandable.
- Question (1 sentence): What was the goal of your study? State your hypothesis or question clearly and succinctly.
- Results (4-5 sentences): I generally aim to sum up each figure or section of the paper in one sentence of the abstract.
- Conclusions (1-2 sentences): Sum up very quickly why your results are important by tying them back in to the issue you mentioned in the introductory sentence.
How to Write a Thoughtful Discussion for Your Scientific Paper
- Do Summarize Your Results and Outline Their Interpretation in Light of the Known Literature
- Do Explain the Importance of Your Results
- Do Acknowledge the Shortcomings of the Study
- Do Discuss Any Future Directions
- Don’t Reiterate Your Results
- Don’t Over-Interpret Your Findings
- Don’t Introduce a New Piece of Data
- Don’t Use Too Much Jargon
Twelve tips for students who wish to write and publish-University of Exeter Medical School-Rajaei K Sharma & Harriet L Ogle
(1) find your why; (2) play to your strengths and be realistic; (3) be well read; (4) revisit missed opportunities; (5) talk to the doctors around you; (6) broaden your horizons; (7) get to grips with the submission process early; (8) pay attention to the details; (9) remember that submission is not the end; (10) the process can’t be rushed; (11) consider the alternative paths to presenting research; (12) start writing.
How to write a good article-Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-Eloísa Martín
This article presents the main challenges of academic writing and publication in scientific journals. It reveals some of the most common mistakes in the process of manuscript submission and review, and offers some possible solutions.
8 sequential steps to write a first rough draft of a research paper from start to finish (relatively quick and easy)
Writing articles for scientific journals: a basic guide-J.W.Stirling
Some writing tips for scientific papers – McGill University - Andrew Hendry
Technical writing-Columbia University-Henning Schulzrinne
The Introduction Formula-UBC-Keith Head
The Baldwin Formula for scientific writing: writing papers and reviews
How to Write a Scientific Paper-PagePress
How to Write a Research Paper-Department of Computer Science-University of Illinois at Chicago-Natalie Parde
How to Write a Research Manuscript-Washington University in St. Louis-Deborah J. Frank
This article provides a step-by-step guide to help you turn your high-quality data into a high-quality manuscript for publication in a scientific journal. It covers all aspects of the writing process, including: choosing a journal to which to submit your paper, writing each section, formulating your “story,” making figures, soliciting constructive criticism, and navigating the review process.
How to get your research published-Journal of Organics
Make it easy to say 'yes'. The first rule to get your research published is to make life easy for the editor and the reviewers. The task for an author is ultimately a narrative task - to succinctly and engagingly tell the story of what you did, why you did it, what you found, and why we should care - and making it clear why the paper is within the scope of the journal. The more carefully and meticulously a paper is prepared - including spelling, punctuation, grammar, structure, completeness and internal consistency - the more likely it is to be published and the quicker it will appear in print.
Writing a literature review-Catherine L Winchester and Mark Salji
Formal literature reviews are a critical appraisal of a subject and are not only an academic requirement but essential when planning a research project and for placing research findings into context. Understanding the landscape in which you are working will enable you to make a valuable contribution to your field. Writing a literature review requires a range of skills to gather, sort, evaluate and summarise peer-reviewed published data into a relevant and informative unbiased narrative. Digital access to research papers, academic texts, review articles, reference databases and public data sets are all sources of information that are available to enrich your review.
How to Write a Literature Review Paper?-Transport Reviews
This paper discusses the question about how to write a literature review paper (LRP). It stresses the primary importance of adding value, rather than only providing an overview, and it then discusses some of the reasons for (or not) actually writing an LRP, including issues relating to the nature and scope of the paper. It also presents different types of LRPs, advises on reporting the methodology used for the selection of papers for review, and the structure of an LRP. An important conclusion is that the heterogeneity in LRPs is very large. This paper also presents some of the aspects that the authors feel are important structural and contextual considerations that help produce high-quality review papers.
