Comments on: Am I killing publication opportunities with blogging PhD results? http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/02/04/am-i-killing-publication-opportunities-with-blogging-phd-results/ Lilia Efimova on personal productivity in knowledge-intensive environments, weblog research, knowledge management, PhD, serendipity and lack of work-life balance... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Olivier Amprimo http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/02/04/am-i-killing-publication-opportunities-with-blogging-phd-results/comment-page-1/#comment-14814 Olivier Amprimo Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:17:56 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=2172#comment-14814 I don't think you kill publication opportunities with blogging. From the experience I have in my specific context (France), people who pay attention to your publication activity in terms of ranking do not consider blogging at all. When then know what it is and how to go through the blogosphere, they regard its content as crap. And that is actually an opportunity for you. 1) you may use blogging to test and strengthen your ideas. 2) you dive into Academic publications by respecting formats and standards (that no blogger would ever follow and very few reader would read). We have to face reality: Academic publication is only for the few. It's diffusion is limited and one reason is the format the Academia has set for. Then there is another element we have to balance: time to publication vs relevance. The Academia and their reviews have amazingly long workflows. It's almost a selection per se! The time you get through, your work is already out of date. That is a real problem of diffusion of knowledge and innovation. I don’t think you kill publication opportunities with blogging. From the experience I have in my specific context (France), people who pay attention to your publication activity in terms of ranking do not consider blogging at all. When then know what it is and how to go through the blogosphere, they regard its content as crap.
And that is actually an opportunity for you. 1) you may use blogging to test and strengthen your ideas. 2) you dive into Academic publications by respecting formats and standards (that no blogger would ever follow and very few reader would read).

We have to face reality: Academic publication is only for the few. It’s diffusion is limited and one reason is the format the Academia has set for.

Then there is another element we have to balance: time to publication vs relevance. The Academia and their reviews have amazingly long workflows. It’s almost a selection per se! The time you get through, your work is already out of date. That is a real problem of diffusion of knowledge and innovation.

]]> By: Anoush http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/02/04/am-i-killing-publication-opportunities-with-blogging-phd-results/comment-page-1/#comment-14587 Anoush Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:15:17 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=2172#comment-14587 If you are planning to publish the dissertation (or a modified version of it) as a book, have a look at VDM Verlag. They publish academic research at no cots to authors http://www.vdm-publishing.com/ I had a book on the basis of my PhD dissertation published by them last year, and was in general saitisfied with the way they handled the whole process. If you are planning to publish the dissertation (or a modified version of it) as a book, have a look at VDM Verlag. They publish academic research at no cots to authors http://www.vdm-publishing.com/ I had a book on the basis of my PhD dissertation published by them last year, and was in general saitisfied with the way they handled the whole process.

]]> By: Yigal Chamish http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/02/04/am-i-killing-publication-opportunities-with-blogging-phd-results/comment-page-1/#comment-14576 Yigal Chamish Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:19:57 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=2172#comment-14576 No. (to your question on post title). I believe that you are only broadening your professional reputation. You are not willing to publish your Thesis, but its applications and ideas, right? No. (to your question on post title).
I believe that you are only broadening your professional reputation.
You are not willing to publish your Thesis, but its applications and ideas, right?

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