Reproducible Quantitative Methods
Instructor Guide, Lesson 10
Topics and Resources
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Supported work period
Work on the project with students.
Exercises
- Github issues
Use github issues to create a list of things to do for your paper, and assign tasks with your students. This workshop can help guide you in setting up your whole project in github.
ProTip
A helpful hint from those that came before
Call them out Call the students out specifically using their @[student] usernames on github! They’ll get alerts about their assignments, so there’s no forgetting :)
Work with your students to decide which journal you’re targeting with your class project- it helps set a tone for your writing, and gives you formatting guidelines to work from.
Discussion
Academic publishing
So, how do you decide where to publish? It’s easy to find resources about choosing a journal from a more conventional framework (TL:DR- most of them are some variation of “Choose the journal with the highest impact factor that also fits your work”)- but issues around open access muddies this old advice a bit. You will probably want to point students to something that is relevant to publication practices in your field, because this can vary a bit. This is a really good opportunity to talk to students about issues with valuing science and scientists by impact factors of journals. We suggest reading High-impact open access journals and Eigenfactor Index of Open Access Fees to get you started.
Video
Open Access Explained! (8:23)
Questions
What do you look for when deciding where to publish? What does your advisor look for?
How can we approach co-authors with differing views on where to publish?
What do we want from an open journal?
Navigate
Supported work period
Work on the project with students.
Use github issues to create a list of things to do for your paper, and assign tasks with your students. This workshop can help guide you in setting up your whole project in github.
ProTip
A helpful hint from those that came before
Call them out Call the students out specifically using their @[student] usernames on github! They’ll get alerts about their assignments, so there’s no forgetting :)
Work with your students to decide which journal you’re targeting with your class project- it helps set a tone for your writing, and gives you formatting guidelines to work from.
Academic publishing
So, how do you decide where to publish? It’s easy to find resources about choosing a journal from a more conventional framework (TL:DR- most of them are some variation of “Choose the journal with the highest impact factor that also fits your work”)- but issues around open access muddies this old advice a bit. You will probably want to point students to something that is relevant to publication practices in your field, because this can vary a bit. This is a really good opportunity to talk to students about issues with valuing science and scientists by impact factors of journals. We suggest reading High-impact open access journals and Eigenfactor Index of Open Access Fees to get you started.
Video
Open Access Explained! (8:23)
Questions
What do you look for when deciding where to publish? What does your advisor look for?
How can we approach co-authors with differing views on where to publish?
What do we want from an open journal?