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Papers History - Description Around 1500, Cauchy and Fermat were exchanging ideas and were making their work known mainly by writting letters to each other or to scientific communities of that time. In the research world of the 21st century, the above is accomplished through a) short scientific publications, referred as papers and b) scientific conferences. . Main goal of the two means mentioned above is the exchange of ideas between researchers, leading to the overall development of every possible scientific field. The writting of scientific reports (papers) and the presence in research conferences is nowdays an important part of each researcher's (scientist, professor, doctoral student) job. The above might become more clear through a specific example from the field of mechanics: Researcher A is working on the subject "Arterial Mechanics" with emphasis on a computational approach. Researcher B is working on the same subject, focusing though on experiments. In order for Researcher A to go on with his work, experimental data (e.g. behavior of arterial tissue under tension) are needed. Researcher A needs this information in order to further develop his computational models. Coming to this point, Researcher A has two options: Either to start his own experiments (taking a hard and time consuming path with no personal interest) or to use the already published experimental data of Researcher B! More specific, the procedure of a paper has as follows: When the researcher/s completes his work (which has to be pioneering and not previously published), writes a report, describing in all possible details his methods and results (so that they can be used and reproduced by others). This report is next submitted to a scientific journal of the research field of interest. The journal, behind which there is a scientific comittee, forwards the report into two or three scientists, which decide on the scientific interest, the value and the originality of the paper. In case the work is worth publishing, the committee suggests some changes and corrections before the final submission of the report. The number of scientific journals exceeds today the 1000, as the number of research fields, which they increase along with the spicialization of science. The value of a journal derives from its recignition and more "scientifically" from the citation index. The citation index of a journal is computed by the number of papers which refer to papers published in the specific journal. For example, if the Researcher A has 10 references to papers of journal A and only 1 reference to papers of journal B, means that journal A has a higher citation index. Nevertheless, the most important criterion for the majority is the overall recognition of a journal. More details concerning the citation index and a list of scientific journals can be found at:: http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi Since the service requires subscription, the following link is also helpful: http://scientific.thomson.com/webofknowledge/jur-cust.html The following screenshot gives also an example on how the citation index is computed. The access to the majority of the scientific journals is possible through university libraries and their electronical services. Example of a good and famous journal: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering Links You can find many papers, many of them free, in the following links: http://www.asme.org http://www.sae.org http://ntrs.nasa.gov http://www.aiaa.org You can also read many papers (most of them free of charge) in the following link of the website of greek university libraries: http://www.heal-link.gr/journals In the following link from the forum of autosport journal you can find many links for downloading very interesting automotive papers. http://forums.autosport.com (links - ΙΚΕ) © robotpig.net - All rights reserved. No part of this service may be reproduced, reprinted or republished without written permission |
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