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1. PUBLICATION AVENUES
IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Dr. M. Jayaprakashvel
Assistant Professor & Head i/c
Department of Biotechnology
AMET University
Kanathur, Chennai-603112
jayaprakashvel@gmail.com

2. Publication
If the research
findings are good
enough , then it
may be published
in scientific
journals.
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3. HOW TO DESIGN
A SHORT TERM PROJECT?
Think local; Act global
Look around you; You can find more problems
Don’t be over ambitious
Read more; Discuss more
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4. TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS FORUMS
 Journals
 Theses/ Dissertations
 Books/Book chapters
 Magazines
Conferences/Symposia/Seminars

 Abstracts Book/Proceedings
 Research reports
 Project reports
 Newsletters
 Blogs
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5. JOURNALS
Print Journals
Online Journals
Print and Online Journals
E Journals-Open access
Journals
Review Journals
Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Annual
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6. JOURNALS
Submission
Soft Copy- Online Submission
Hard copy – By post
Page charges
Usually scholarly journals publish with no page
charges
Open access journals – Have page charges
Some journals require page charges for color
illustrations- optional
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7. KEY CONSIDERATIONS
BEFORE SELECTING
JOURNALS
Journal impact factor
Online submission
Availability of online version
Editorial scope
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8. Most frequent
CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA/SEMINARS
publications
Essential one for a
growing researcher

Have an idea about the
novelty of research

works
Discussion with other
researchers

Shapes the publications
Helps to fill the gaps for

a journal publication

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9. BLOGS& SOCIAL WEBSITES
Increasing in this IT era.
Blogger/wordpress;
researchgate/linkedin/biomedexperts
No quantitative data presented
Creates discussion
Something like conference presentations
No Academic credibility.
Still widely practiced as a easy and faster way of
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10. KINDS OF SCIENTIFIC
WRITINGS
Regular articles
Review articles
Scientific
correspondences
Letters
Letters to editor
Technical notes
Book reviews
Program summary
Opinions
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11. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
DATABASES
ACS(American Chemical Society) Publications (all full-text
articles)
JSTOR (full-text articles)
Science Direct(full-text articles)
Wiley InterScience (full-text articles)
Scopus
Pubmed
Springerlink
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12. TO ENHANCE YOUR PUBLICATIONS
Read more
Keep updated
Discuss with other researchers
Conferences/Symposia/Seminars
Design novelty in research works
Use web based tools for enhancing
publications
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