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download: liwenbianji. cn/BUAA_2014 Author Academy: Effectively Communicating your Research Beihang University 29 October 2014 Jeffrey Robens, Ph. D Senior Research Consultant Education Group Leader

Be an effective communicator Your goal should not only to be published, but also to be widely read/cited ü Good research design ü Choose the best journal ü Logically organize your ideas ü Navigate through peer review

download: liwenbianji. cn/BUAA_2014 Section 1 Good experimental design

Academic Customer. Publishing Service Research design What do journal editors want? High quality research Increase impact Original and novel research Real-world applications Well-designed study Logically organized Interesting to journal’s readership

Academic Customer. Publishing Service Research design What do journal editors want? Real-world relevance Technical quality Novelty Develop material that can withstand colder-than-published temperatures

Academic Customer. Publishing Service Research design What do journal editors want? Real-world relevance Technical quality Novelty Develop new material that can withstand cold temperature, high salinity and high pressure

Academic Customer. Publishing Service Research design Research that has impact 1. Read primary literature 2. Read reviews 3. Identify an important question • • Is the question focused? Do you have the expertise/resources? What is new? How is it useful?

Academic Customer. Publishing Service Research design Publication ethics Data fabrication or falsification Plagiarism Author contribution Conflicts of interest Consequences of unethical behavior • Unable to publish • Loss of employment

download: liwenbianji. cn/BUAA_2014 Section 2 Journal selection

Reading Journal Strategies selection Evaluating significance Novelty How new are your findings? Low or high impact journal Relevance How broadly relevant are your findings? International/regional & general/specialized Appeal What are the important real-world applications?

Reading Journal Strategies selection Factors to consider when choosing a journal Aims & scope Indexing Readership Open access Impact factor Which factor is most important to you?

Reading Journal Strategies selection Journal Selector www. liwenbianji. cn/journal_selector Insert your proposed abstract

Reading Journal Strategies selection Journal Selector www. liwenbianji. cn/journal_selector Matching journals Filter by: • Impact factor • Publishing frequency • Open access

Reading Journal Strategies selection Journal Selector www. liwenbianji. cn/journal_selector springer. com/gp/authors-editors/journalauthor Journal’s aims & scope, IF and publication frequency ü Are they published recently? ü Have you cited some of them? Similar published articles

download: liwenbianji. cn/BUAA_2014 Section 3 Manuscript structure

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Introduction Setting the context General problem Problems with current solutions Aims Specific aims

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Writing the Introduction Identify an important problem Problem in the field However, conventional thin-film materials limit the use of such thinfilm transistors in flexible backplane-circuitry due to their fragility and relatively low mobility. Problems with current solution Two-dimensional layered semiconducting chalcogenides (such as Mo. S 2) have attracted attention due to their having an intrinsically high carrier mobility, mechanical flexibility, and a finite bandgap. However, improvements for Mo. S 2 transistors have been hampered by the presence of a Schottky barrier… Lee et al. J Korean Phys Soc 2014; 64: L 945–L 948.

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Writing the Introduction Your aims should address the identified problem Aims In this research, we investigated the high-temperature electrical behavior of a Mo. S 2 transistor with a high Schottky barrier… High temperature leads to a larger thermionic emission that transports electrons over the energy barrier. Propose a solution to the problem Lee et al. J Korean Phys Soc 2014; 64: L 945–L 948.

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Methods/Experimental Study design What was used Materials Software/hardware specifications How it was done General methods Specific techniques How it was analyzed Models Equations Simulations

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Results Logical presentation 1. Fabrication 2. Characterization 3. Application Example: 1. Develop new soldering process to better withstand mechanical shock 2. Characterize the types of shock, the severity of shock, SEM, compare with current processes 3. Demonstrate this process is efficient and costeffective

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Results Logical presentation 1. Fabrication 2. Characterization 3. Application Subsections Each subsection corresponds to one figure Factual description What you found, not what it means

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Discussion Summary of findings Relevance of findings Similarities/differences Unexpected results Negative results Limitations Implications for the field

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Results and Discussion Figure 1 Results Interpretation Logical presentation Fabrication Figure 2 Results Interpretation Figure 3 Characterization Results Interpretation Figure 4 Results Interpretation Application

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Conclusions Why your work is important to your readers The simulation of the non-linear behaviour of the composite materials is an open problem because of the complex phenomena that occur at the microscale level. The random distribution of defects in the matrix makes difficult to evaluate the effect of their interactions. For this reason, composite models with periodic distribution of heterogeneities are adopted in order to understand basic aspects of the composite non-linear behaviour. In this paper, a new method is presented for micromechanical finite element analysis of unidirectional composites according to the second approach. The numerical analysis of the infinitely extended periodic composite is performed on a small part of it, namely half of the unit cell, making the method efficient in terms of processing time. The proposed method results especially effective in time-dependent analyses and can be easily used in commercial FEM software: with respect to other methods available in literature, it requires only the setting of suitable boundary conditions for half of the unit cell, without modifying the software source code. Caporale & Luciano. Ann Solid Struct Mech. 2010; 1: 117– 137. Why needs to be done Conclusion Implications

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Linking your ideas General background Introduction Current state of the field Problems in the field Objectives Methods Results Methodology Results and figures Summary of findings Discussion Relevance of findings Implications for the field Logically link your ideas throughout your manuscript

