Writing for conferences : a handbook for graduate students and faculty

Conferences are often a researcher's first foray into publishing. Each year, about 50,000 new doctoral graduates arrive to the publishing landscape, most with little or no understanding of how the conference publication process works. This guide explains the conference publication process step-...

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Main Authors: Mallette, Leo (Author), Berger, Clare (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood , c2011
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505 0 |a 1. Advantages of conference publishing -- 2. Conferences versus other forms of publishing -- 3. Expected costs of conference publishing -- 4. Publishing rates -- 5. Finding conferences -- 6. Dissecting the call for papers -- 7. The conference paper submittal timeline -- 8. The solo-authoring or co-authoring decision -- 9. Starting the writing : the abstract -- 10. Genesis of some papers -- 11. Writing your paper (in a scholarly way) -- 12. Preparing for the presentation -- 13. Giving the presentation -- 14. Networking at the conference -- 15. How to be the best session chair -- 16. Reflections 
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