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Inquiry 1 proposal and homework #1 are due
in lab the week of 9/15.
Plethora of office hours for the week of 9/15:
Mary- M 9/15 from 11am-1pm, T 9/16 from 2-4pm -at Cafe Medici
(2222B Guadalupe St 78705)
Jenny- M 9/15 from 11am-noon T 9/16 from 11am-noon -in BIO 6
Tamisa- T 9/16 from 2-3pm, W 9/17 from 2-4pm -in PAI 2.14
Khai- M 9/15 from 4-5pm, T 9/16 from 3:30-4:30pm, and W 9/17
from 11am-noon -in BIO 6
Cate- M 9/15 from 2-3pm, T 9/16 from 3-4pm -outside PAI 2.14
Building Blocks of Scientific Literature
What is peer
review?
peer review
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What happens
between collecting
the data, writing
the paper, and its
publication?
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
Associate Editors
Research Area and Sections
Signal Transduction and Hormone Action
Bonnie Bartel Houston, TX, USA
Cell Biology
Alan Jones Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Development and Hormone Action
Richard Amasino Madison, WI, USA
Environmental Stress and Adaptation to Stress
Julia Bailey-Serres Riverside, CA, USA Bioinformatics, Breakthrough Technologies, and Genome Analysis
C. Robin Buell East Lansing, MI, USA
Systems Biology, Molecular Biology, and Gene Regulation
Sheila McCormick Berkeley, CA, USA
Genetics, Genomics, and Molecular Evolution
Thomas Mitchell-Olds Durham, NC, USA
Biochemical Processes and Macromolecular Structures
John Ohlrogge East Lansing, MI, USA
Plants Interacting with Other Organisms
Kathryn A. VandenBosch St. Paul, MN, USA
Bioenergetics and Photosynthesis
Susanne von Caemmerer Canberra City, ACT, Australia
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
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.
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
After each article is sent to the associate editor,
it is then sent to two anonymous reviewers.
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.
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.
The associate editor then has three choices:
The associate editor then has three choices:
Accept paper as is. (rare)
The associate editor then has three choices:
Accept paper as is. (rare)
Accept paper and ask for some changes.
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
Now what do the author(s) do:
Accept paper as is…
Celebrate
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.
Now what do the author(s) do:
Reject paper…
Submit to another journal or try to fix
deficiencies and resubmit.
Who reviews papers?
Who reviews papers?
Volunteers.
Other researchers knowledgeable in the field.
Who reviews papers?
Volunteers.
Other researchers knowledgeable in the field.
This can lead to conflicts of interest.
Who reviews papers?
Volunteers.
Other researchers knowledgeable in the field.
Not every reviewer does a great job.
What makes a “good” or “top ranked” journal?
Best
Journal
Ever
What makes a “good” or “top ranked” journal?
Where the most important papers are
published?
What makes a “good” or “top ranked” journal?
Where the most important papers are
published?
Citations = Important
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
Top Impact
Nature Reviews Cancer ------- 29.19
Factors (2007)
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
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cesblog.blogspot.com/
Nature Genetetics ------- 25.556
2008/06/journalimpact-factor-2007Jama-J. of the American Medical Assoc. ------- 25.547
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Top journals
are more
selective.
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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
Publishing in a journal with a high impact
factor is “very important” for researchers.
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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
Inquiry 1 proposal and homework #1 are due
in lab week of 9/15.
Plethora of office hours for the week of 9/15:
Mary- M 9/15 from 11am-1pm, T 9/16 from 2-4pm -at Cafe Medici
(2222B Guadalupe St 78705)
Jenny- M 9/15 from 11am-noon T 9/16 from 11am-noon -in BIO 6
Tamisa- T 9/16 from 2-3pm, W 9/17 from 2-4pm -in PAI 2.14
Khai- M 9/15 from 4-5pm, T 9/16 from 3:30-4:30pm, and W 9/17
from 11am-noon -in BIO 6
Cate- M 9/15 from 2-3pm, T 9/16 from 3-4pm -outside PAI 2.14