Communicating in Science Writing and Publishing Using Engineering Village Sixuan Zhong 钟似璇 [email protected] www.ei.org Engineering Information, Inc • What do we do? • Build and maintain a Database of Scientific Knowledge • We have been doing this for more than 120 years • How do we do this? • By collecting, categorizing engineering related research publication • What is it for? • Disseminate engineering information globally • Facilitate scholarly communication • Abstracting and Indexing (A & I) www.ei.org What Does Ei Publish? • Bibliographical information in or related engineering • Tells who/when/where/what • No full text www.ei.org Ei收录情况及Ei在中国的收录情况 • 在全球范围内Ei收录5,100多个刊 • 2,600核心刊 • 2,500非核心刊 • 17%会议论文 • 175学科 • 中国期刊260 • 140核心刊 • 120非核心刊 • www.ei.org.cn for more information www.ei.org Ei in China – 在中国的发展 • 1992年开始收录中国科技期刊 • 1998年在清华大学建立中国镜像点 • Ei是第一家在中国建立本地镜像的数据出版社 • 1998年11月中国大学集团成立 • 至今已有近200多用户, 包括140多所高校 www.ei.org Scholarly Communication Writing and publishing using Engineering Village www.ei.org Scholarly Communication • By publication • Reports • Articles • Proposals • Web pages • By Speech • Conferences • Lectures • Meetings • Optimally do so in English www.ei.org Journal Publishing • Short history – only 350 years • Currently about 23,000 peer-reviewed journals with 1.4 millions articles • Primary publication www.ei.org Journal Publishing • Process of scholarly communication • An integral part of scientific research itself • Disseminate information • Provide a mechanism for the registration of the author’s precedence • Maintain quality through peer review www.ei.org Scientific Publishing Cycle http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/biology/biolit/litcycle.html www.ei.org Use Engineering Village to Obtain Information • Interested in Subjects • Interested in Authors • Interested in Publications www.ei.org Using EV – Search Author Affiliation www.ei.org An Author’s Goal • Being accepted by a primary journal • Being completely understood when it is published www.ei.org Scientific writing differs from other kinds of writing • To inform • To persuade www.ei.org Publication Writing a Scientific Paper “The goal of scientific research is publication.” - Robert A. Day • Structure and protocol • Language • Clarity • Precision • Objectivity www.ei.org Conclusion • Communication skill is essential for scientists and engineers • Publication is the goal of research • Use Engineering Village effectively to gather research information • Learn to inform and to persuade effectively • Learn to convey your idea clearly • Scientific research is not complete until the results have been published • The education of a scientist is not complete until the ability to publish has been established www.ei.org Thank you! Sixuan Zhong – 钟似璇 Ei中国全权代表 [email protected] www.ei.org.cn www.ei.org