On October 29, Doctor Lorna Stimson, Deputy Editor of the internationally renowned journal Advanced Materials, gave a talk on science journal publishing, and the discoverability and accessibility of research papers at Terman Hall of the Creative Learning Building (E11) from 2:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
This talk is part of a larger initiative led by the Main Library in its series of special lectures aimed at providing KAIST members with increased accessibility to journal publishing. Prior to Doctor Stimson’s talk, Professor Chan Beum Park from the Department of Materials Science & Engineering gave his opening remarks and was followed by Vice President Robert Long of Wiley Asia delivered a welcoming speech, to more than 100 participants eager to find out more about journal publishing.
As Professor Park remarked, “Publish, or perish” is the dead-end motto for many researchers and scientists, especially at KAIST. As the vice president of Wiley, one of the most established publishers around the world in science publication, Long stressed that the company was moving fast to keep up with the modern transition from print medium to online medium in journal publishing as well as to abide by the motto.
Doctor Stimson, having earned degrees in chemistry for her undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate courses, has been technical editor and peer review editor before she was appointed as deputy editor. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of Wiley’s major science publication Advanced Materials, Doctor Stimson focused her speech on maximizing the chances of success and made various references to journals and papers in the past as well as to upcoming journals to be published.
According to Doctor Stinson, the editors of Wiley specifically look for high novelty in submitted papers, in addition to distinct differences to prior work and significance to readership, which encompasses everyone from researchers and academics to students. Moreover, journals as popular as Advanced Materials are usually flooded with submissions, so it is highly recommended to compress as much impact into the abstract and in the cover letter. Her last advice was to continue doing research even if it may not be accepted by one of the sister journals of Wiley and that more information on Wiley publishers can be found on their homepage (www.editorialmanager.com).
Wan Ju Kang
soarhigh@kaist.ac.kr