I Worked Hard! I Deserve This!

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Clarissa

September 26, 2012

When I go to my conference in November, I hope somebody will say, “This is such an interesting topic! Are you planning to publish an article on this subject?”

“Well, you know,” I will respond, “so much time has passed between the moment when I applied for the conference and the conference itself that I already wrote the article and got it published.”

There is an enormous difference between delivering a talk that you hope to publish in the future and delivering a talk that is part of an already accepted article.

Yes, I’m vain.

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8 responses to “I Worked Hard! I Deserve This!”

Ol.

September 27, 2012

You are too fast a publisher… even for yourself!

And what is the point of presenting a conference paper if you already have an article published on the very same subject.

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  September 27, 2012
  
  It’s all a myth that presenting at a conference should or could somehow lead to publication. I have never found the slightest correlation between these events.
  
  But I need to have at least one conference per year in my dossier, so I will have one.
  
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  1. Ol.
    
    September 27, 2012
    
    It is a myth, granted… but what is the point of presenting a paper that has already been written AND published? Perhaps you have madeimprovement on it or you change its scope, but then that is a different paper, right?
    
    I think that the real myth is that you receive good feedback during conferences that will allow you to write a better, more publishable paper. I have never received such feedback during conferences.
    
    You know my views on conferences, right? They are good to see good friends you have not seen in a while and sometimes they are located in desirable cities.
    
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    1. bloggerclarissa
      
      September 27, 2012
      
      This conference is located en el culo del mundo, so no interesting tourism will happen in connection with it. 🙂
      
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  2. David Bellamy
    
    September 27, 2012
    
    I have gotten ideas about research options, and shared my ideas with others, at almost every conference I have ever attended. I used to pass out copies of my most recent papers there, although this is more readily done electronically now. It is always especially nice to see grad students giving their first talk. OPften they have exciting work to present.
    
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  3. Ol.
    
    September 27, 2012
    
    Perhaps I am too disillusioned. It is true that grad students often have exciting work to present.
    
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  4. David Bellamy
    
    September 27, 2012
    
    The point of presenting a paper which has already been published is that it allows listeners to ask questions. Such questions sometimes, at least in my field, lead to interesting further research.
    
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    1. bloggerclarissa
      
      September 27, 2012
      
      The paper is the very first part of a much larger project, so if this happens it will be a good thing.
      
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