OntheRoadtotheNaissanceofaGoodTechnicalPapers(inCS&EEE)ShujunLiInstituteofImageProcessing,Xi’anJiaotongUniversity,ChinaMarch,2002March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu20.QuestionsinNaissanceofaTechnicalPaperSelectoneresearchareaReadrelatedtextbooksandreviewpapers–HowtoFindThemandGetFulltexts?FocusinterestsonsomespecifictopicsRe-readreviewpapersandsearchmorereviewandoriginalpaperstoread–HowtoFindThemandGetFulltexts?HowtoEstimatetheSignificanceofthefoundPapers?Developyourownideas,theoreticallyprovethem(ifnecessary)andtestthembyenoughexperimentsWritemanuscriptswithsomewordprocessor–HowtoWriteBeautifulCompuscripts?March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu3QuestionsinNaissanceofaTechnicalPaperSubmitmanuscriptstointernationalconferencesorjournals–HowtoSeekInstructionsforAuthorsandCall-for-Papers?HowtoAvoidEthicalProblems?Papersareacceptedorrejected–HowtoUnderstandReviewProcedureandReturnedResults?(Maybe)Re-submitrejected(oraccepted?)papersforfurtherpublications–HowtoAvoidEthicalProblems?Papersarepublished–HowtoEstimatetheSignificanceofYourPublishedPapers?Continuetoresearch,writesequentpapersandsubmitthemforpublication–HowtoAvoidEthicalProblems?(HowtoRe-UseYourOwnWords?)March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu4Contentwith“Howto”HowtoKnowTechnicalPapers?HowtoGetFulltextofTechnicalPapers?HowtoSeekInstructionsforAuthorsofJournalsandCall-for-PaperNotices?HowtoEstimateJournals&TechnicalPapers?HowtoWriteWell-WrittenandWell-TypesettedCompuscriptsinEnglish/Chinese?HowtoAvoidEthicalProblemsinResearch?HowtoUnderstandReviewProcedureandReturnedResults?March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu51.HowtoKnowTechnicalPapers?Well-knownindexingproducts,suchasEI–EngineeringIndex,SCIE–ScienceCitationIndex(SCI)Expanded,etc.Thesearchenginesprovidedwiththefulltextdatabasesbypublishers,suchastheonecontainedinIEL–IEEE/IEEElectronicLibraryandElsevierScienceDirect,etc.Thesearchenginesfreelyprovidedbysomeresearchinstitutesandresearchers,suchasNECResearchIndex,etc.March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu6HowtoKnowTechnicalPapers?Theonlinebibliographydatabasesforspecificresearchareas,suchasTheCollectionofComputerScienceBibliographies,CompuScienceCitationinformation:a)referenceslistofobtainedpapers;b)citationinformationofsomeindexingproducts,suchasSCIEandNECResearchIndex.March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu7WhatIsuggestandremindSearchEIandSCIEusingrelatedkeywords,pleasenoteEIcanmergesimilarkeywords,suchas“chaos”and“chaotic”,butSCIEcannot.Selectlimitedimportantpapers,checktheircitationtreesinSCIEtofindmorepapers.SearchIELwithrelatedkeywordstofindmorenewlypublishedIEEEconferencepapers.SearchNECResearchIndextoseethesignificanceofEI-indexedconferencepapers.March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu8WhatIsuggestandremindTomakeyourresearchmoreeffective,itisstronglyrecommendedthatyougotoknowenoughbackgroundinformationaboutwell-knownindexingproducts,creditableresearchorganizationsandtechnicalpublishers,high-qualityjournals/internationalconferences.Webrieflyintroducesomeknowledgeaboutindexingproductshere,andaboutpublishersandorganizationshere.March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu92.HowtoGetFulltextsofTechnicalPapers?Findthepapersintheelectronicfulltextsdatabasesavailableinxjtu,whichincludeIEL,ElsevierScienceDirect,KluwerOnline,NECResearchIndex,IEICETrans.Series.Rushintolib.xjtuandseekthem.RushintootherlibrariesinXi’an,suchastheonesof西电and西工大,andseekthem.Rushinto情报咨询室oflib.xjtuandrequestfor文献传递,butthefeeisnotcheapandyouhavetowaitforseveralweeks.March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu10HowtoGetFulltextsofTechnicalPapers?Rushintosomelibrariesinothercities,suchasNationalLibraryofChinaorLibararyofTsingHuaUniv.Letothersabroad(HK,Singapore,USAorUK,etc.)tohelpyou:a)seektheminelectronicfulltextsdatabasesavailableintheirschools;b)rushintotheirlibraries.Toknowwhetherornotyourpapersareholdinthoselibraries,visittheirhomepagesforconfirmation.March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu11WhatIsuggestandremindGenerally,manyresearcherswillplacetheirelectronicversionsoftheirpublishedpapersontheirpersonalhomepage.Wecanusegoogletofindthem.Trytofindthecontactinformationoftheauthors,thendirectlycontactthemtorequestelectronicorprintedpapers.Ihavegotmanypapersthroughtheabovetwoperfectways.March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu12WhatIsuggestandremindInaddition,therestillexistmanyonlineresourcescontainingelectronicpapers,booksandcourselecturesetc.Wecandiscoverthoseresourcesbysearchrelatedkeywordsingoogle.Ihavefoundsomevaluableonesincryptology:CounterpaneLabsCryptoBibliography,Crypto-Log,Cryptologypointers,TheCollectionofComputerScienceBibliographies,UnifiedComputerScienceTR(TechnicalReports)Index,HandbookofAppliedCryptography(Fulltextofagoodbook).March,2002ShujunLi,IPC-xjtu13SomeusefulinformationMostuniversitiesinHKandNUShaveboughtthefollowingonlinedatabases(partorfull):AcademicPress,ElsevierScienceDirect,TheACMDigitalLibrary,SpringerLINK,KluwerOnline,WileyInterScience,WorldScientificWorldSciNet,OSAOpticsInfoBase,APSJournals,AIPOJPS,OUPJournals,CUPJournals,SIAMJournals,AMSJournals,TheRoyalSocietyJournals,EmeraldJourn