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Technical Papers and Science Journals

12/16/2014 8:42 AM

What's the process if you are going to submit a technical paper for publication, a theoretical one.

Any suggestion where to reach people in the science community or publication perhaps?

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Re: Technical Papers and Science Journals

12/16/2014 8:56 AM

Get an identity. Papers written by anonymous posters will get about as much respect in the scientific community as the do here. None!!!!!

Then do a search to find the answers to your questions.

I'd hold off on attempting to write a paper until you have mastered the fundamentals. Like what the submission process is for technical papers and how to reach people in the science or publication communities.

Until then, you're just wasting everyone's time.

We don't tutor anonymous posters.

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12/16/2014 9:29 AM

Big talk, you are. What's the grump all about, its christmas,

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12/16/2014 10:38 AM

Did you ask Santa Claus to do your research for you?

And, Christmas is spelled with a big C.

Proper grammar, spelling and punctuation are also needed if you ever want to be taken seriously!

In your case it's too late.

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12/16/2014 10:51 AM

What's all the hate Lyn? I'm sorry alright.

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12/16/2014 11:58 AM

I would think he hates incredibility.

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12/16/2014 12:28 PM

And, I abhor incompetence.

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12/16/2014 4:43 PM

You probably eschew obfuscation, then.

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12/16/2014 5:28 PM

I never use two words, when one will suffice.

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12/17/2014 7:23 AM

I never use two words when one suffices.

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12/16/2014 10:09 PM

Still consider that we are somewhat humiliated in every way even so we became a success in point in life like

1) Does your sweat smells good?

2) You always carry your $hit and urine with you where ever you go.

And worst, about a time or two if you live a long life, you will not be able to look and care for yourself.

The reverse "dunning-kruger" effect is the worst than the original.

Where is your pride Human?

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12/19/2014 2:06 AM

Yes man! Where is your pride? You the man talking and not having a name, that is!

I have to assume there is no pride in you and no worth in the paper you are talking about? Get real man! get into the open. Get it done! We are not doing it for you. How about you prodcue a paper first so we can at least think about where to place it!'

Up until now its only hot air.

Have a nice time in the festive season!

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12/16/2014 9:53 AM

Peer review! Since one cannot tell one anonymous poster from another it is impossible to identify peers for a review. Your desire to publish to the scientific community is the least important thing.

While it is possible for somebody without a degree to get published in a scientific journal, none succeed anonymously.

For a theoretical paper to be considered by a publisher there has to be some recognition that the proposing author (that would be you, AP) already understands and commands at least the fundamentals of existing theory. This is the fundamental reason why a degree is usually required for a technical paper, particularly a theoretical technical paper. Now there are exceptions to this need for a degree. Invariably the few who get published without a degree are invited by a publisher to write. Most of these papers are not considered scientific but it is possible.

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12/16/2014 10:02 AM

Gee, thanks Redfred, CR4 could be considered peer review, even though people are quite tangential towards one another sometimes(even similar quantum entanglement) for a topic, intentionally thrown trivially stupid to steer thoughts and ignite new insights.

Your post is quite a help. Thanks Redfred.

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12/16/2014 10:09 AM

No, CR4 is a fun place but it is not a peer review. Some members of CR4 certainly have the credentials and authority to be part of a peer review.

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12/16/2014 10:14 AM

Like potential peer reviewer could be previous professors and acquaintances in Physics Society, right? Should they be included in the publication?

How is it from the peer review, next step is to where?

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12/16/2014 10:10 AM

Anyhow what's the probable prize, reward and tangibles publishing a technical paper from the publisher?

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12/16/2014 10:12 AM

Have you heard the phrase "Putting the cart before the horse"?

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12/16/2014 10:20 AM

I don't think, I understand what you mean.

You mean, seek first a study grant? I do not have such superb credentials, I am not a paper chased type of guy, just a critical thinker, I am afraid no one has to put the bet on me, except myself, the only one who knows my true potential and a little optimism.

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12/19/2014 2:10 AM

All you need is credentials. Critical thinkers without credentials is like a good idea without a problem.

You need both.

Have fun!

PS please note that I acknoldege you as the critical thinker but without the credentials thats nothing. I can not give you credit for that!

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12/16/2014 2:15 PM

ROFLOLYSST (rolling on floor laughing out loud yet still somehow typing)

Slightly better than getting money from the internet for posting a video on You-Tube and it getting lots and lots of hits.

You don't publish as a way of making money, you publish to get your name out there in the scientific field. The publisher isn't going to pay you squat (possibly scale), it's not their job. Think more like the published papers are extensions of your CV, not something someone will give you money for every one you upload.

If you are lucky someone will approach you with a job offer or grant, but don't hold your breath, this is rare.

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12/16/2014 11:35 PM

Really sad but true. Someone might discover the unusual but the end point, it all ends up into the hands and care of business man and corporates.

I wonder how Einstein felt when his idea landed on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, might be so terrible.

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12/16/2014 3:22 PM

A receipt for your prompt payment....

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12/16/2014 11:40 PM

O', that's odd.

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12/16/2014 10:16 AM

LOL....

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12/16/2014 10:22 AM

Thanks, gee!!! I need that for inspiration.

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12/16/2014 10:45 AM

I am an open minded fellow of science. This is my inspiration, this keeps me interested a lot on science as revelation keep closer and closer everyday. Even so others won't believe even if the plausible proof is there. Who is forced either.

Isn't this RELATIVITY? - Before Galileo, Newton & Einstein

Psalm 90: 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as but yesterday when it past and as watch in the night

Genesis 1:31 ....and there was evening and morning the sixth day

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12/16/2014 11:11 AM

Could you favor us with some jibberish about nothing?