How to write a superb literature review-Nature career feature article
Strategies for writing a research paper-José António C. Santos, Margarida Custódio Santos
How to write a great abstract for your academic manuscript, Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Elsevier, September 2020
Writing for Impact: How to Prepare a Journal Article, Medical and Scientific Publishing, Elsevier, August 2018
Common mistakes in technical writing-Dartmouth College-Wojciech Jarosz
The Microsoft 365 team, How to write an introduction for a research paper, May 29, 2020
Becoming a research writer
Writing Research Articles for Publication
English for Writing Research Papers (in Files folder)
Useful Phrases - Chapter 19 - English for Writing Research Papers-version-1
RESEARCH WRITING: STARTER PHRASES (in Files folder)
Thesis and Dissertation Writing Workshop Part II (in Files folder)
PaperWritingTips (in Chinese)
长江学者程啸：如何写好文献综述？
摘要与引言基本要求
论文七大部分应包含哪些内容
论文引言撰写与投稿自查-北交大-贺正冰
【实用工具】技术人如何写好英文论文？
论文投稿前的5项自评工作
【AI TIME 技术分享】如何写好一篇论文-刘潇 B站视频
Monash University-Writing a journal article
"听JEBO主编Daniel Houser讲论文写作。关于摘要，他说他心中的标准摘要应该有五句，第一句是论文在文献里的定位，第二句是这篇文章做什么，第三句是为什么做，第四句是发现了什么，第五句是这些发现有什么意义。然后这五句其实各自对应文章的一部分，第一句是引言，第二句是研究设计，第三句是待检验假设或文献讨论，第四句是研究结果，第五句是结论。也就是说，摘要每一句话都是正文一个部分的总结。" （忘记出处了）
PRISMA 2020 Checklist
The PRISMA 2020 statement comprises a 27-item checklist addressing the introduction, methods, results and discussion sections of a systematic review report.
Computer Science Case
INFORMS Journal on Data Science (IJDS) Editorial #1: What Is an IJDS Paper?
An IJDS paper will have four ingredients, data + methodology + decisions + implications, but the key is the synthesis of the ingredients, anchored to methodology. Here is one potential approach for such synthesis that will be familiar to many in our community:
Fired by a managerial/industrial decision-making motivation and potential/actual impact, the paper introduces aninnovative data sciencemethodology (model/algorithm/ approach), applies it to data (real-world and/or simulated) to illustrate its usefulness and behavior, and considers practical (e.g., computation, implementation) and ethical (e.g., societal, environmental) implications.
IEEE Author Biography Guide
Each author may include a photo and biography in their article, although photos and biographies are often omitted from conference-related articles. Follow these tips for writing your biography.
- If you are an IEEE member, list your status and the corresponding year in parentheses immediately after your name; for example, (M'01-SM'05-F'15) denotes that you became an IEEE Member (M) in 2001, a Senior Member (SM) in 2005, and a Fellow (F) in 2015.
- The first paragraph may contain your place and/or date of birth, followed by your educational background. Degrees should be listed with the type of degree in what field, which institutions, city, state, and country, and the year the degree was earned. Your major field of study should be in the lower-case.
- The second paragraph lists military and work experience, with job titles capitalized. Include a location for your current job. List no more than three published books or articles. Include a list of current and previous research interests. In the second paragraph, use the appropriate pronoun and not your last name.
- The third paragraph begins with your title and last name (e.g., Dr. Smith, Prof. Chen) and lists any memberships in professional societies other than IEEE. List any awards and work for IEEE committees and publications.
- If you choose to include a photo, it should be a professional, high-quality headshot. Note that while photos are optional, if they are included, they will be published.
- Remember, biographies and photos cannot be edited or removed after article publication.
How to Write a Good ISSCC Paper (in Chinese)
机器翻译学术论文写作方法和技巧-清华大学-刘洋
刘洋：如何撰写高质量科技论文
北京大学施柏鑫：从审稿人视角，谈谈怎么写一篇CVPR论文
Paper Review and Response
4 Archetype Reasons for Editorial Rejection
What makes an innovative materials study? Conceptual novelty is intrinsically difficult to quantify. There are common pitfalls that lead to rejection without review, leading to an editorial shorthand of archetype rejections. Here, we describe the most common reasons for rejection at Matter.
IEEE Author Education course: Tips for Responding to Reviewers' Comments (video)
CVPR 2020 Tutorial: How to write a good review?
- Session 1: How to write a good paper
- Session 2: How to write a good review
- Session 3: How to write a good rebuttal?
- Session 4: How are reviews used in the decision process?
精华帖！7年投稿经验总结教你回复审稿意见
学术论文投稿与返修（Rebuttal）分享-武汉大学-叶茫
Computer Science Case
ACL 2017-LAST MINUTE REVIEWING ADVICE
NAACL 2018-A Review Form FAQ
NeurlPS 2019-Reviewer Guidelines
ICML 2020 Reviewer Guidelines
peer reviewing your first paper
VALSE webinar 20200710
- Video (Bilibili)
- Website (in Chinese)
- How to Properly Review AI Papers?-University of Rochester-Jiebo Luo (Slides)
- How to Get Your CVPR Paper Rejected?-University of California at Merced-Ming-Hsuan Yang (Slides)
- Chinese Summary
Scientific Talk
Boosting the signal in scientific talks
- Read the room.
- Be clear about your main message.
- Deliver your takeaway at the start.
- Make a plan.
- Storyboard your presentation.
- Be kind to your audience.
- Allow your audience to listen, not read.
- Use pictures to connect on a human level.
- Create visuals for the back row.
- Simplify and enlarge.
- Explain your figures.
- Write ‘sentence headline’ titles.
- Use a lot of slides if you want.
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