Publishing a scientific paper - Part 1
It's been awhile. Hope you're handling any pandemic-related obstacles and that you're able to care for yourself and be safe. I've been struggling like crazy -- I absolutely hate working from home. Someone recently asked, "haven't you figured out how to work from home yet?!" Nope. Have not. It's a daily struggle, but I'm getting through it. Something I've been working on for the past 4 months is writing up the last paper from my PhD dissertation. I finally hit the "submit" button last night, so I thought I'd go through some of the highlights (lowlights?) of how research gets from an idea in your brain to words in a scientific peer-reviewed journal. Note: this is my particular experience with this particular paper...everyones experience is different, some are successfully published, others may be rejected for whatever the reason (it's complicated). These are my own thoughts and understandings of the process from what I've e...