Smoothing a critical transition : nontechnical knowledge and techniques for student researchers

Smoothing a critical transition : nontechnical knowledge and techniques for student researchers / Xiaolong Hu.

This textbook equips students interested in becoming researchers with the essential nontechnical skills. After an introduction to graduate schools, it discusses preparing for research, reading and organizing literature, writing research articles and other documents, publishing papers, presenting res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hu, Xiaolong
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, 2020.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Activity programs.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Study & learning skills: general.
Education > Higher.
Education, Higher > Activity programs
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Critical Transition Period
  • 1.2 Nontechnical Knowledge and Techniques
  • 1.3 Motivations and Road Map of This Book
  • 2 Be Ready for Graduate School
  • 2.1 Understanding Graduate-Level Education
  • 2.2 Setting Goals
  • 2.3 Making Plans
  • 2.4 Taking Actions
  • 3 Understanding Research
  • 3.1 What Is Research?
  • 3.2 Steps of Conducting Research
  • 3.3 Research-Related Nontechnical Knowledge and Techniques
  • 3.4 Finding the First Research Project
  • 4 Engaging with the Literature
  • 4.1 Why Read?
  • 4.2 What to Read?
  • 4.3 How to Read?
  • 4.3.1 An Initial Judgment
  • 4.3.2 Difficulties and Tips
  • 4.3.3 Organization and Critique
  • 4.3.4 Connecting with Our Own Research
  • 5 Writing
  • 5.1 Why Write?
  • 5.2 What to Write?
  • 5.3 How to Write?
  • 5.3.1 A Golden Rule: Maximizing the Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  • 5.3.2 Knowing the Format and Structure
  • 5.3.3 Planning the Writing
  • 5.3.4 Preparing the First Draft
  • 5.3.5 Polishing the Document
  • 6 Publishing Papers
  • 6.1 Why Publish?
  • 6.2 Where to Publish?
  • 6.3 How to Publish?
  • 6.3.1 Preparing the Submission
  • 6.3.2 Editorial Process
  • 6.3.3 After Publishing
  • 7 Presenting
  • 7.1 Why Present?
  • 7.2 Comparison Between Writing and Presenting
  • 7.3 How to Present?
  • 7.3.1 Understanding Two Types of Presentations
  • 7.3.2 Preparing a Presentation
  • 7.3.3 When You Present
  • 7.3.4 Examples
  • 8 Filing Patent Applications
  • 8.1 The Basics of Patent Protections
  • 8.2 How to File a Patent Application?
  • 8.2.1 National Filing
  • 8.2.2 The Patent Cooperation Treaty and International Patent Application
  • 9 Collaboration
  • 9.1 Understanding Collaborations in Research
  • 9.1.1 Why Collaborate?
  • 9.1.2 Whom to Collaborate with?
  • 9.1.3 How to Collaborate?
  • 9.2 A Special Collaborator: The Research Advisor
  • 9.2.1 Understanding Advisor-Advisee Relations
  • 9.2.2 A Good Advisor
  • 9.2.3 How to Determine the Answers?
  • 9.2.4 How to Work with an Advisor?
  • 9.2.5 Managing Conflicts
  • 9.3 Other Possible Collaborators
  • 9.3.1 Internal Collaborators
  • 9.3.2 External Collaborators
  • 10 Research Ethics, Responsibilities, and Obligations
  • 10.1 Understanding Research Ethics
  • 10.1.1 What Is Research Ethics?
  • 10.1.2 General Principles
  • 10.1.3 Conflicts of Interest
  • 10.2 Ethics in Publishing
  • 10.2.1 Authors' Obligations
  • 10.2.2 Reviewers' Obligations
  • 10.2.3 Editors' Obligations
  • 10.3 Data Acquisition and Management
  • 10.4 Ethics in Collaboration
  • 10.5 Dilemmas
  • 11 Benefit from Learning Some History of Science
  • 11.1 What Is the History of Science?
  • 11.2 Learning the History of Science Can Benefit Research
  • 11.3 Graduate-Level Education in the History of Science
  • 12 Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix References

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