Some time ago, I came across an excellent article that outlines 5 steps to completing your first draft. The article aims at any written content, and it's just screaming to get its academic makeover. Before you can start throwing words…
As I'm working through a backlog of questions from readers, I came across the following question that requires a little more explanation:Hi eva (& all others). Can u all tell me how much time it took to write the paper…
In the latest issue of the ACI Structural Journal, the discussion and authors' closure of the very first journal paper about my research was published.This publication marks the end of a process that started long ago, in the Fall of…
I'm excited to announce my most recent publication, in the IABSE journal of Structural Engineering International. After the IABSE conference in May of 2013, a number of authors were invited to submit a paper to this special edition on "Assessment,…
Depending on your institution's guidelines, you will either finish your PhD by having a number of papers accepted for publication, or by writing a "big book"-style thesis.This post is entirely aimed at those of us who spend months on end…
As an academic, you might be totally focused on searching for articles in Scopus, and checking your h-index in Scopus as well - provided that your institution has a subscription.However, many students and scholars these days use Google Scholar. You…
If you are the type of linear writer like me, you will typically start your paper from the abstract, then the "Introduction", and on and on - all the way down to the "Summary and Conclusions."When you start proofreading your…
Whenever I hear a fellow PhD student tell me that he/she has nothing to write a conference paper about, I get a little antsy.While the main chunk of your research might not be ready yet, that doesn't mean you have…
I'm breaking my regular stream of posts to let you know that my dissertation is now available online through the TU Delft Repository. The printed copies should be ready on Thursday - 250 books in total are coming my way.Even…
As I was determining which journal papers I can write from my dissertation, and where to publish them I gathered a little list of interesting journals and their respective impact factors.For those of you in my field of research, here…
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