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12/16/2014 11:23 AM

I have idea. Why ask?

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12/16/2014 12:00 PM

John: 11, 35.

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12/17/2014 12:43 AM

The scriptures you posted didn't increase your credibility at all. Nor did this entire post.

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12/17/2014 3:42 AM

Yes, who says it will?

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12/19/2014 2:12 AM

Bye!

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12/16/2014 11:57 AM

In the publication somewhere is the publisher's contact details. Most people that are capable of writing a technical paper will also have some idea as to how to use the telephone. You can do it yourself, because I'm not going to do it for you.

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12/16/2014 11:39 PM

I did not ask you to call them for me. But, since that what you mean,well , Merry Xmas!!!

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12/18/2014 1:45 PM

CR4 is not the place for religious sentiment, Mildred.

How did your telephone calls go? Did you get any sense from the other end? Have you collected any photons to light the path of those following you (for that is the practice of Engineering)?

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12/19/2014 10:15 AM

Nope, just exploring possibilities. I do not hate one or the other for I am a free seeker of science. There somewhat ancient wisdom in there.

Just like the spherical Earth concept before Greeks Philosophy(6th BC), the book of Isaiah 40:22 (100-150BC)had already foreseen that the earth is spherical no flat.

The one who hates the book is none the less has the same religious belief with the other but in reversal, though they deny it and being irritated.

I do not advise anyone to follow me, for just like anyone I am merely human.

The world, they put mud in my face, I too made a wrong move I shouldn't have done in the first place, but still I am not condemned, for as long as the sun shine- there's is hope and I am not deceived.

After all, there is someone who takes care more than a mother and run in the horizon close to me every time I am resolved.

Some thing is more interesting than material down there, whether I will find it or not, it does not matter.

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12/19/2014 10:24 AM

There is nothing free thinking about science. Free thinking is much more of a liberal art attribute than science. Science is a highly disciplined, harsh field. If you want free thinking, write a novel. You can even make it a science fiction novel.

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12/19/2014 10:44 AM

Some scientific advancement we can blame it on fiction, you agree? In this case, I am not writing, but speculating, how come the author got it right, several times.

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12/16/2014 2:08 PM

What's the paper subject (lets try and narrow down if you should be approaching the "Nature" journal, or just posting it as simply as possible online for free on a research paper website.

Have you tried a web search for your chosen research paper publication field yet? Once you find the appropriate site it will (generally) offer details on how to proceed further, alternatively that can also be found with a further website search.

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12/16/2014 4:28 PM

I am reminded of one of my favorite and here quite appropriate quotes by Mark Twain:

"Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

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Hasta la vista

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12/17/2014 12:37 AM

Who's the bigger fool - the fool, or the fool who talks to the fool? (with pardons to Obi-Wan Kenobi)

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12/17/2014 6:17 AM

Yah, like also, what you just done here. Another hater on the list, I hope you can build a new world.

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12/19/2014 2:14 AM

Guess your paper is about hate and love and probably is better published in the theological section.

Prove me wrong!

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12/19/2014 10:53 AM

What benefit can we get from science if not for LOVE for the benefit of mankind.

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12/16/2014 4:40 PM

Good Luck:

http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/

http://www.papersinvited.com/

http://www.cfplist.com/

I cannot currently believe if you are qualified to write a technical/theoretical paper on any topic that you cannot find out where the answer to your own question is. But good luck anyway.

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12/17/2014 3:50 AM

Gee thanks Massey! Merry Xmas!

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12/16/2014 11:30 PM

Choose the journal depending upon your research area . Many journals have on line submission. If not send the hardcopy along with details as asked by post. These papers will be sent to reviewers for their review. Sometimes you need to revise the paper . Once paper is fully reviewed it will be published in the journal .

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12/17/2014 3:51 AM

Thank you, mrswamy.

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12/19/2014 2:16 AM

Thanks for your common sense because I have none!

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12/19/2014 12:15 PM

As others have suggested, sir or madam, you should consider this:

(1)Do a search of the libraries near you, or the internet for journals that have some proximate parallel to the theoretical studies you are engaged in. Narrow that search in respect to articles close in subject matter, and observe their approach to writing, and note the typical structure of these articles. You will want to set these as guideposts in your content.

(2)Study the formatting guide, since nothing is more vexing than having a publication rejected out of hand simply because the format is not acceptable.

(3) Read the journal's policies on submission of papers for review by the peer committee.

(4) Follow all policies and guidelines, and please write something worthy of the pages you will occupy in perpetuity!

Science is built around and in the pursuit of truth. Truth is what sets all men free, one at a time, or in large lots. Knowing the parcel of truth you wish you convey should be at once exciting and liberating to you, and this propels and compels you to share the truth with the community of minds who are open to the truth.

Engineering is even more liberating, since the object to take all parcels of truth that pertain to a situation and apply them to make X new, make X better, make X faster, make X more powerful, or make X fill a need or a want that affects a group of people for the betterment of society (or alas for the degradation of society if used in that manner). The engineer has a tremendous responsibility beyond that of the pure scientist. The object engineered has no more moral value imparted to it than the pure science involved in arriving at the thought in the first place. The human person who touches the object, uses the object, uses the concept, or rides in the conveyance is the one with the true potential to elevate or degradate society in the use of the object. Value systems only have value in the mind of one human in relation to the society, and in the moral system he elevates in his own mind. We all have a freedom of will and choice in these matters.

This closes these proceedings.

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12/19/2014 12:34 PM

Thanks for a brilliant advice with humor. I see. Thanks.

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12/23/2014 3:06 AM

Would it perhaps occur to you to give him a GA vote?

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12/23/2014 10:33 AM

Thanks, buddy. Merry Christmas! Prosperous New Year all!

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