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Linking your ideas Introduction However, improvements for Mo. S 2 transistors have been hampered by the presence of a Schottky barrier… Problem In this research, we investigated the high-temperature electrical behavior of a Mo. S 2 transistor with a high Schottky barrier… Objectives Discussion …a high-performance 2 D multilayer Mo. S 2 transistor having a zero or slightly negative Schottky barrier can be realized. Lee et al. J Korean Phys Soc 2014; 64: L 945–L 948. Conclusion

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Relevance of your aims Abstracts Importance of your results Validity of your conclusions First impression of your paper Judge your writing style Probably only part that will be read

Coverage and Manuscript Staffing Plan structure Sections of an abstract Concise summary of your research Background Why the study was done Aims Your hypothesis Methods Analyses Results Most important findings Conclusion/implications

Publisher Adaptations Unstructured abstract Antilock braking systems are designed to control the wheel slip, such that the braking force is maximized and steerability is maintained during braking. However, the control of antilock braking systems is a challenging problem due to nonlinear braking dynamics and the uncertain and time-varying nature of the parameters. This paper presents an adaptive neural network-based hybrid controller for antilock braking systems. The hybrid controller is based on the well-known feedback linearization, combined with two feedforward neural networks that are proposed so as to learn the nonlinearities of the antilock braking system associated with feedback linearization controller. The adaptation law is derived based on the structure of the controller, using steepest descent gradient approach and backpropagation algorithm to adjust the networks weights. The weight adaptation is online and the stability of the proposed controller in the sense of Lyapunov is studied. Simulations are conducted to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller under various road conditions and parameter uncertainties. Poursamad A. Mechatronics 2009; 19: 767– 773.

Publisher Adaptations Unstructured abstract Antilock braking systems are designed to control the wheel slip, such that the braking force is maximized and steerability is maintained during braking. However, the control of antilock braking systems is a challenging problem due to nonlinear braking dynamics and the uncertain and time-varying nature of the parameters. Background This paper presents an adaptive neural network-based hybrid controller for antilock braking systems. Methods The hybrid controller is based on the well-known feedback linearization, combined with two feedforward neural networks that are proposed so as to learn the nonlinearities of the antilock braking system associated with feedback linearization controller. The adaptation law is derived based on the structure of the controller, using steepest descent gradient approach and backpropagation algorithm to adjust the networks weights. The weight adaptation is online and the stability of the proposed controller in the sense of Lyapunov is studied. Results Simulations are conducted to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller under various road conditions and parameter uncertainties. Conclusion Poursamad A. Mechatronics 2009; 19: 767– 773.

Publisher Adaptations Writing your abstract Antilock braking systems are designed to control the wheel slip, such that the braking force is maximized and steerability is maintained during braking. Why the study needs to be done However, the control of antilock braking systems is a challenging problem due to nonlinear braking dynamics and the uncertain and time-varying nature of the parameters. This paper presents adaptive What an was doneneural network-based hybrid controller for antilock braking systems. The hybrid controller is based on the well-known feedback linearization, combined with two feedforward neural networks that are proposed so as to learn the nonlinearities of the antilock braking system associated with feedback linearization controller. The Whatonwas adaptation law is derived based the found structure of the controller, using steepest descent gradient approach and backpropagation algorithm to adjust the networks weights. The weight adaptation is online and the stability of the proposed controller in the sense of Lyapunov is studied. Simulations are conducted to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller under various How helps advance the field road conditions and parameter uncertainties. Poursamad A. Mechatronics 2009; 19: 767– 773.

download: liwenbianji. cn/BUAA_2014 Section 4 Peer review

Peer review What reviewers are looking for The study ü ü ü Relevant hypothesis Good study design Appropriate methodology Good data analyses Valid conclusions The manuscript ü ü Logical flow of information Manuscript structure and formatting Appropriate references High readability

Peer review Writing response letters Read by the journal editor, not the reviewers Respond to every reviewer comment Easy to see changes Refer to line and page numbers Use a different color font Highlight the text

Peer review Agreeing with reviewers Reviewer Comment: In your analysis of the data you have chosen to use a somewhat obscure fitting function (regression). In my opinion, a simple Gaussian function would have sufficed. Moreover, the results would be more instructive and easier to compare to previous results. Agreement Response: We agree with the reviewer’s assessment of the analysis. Our tailored function, in its current form, makes it difficult to tell that this measurement constitutes a significant improvement over previously reported values. We describe our new analysis using a Gaussian fitting function in our revised Results section (Page 6, Lines 12– 18). Revisions Location

Peer review Disagreeing with reviewers Reviewer Comment: In your analysis of the data you have chosen to use a somewhat obscure fitting function (regression). In my opinion, a simple Gaussian function would have sufficed. Moreover, the results would be more instructive and easier to compare to previous results. Response: Although a simple Gaussian fit would facilitate Evidence comparison with the results of other studies, our tailored function allows for the analysis of the data in terms of the Smith model [Smith et al. , 1998]. We have now explained the use of this function and the Smith model in Revisions our revised Discussion section (Page 12, Lines 2– 6). Location

Peer review “Unfair” reviewer comments Reviewer comment: Currently, the authors’ conclusion that their new material is suitable for all tropical conditions is not completely valid because they only evaluated its efficiency in Asia. This material should also be tested in other tropical regions in Africa and/or South America. Reasons why reviewers might make these comments v Current results are not appropriate for the scope or the impact factor of the journal v Reviewer is being “unfair”

Peer review “Unfair” comments What you should do First, contact the journal editor if you feel reviewer is being unfair v Do the experiments, revise, and resubmit v Withdraw submission and resubmit current manuscript to a lower impact factor journal

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