There comes a time during your PhD where you would have to write technical documents, and publish your work. The whole process of getting your paper published isn’t an easy one step process. As a matter of fact, its far from a 1 step process. There is so much to learn, and that was the purpose and main discussion for this class I took this semester, SYS 710: Research Methods. Not only does this class open your eyes on the process of writing a paper, but the professor encourages you to submit your work to a publication.
A couple of days ago, a great friend and mentor directed my attention to a great article that helped fixate my ideas on how to organize my paper. I’d like to share that with all you out there who are either performing research, or thinking on how to organize your paper so that it would meet the standards of a publication.
Actually, when you think you over, there are more rules and guidelines that you would need to follow to have your paper accepted. That is the guidelines for the conference/publication. In that guidline, you would have the format specified, as well as the length and the procedure on how to do the work. I’ve attached the link to the CSER paper requirements, which you can find at the bottom of the page. This will give you a pretty good idea of what is expected.
-Matin