applied tech publications also require same literature review on previous works and i notice a trend that many authors will reserve a section highlighting some past results achieved by others.

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Added on April 4, 2012, 11:58 pmOn the contrary, I find that review papers are very difficult to write because it involves very profound understanding on the subject matter. Get one good review paper published, your citation will soar too

This post has been edited by Human Nature: Apr 4 2012, 11:58 PM

Agreed~
Really need to read ALOT on the subject first before we are actually capable of writing...
Although some supervisors do recommend their students to write review papers, I'm not very sure that its a good idea because I think one requires a lot of (or at least enough) experiences in the field before one should write a review paper. The impact of a review paper is really significant since people will be following suggestions on potential work by you (stress man!)

Still, the citations seemed very tempting hehe~
I hope I'll be able to write one (or requested to write one), maybe 10-20 years from now haha

In my field, I do note that review papers are usually written by editors of the top journals, some stretching to 20 pages haha

Does it means they are the publisher, editor and reviewer of the journal? I do notice before, but since they hold position as associate prof, so nobody questionized it..

Some they are the editor of the same journal, but i would think that the paper will be reviewed by the assoc editors

On a related note, anyone here is a reviewer? i think one should get involve in peer-review as well.

I believe that the 'review paper' we are discussing here is also referred as 'conceptual paper' in my field. In social science/business, I've seen a PhD candidate secure her proposal defense because she published one conceptual paper to lock her model.

I wish to write a review paper too. But like what is said, it requires deep knowledge in one subject area. I've been looking into my field 'communication apprehension' for at least 2 years. So can I write?

Possibly no, because I am no assoc. prof D=

This post has been edited by alexkos: Apr 7 2012, 12:03 AM

I've received invitation to review scholarly papers via email but I don't think I'm qualified to do so at the moment.

Agreed, usually its those who are very experienced in their field who are requested to write review papers on the subject. And it just so happens that these experienced people are also high-ranked

@Human Nature, I think you are referring to a different type of reviewer
I guess we won't have our say, not until we finish our studies and publish a few more papers

Reviewer as in the people that review the manuscript i had the same thinking too until i attended a paper writing workshop. One of the tip, in the shoes of the reviewer, you will think like a reviewer. You are actually criticizing other people's work and giving your own input, so why not criticize own paper? I start with a small regional journal and found that it is quite true

p/s hope we are not derailing the research thread

i am working with fungal protein at the moment

Welcome welcome, where are you studying bro?

UM

Same same, under Insitute of Biological Sciences?

ya it's a good idea to consider peer review as part of research journey. Criticising other people's work will eventually lead to criticising our own.

When I comment on student's thesis, and looked at mine, I found that there's a lot of things I need to justify.

Still need motivation to fix all these loopholes =/

Mushroom Biotechnology Research Unit (MBioRU)

and you?

Hmm, under Prof. Noorlidah/ Viki? Not really familiar with that unit haha
I'm under the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES) at IPS

you know Dr. Noorlidah and Dr. Vikineswary? haha

I dont have friends from IOES lol

Yup, I know them

Anyway, to keep on topic, anyone knows whether there are any ways to check the tier (ranking) of journals (WoS) without the need to search the journal citations index using our library cards?

Oh ya, not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I was wondering whether there's anyone here that is familiar with phylogenetics? Maybe we can meet up and exchange ideas/ techniques?

Tiering/Ranking is unique to each institution. In this case, you need to refer to your university for the tiering master list. I think you are referring to impact factor, citations?