The Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program at UMBC, and PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP (the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE AGEP – Maryland Transformation, AGEP-T) for the State of Maryland, proudly present Dr. Hélène Hodak, Scientific Editor, Journal of Molecular Biology, Elsevier Inc. on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015.
Dr. Hodak will be talking about writing for high impact journals. We’ve often heard the term “publish or perish.” Many people are afraid of that term, and many are nervous about the idea of needing to publish in order to have their work deemed worthy. The Elsevier journals are known for being high-impact, and they have a global reputation for showcasing the best work in science. They have offices in NY, Amsterdam, and London. People from all disciplines are invited to come to the workshop and use the content of this talk to learn more about how to think about publishing, and how to dismiss fear of the process. Dr. Hodak’s background and training hail from the following institutions: Yale University, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Regional Hospital Center of Lille, France, Université Lille 2 – Droit et Santé; France. You can read more about Dr. Hodak’s scientific contributions on ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helene_Hodak2/citations
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Details for the talk:
- Friday, February 6, 2015
- 4:30 – 6:00 PM
- UMBC Campus, Public Policy Building, Room 206
- Afternoon refreshments will be served.
To RSVP/Register:
- UMBC students/postdocs/faculty/staff: Login to your MyUMBC account. Click the green “I can attend” button at the bottom of the MyUMBC website for this event: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/29770. If you have logged into MyUMBC, and you don’t see the green “I can attend button,” then please be sure that “join” the PROMISE group.
- Visitors (Visitors from any school within the University System of Maryland and the region are welcome to attend.): Use the comment section below to let us know that you are coming. Please add your name, school/organization, and discipline, as applicable.
Directions, parking, and other information will be posted in the comments below.
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Why is Elsevier so important? Here are some of the latest stats from 2014:
Journal Impact Factor Highlights
Amsterdam, 14 August, 2014
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2013. According to the 2013 Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier saw 61% of its journal Impact Factors increase from 2012 to 2013, well ahead of the aggregate across all other journals at 55%. Furthermore, 21% of Elsevier journals are in the top 10% of their subject category.
In 2013 Elsevier journals occupied the top position by Impact Factor in 61 subject categories, up from 58 in 2012. In addition, 14 Elsevier journals have risen to the top of their subject category and 40 journals have received an impact factor for the first time. Among these is Nano Energy, which published its first issue in 2012 and received an impressive first impact factor of 10.211.
More about Elsevier: Elsevier Inc., 600 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A. ElsevierConnect, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00222836. Contact Dr. Hodak: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-molecular-biology/editorial-board/helene-hodak/
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Acknowledgements:
This workshop comes to UMBC through Dr. Michael Summers, and Ms. Justine Johnson of the Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program. http://my.umbc.edu/groups/meyerhoffgrad/events/28224. Additional sponsors include: PROMISE AGEP, The Graduate School at UMBC, and the UMBC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
About the Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program
Funded by an NIH-MBRS Initiative to Maximize Student Development (IMSD) grant, the Meyerhoff Fellows Program focuses on promoting cultural diversity in the biomedical sciences at the graduate level. Now in its 18th year, the program attracts students from such institutions as Duke, Emory, Stanford and the University of Delaware.
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Directions and Parking:
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Details:
Parking
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After 3:30 PM on Friday afternoon through Monday morning at 7:00 AM, parking is free in any un-metered, open space or open lot. Metered spaces are not free. The Commons is a few feet away from the Public Policy Building; visitors may park in any open space without a meter.
If you come to campus at any other time, you may park at the metered spaces. Please bring quarters. Machines are available within the covered parking lots and on top of the parking garages to provide change from dollar bills.
Questions? Contact Parking services: http://www.umbc.edu/parking/
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General directions to UMBC: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/directions.php
From 95 (North or South)
The UMBC Exit is THE SAME EXIT off of 95 for the BWI Marshall Airport.
Follow the signs for UMBC, Rt. 166, Catonsville.
Once you are on UMBC’s campus (landmarks: Silo on the left, BW Research Park on the right plus construction), stay in the right lane.
* Make a RIGHT onto Hilltop Circle.
* Pass Administration Drive (immediately past the parking garage)
* Make the 2nd LEFT onto Commons Drive.
The Commons Building will be in front of you. It is a multi-leveled glass walled building. Park in any open space or open lot after 3:30. If you park at a meter, you must have coins available to pay the metered fees.
The Commons is surrounded by the Parking Garage, the Physics Building, the Public Policy Building, and the Theatre. You will know that you are in the right place because Commons Drive ends in a loop with these buildings at the edges.
* PUP 206 is a classroom on the 2nd floor of the Public Policy Building.
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I am planning to attend the High Profile Scientific Workshop this Friday. This is Dr. Alycia Marshall, Professor/Department Chair of Mathematics at Anne Arundel Community College.
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Hello Dr. Tull,
I plan on attending.
Best wishes,
Arnetta Fletcher
PhD Candidate, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, UMCP
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I plan to attend. JaWanna MPH candidate, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland Baltimore
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This session was beneficial because I believe some professors assume graduate students know more about the publishing process than the students actually do. I had not even heard of the “impact factor” prior to this. I also did not know there was a major difference between publishing in conference proceedings and publishing in a peer-reviewed scientific journal..I thought they would be weighted equally by my evaluators. There were a few other nuances that were brought to light during this session. I plan on using this information to work with my advisor to work towards more peer-reviewed publications.
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RESOURCES:
http://www.elsevier.com/connect/story/research-matters/publishing-tips
https://www.publishingcampus.elsevier.com/
How to write for technical journals and conferences: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/author_guide_interactive.pdf
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