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Making Time for Research



Making time for YOUR research

1. Block out regular time 
2. Engage with stuff that stimulates thinking + writing.
 3. Be vigilant about the ways in which you waste time.
4. Use deadlines that work.
5. Beware the time-sucks that masquerade as researchresearchwhisperer.org/2011/09/06/time-for-research/.
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Tseen Khoo - LaTroub

Your research days should never be considered ‘free time’.
                                             
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Tseen Khoo (The ResearchWhisperer.org)


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Bärbel Tress (Heidelberg)

7 Ways to Leverage Research Time

1: Set realistic expectations
2: Start with short time spans
3: Focus
4: Have a small concrete task to work on
5: Do it first thing in the morning
6: Establish a habit
7: Select the ‘right’ environment

Here's why finding time for research so difficult:

   - It's tricky
   - It takes resolve 
   - You may be afraid to fail
   - You may not know where to start
   - Your procrastinator nature kicks in
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​                                              - Bärbel Tress (Tressacademic.com)


Stay Focused by doing a  3-3-3 Weekly Recap ​

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"Here’s how a 3-3-3 Weekly Recap works.  Every Friday I write down the 3 biggest things I finished that week (“Done”), the 3 things I want to finish next week (“Doing”), and 3 things I’m waiting for (“Waiting for”). . .  It helps keep me accountable to myself, and it keeps me focused on finishing 3 big things instead of 100 little things."



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Do You Spend Over One-Third of Your Time on Research?

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Joya Misra and Jennifer Lundquist (UMass- Amherst)

​Tips from Mid-Career Faculty
​(Inside Higher Ed)

How Faculty Implement Time Management Strategies

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Time Management Strategies for Research Productivity (ResearchGate.net)


Research Productivity Ideas 

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How to Get it Done

101 Tips to Get Your Paper Written (11 pages)
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Editors at JournalPrep.com
#26. Your paper should advance a particular line of research. It does not need to answer every remaining question about the topic.

#46 Make sure your graphs and tables can speak for themselves. A lot of people skim over academic papers.
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#66 Feel free to hook readers with a ​“big picture” statement to open the abstract.  

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Beth Fischer and Michael Zigmond (Pitt)
20  Steps to Writing a Research Article

How to Write a Good Scientific Paper (109 pages)

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Chris A. Mack (Texas)

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Useful Advice that Works for Most Fields


Research Model Builder

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Ben Ellway (Canberra)
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Ben Ellway (Canberra)
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Useful Tweets for Getting Research Finished

Blog that Focuses on Getting Research Done



Getting it Published

25 Ways to Increase Your Chance of Getting Published

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Laura Moss (British Columbia)
"As the editor of a scholarly journal, I'm often asked how people can increase their article’s chances of publication. . . I’ve noticed patterns of omission and consistent problem areas.  . . .  My comments are ordered in three categories: 1) before submission, 2) the article itself and 3) after you receive a report."
 Before Submission 
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No. 1. Follow submission guidelines. 
No. 2. This paper has too many typos and grammatical errors to be reviewed
No. 3. Peer review is not problem solving. 
No. 4. Do you know the audience of the journal? 
No. 5. Sharpen your abstract. 

The Article Itself
No. 6. How would you assess this article? 
No. 7. Who cares? 
No. 8. You need to hook the reader. 
No. 9. The logic of organization in this article is unclear. 

No. 10. Who are you writing for? 
No. 11. Who are you in conversation with? 
No. 12. Clarify your citational practices. 

No. 13. Stop putting other people’s voices ahead of your own, 
No. 14. Reader A wants more critical engagement with existing scholarship on X. 
No. 15. Make room for analytical engagement with quoted material. 
No. 16. Avoid theme spotting. 
No. 17. This paper is overly ambitious. 
No. 18. What do you want your reader to remember the most? 

After the Report 
No. 19. We won’t be moving forward with your article. 
No. 20. Both readers have given you detailed and careful feedback. 
No. 21. You can request your article not go back to Reader B upon resubmission. 
No. 22. Take the readers’ reports as advice. 
No. 23. Let me know what you’ve done. 
No. 24. Why didn’t you read the peer reviewers' recommendations? 
No. 25. Onward! .
 
My paper got rejected! What now?Summarized and edited from Moss's 5-15-19 column published in Inside Higher Ed



​Elsevier's 
 Guide to Getting Your Research Published (31 pages)

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​My paper got rejected! What now?

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Gunther Tress (Heidelberg)


Step 1.  Follow the CACHE approach (= Cool down, Analyze the letter, Consider options and HEad on!

Step 2. Choose an Option and Act
  1. Revise and resubmit to the same journal
  2. Revise and resubmit to a different journal
  3. Don't change it and submit it to a  different journal
  4. Publish it in a non-journal outlet
  5. Toss the paper
  6. Appeal the decision (usually a bad idea)

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  • A pdf handout on teaching 
  • Tips on surviving grad school
  • Favorite career-advice articles
  • A paper submission checklist 
  • A list of inspirational quotes
  • A productivity aid you use
  • ​​​​The goal-setting system you use
  • Your most useful go-to websites
  • Helpful academic How-to articles
  • A method to keep perspective or manage stress

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